NDE Engineer II, Additive Manufacturing

At Relativity Space were building rockets to serve todays needs and tomorrows breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But thats just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science exploration and innovation pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy ownership and impact exist at every level. Here youre not just executing tasks; youre solving problems that havent been solved before helping develop a rocket a factory and a business from the ground up. Whether youre in propulsion manufacturing software avionics or a corporate function youll 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 were writing together. Nowis a unique moment in time where its early enough to leave your mark on the product the process andthe culture but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team :

The Materials and NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) team plays a central role in enabling Terran R to fly re-fly and scale : developing characterizing and inspecting materials and processes across all parts of the vehicle. From welding and additive manufacturing to advanced composites the team works at the intersection of innovation and execution balancing performance and reliability with cost quality and schedule. As we move toward first flight and beyond the challenges become more exciting offering opportunities to shape how we design and develop for re-use. With ownership across products systems and disciplines engineers gain broad exposure and drive key decisions across design manufacturing and operations.

About the Role :

• Own production NDE methods applicable to additively manufactured (AM) spaceflight hardware
• Own the NDE inspection development process from initial problem statement on hardware to implementation to iterative improvement with cross-functional teams
• Perform NDE feasibility and probability of detection studies with floor personnel
• Inform hardware changes to enable NDE accessibility
• Inform and generate drawing requirements for NDE methods on AM hardware using empirically derived process understanding
• Establish risk posture and baseline NDE approaches during early development of hardware

Incorporate interdisciplinary knowledge from the additive / welding process non-destructive inspection machining and post-processing implications

Interface with :

PBF team to interpret process parameter impacts to material properties

Materials laboratory staff to understand material characterization

Non-destructive examination personnel to interpret detected discontinuities

Supply chain to specify vendor requirements audit criteria and process controls

Leadership to elevate risks and overcome roadblocks

This is not a desk job!

About You :

Background

B.S. & 2 Years of Experience

M.S. & 1 Years of Experience

PhD. & 0 Years of Experience

Experience with additively manufactured metals and materials characterization of same

Understanding of NDE principles and their application to both AM and non-AM processes

Direct experience in a manufacturing environment (generating non-conformances writing work instructions)

Substantial experience performing design of experiments (DoE)

Demonstrated ability to generate technical presentations

Demonstrated experience performing data analysis on analogous data to NDE inspections (quality yield non-conformances) and ownership of decision-making following analysis

Nice to haves but not required :

Direct experience with AM hardware for aerospace / propulsion systems

Familiarity with industry NDE codes (AWS ASNT NASA)

Ability to build computational / statistical pipelines with regard to process / inspection data

Experience building custom statistical bases / adapting acceptance criteria

Experience adapting NDE approaches for AM hardware and generating detection thresholds

Familiarity with fatigue and damage tolerance (FDT) properties and NDE inspection intervals tied to them

Familiarity with key process variables for welding / DED / PBF

An understanding of aluminums Ni-based superalloys stainless steels and titaniums

Demonstrated ability for technical writing (published papers patents)

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.

Hiring Range :

$112000 - $143000 USD

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.

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Key Skills

Lean Manufacturing,Six Sigma,CNC Programming,Lean,Machining,Tooling,CAD,CNC,Assembly Experience,SolidWorks,Kaizen,Manufacturing

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 112000 - 143000