Weld Engineer I

Location

Long Beach, CA | United States

Job description

Company Overview:  

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity’s industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth – where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.

Your journey with us is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.

Team:  

The Weld Development team at Relativity Space is responsible for all vehicle weld engineering and qualification support. Our mission is to ensure the proper weld processes are developed to create highly manufacturable, innovative designs for the next generation of launch vehicles.

What you’ll do: 

• Assist in designing and manufacturing of welded assemblies including first builds of the Terran-R launch vehicle.
• Develop and qualify weld processes for a variety of technologies including GTAW, GMAW, and OTW.
• Create WPS and PQRs for various weld processes.
• Develop GTAW automated or semi-automated weld schedules.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including tooling, manufacturing, non-destructive evaluation, and materials to accelerate manufacturing of welded designs.
• Audit vendor weld processes against relevant AWS specifications.
• Multi-task and balance priorities based off input from multiple departments.
• Provide problem-solving and root cause analysis support for weld related issues.

What you need to know:  

• B.S. in Welding Engineering, Welding Technology, or Engineering degree with relevant experience.
• 0-2+ years of experience in weld engineering role.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience with a variety of weld technologies including GTAW, GMAW, OTW, RSW, FSW, and laser.
• Experience designing complex weld joints.
• Experience supporting aluminum weldments.
• Knowledge of industry standards (AWS D17.1, D1.1, etc).
• Strong knowledge of tooling and fixturing for welded structures
• Familiarity with robotic welding applications.
• Experience supporting aluminum, nickel, stainless, and copper alloy weldments.

Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous vacation policy, an annual L&D stipend and more! 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The below-range represents Relativity Space’s current good-faith pay scale for this role.  Relativity Space reserves the right to modify or update this range at any time.

Compensation is only one part of our entire total rewards package. To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here: https://px.sequoia.com/relativityspace

Hiring Range:

$95,000—$119,000 USD

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