
Manufacturing Engineer II, Machining
Relativity Space · Long Beach, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Relativity Space (aerospace & defense) in Long Beach, CA. Here, you’ll combine technical skill with creativity, collaborating closely with engineering and design teams to drive better part designs and manufacturing solutions.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, Root cause, GD&T, Machining, Tooling
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $111k–$159k.
Median of the low and high ends of 110 live postings that list pay, out of 312 manufacturing engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 311 other live manufacturing postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Typical $109k–$153k, from 100 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 55%
- ✓ New product launch 51%
- ✓ Root cause 40%
- Automation 34%
- ✓ Machining 30%
- CATIA / NX 29%
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This plant: Relativity Space in Long Beach
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Full description from Relativity SpaceAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
About the Role
- ◆Create Process Plans, Standard Operating Procedures, Inspection Plans, Work Holding Designs, and other supporting documents to define process for parts
- ◆Improve manufacturing processes through developing and deploying new technologies and methodologies
- ◆Advise on design for manufacturability methodologies to upstream partners
- ◆Articulate manufacturing, fixturing, and inspection method for designs concepts, GD&T requirements, and datum structures to inform design choices.
- ◆Recommend novel designs or design updates that improve manufacturability
- ◆Analyze and improve process that create non-conforming hardware. Investigate root causes and determine corrective actions.
Nice to haves but not required
- ✓Knowledge of metrology and dimensional inspection methods
- ✓Proficiency in CAD and CAM software
- ✓Understanding of manufacturing processes, lean principles, and continuous improvement methodologies
- ✓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.
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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 Machine Shop team delivers high-precision, high-quality machined components that are critical to Terran R’s success. Here, you’ll combine technical skill with creativity, collaborating closely with engineering and design teams to drive better part designs and manufacturing solutions. You’ll work with best-in-class, premium machinery and get to bring our expanded, state-of-the-art machine shop to life to support the scale and pace of the Terran R program. This role offers the rare chance to see your craftsmanship directly integrated into flight hardware, making an immediate impact. With clear training pathways, you’ll have opportunities to advance from operating machines to programming them, growing your career alongside the program.
About You
- •B.S. in Engineering of comparable STEM field
- •2+ years of experience in machining
- •Knowledge of GD&T
- •Minimum of 3+ years’ experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, or Supply Chain
Hiring Range
$104,000 — $156,000 USD
Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.
