Tool Builder Specialist II
Job Description
At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Tooling and Factory Automation team sits at the intersection of design, manufacturing, and automation, making everything from large-scale structural fixtures to small tools that directly enable Terran R’s production. As a design group embedded within the manufacturing organization, we dig deep into the needs of our internal partners to understand root problems, propose solutions, and deliver hardware to help build faster, scale smarter, and work better. The team is also at the forefront of Relativity’s growing factory automation efforts, an increasingly critical part of scaling production of Terran R at existing and future facilities. You’ll have the autonomy to make decisions, field solutions, and see them in action on the factory floor. Ultimately, you’re not just designing tools or automated processes; you’re defining how rockets and factories get built.
About the Role:
- Plan, coordinate, and execute development fabrication work based off assembly and part drawings
- Collaborate with partner teams when tooling projects need specialized resources
- Ensure adherence to project schedules and provide updates to stakeholders.
- Apply strong knowledge of machining and fabrication fundamentals to enable safe, efficient, and repeatable outcomes in a dynamic development environment
- Proactively identify design risks, fabrication constraints, and process inefficiencies, using hands-on expertise and sound judgment to recommend design adjustments.
- Perform all work in accordance with company policies, safety requirements, and quality standards
About You:
- 5+ years of relevant experience fabricating tooling or maintaining equipment
- Knowledge of common manufacturing materials, GD&T, and understanding of technical drawings
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes and machines (e.g., mills, lathes, welding, sheet-metal bending).
Nice to haves but not required:
- Knowledge of fixture design and stack-ups analysis
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
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.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
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Job Details
- Department
- Manufacturing
- Category
- Manufacturing
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Long Beach, California
- Posted
About Relativity Space
Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.
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