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Components Manufacturing Engineer I, First Shift

Relativity Space · Long Beach, CA

Level
Engineer
Team
Manufacturing
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
Today

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level manufacturing role at Relativity Space (aerospace & defense) in Long Beach, CA.

Tools it names
Value stream mapping, Tooling

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $112k–$168k.

Median of the low and high ends of 147 live postings that list pay, out of 388 manufacturing engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

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Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $110k–$157k, from 127 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
Not stated

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Tooling 52%
  • ✓ New product launch 47%
  • Root cause 38%
  • Automation 35%
  • CATIA / NX 27%
  • Machining 27%

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About The Role

  • ◆Work with Design and Test team to productionize valve
  • ◆Create work instructions, build tooling, and evaluate value stream to reduce time, cost, and nonconformances of hardware
  • ◆Stand up machinery/manufacturing equipment
  • ◆Own product from cradle to grave, incorporating lessons learned into feedback team can improve on product
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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 Components team is responsible for all fluid control devices across Terran R, from propulsion to stage systems, enabling a more integrated and informed design approach. Engineers own every aspect of multiple products and integrate with partner teams such as Propulsion, Avionics, and Stage Fluids to ensure their components function seamlessly within the scope of the broader vehicle. With design, manufacturing, and test assets co-located, you’ll see firsthand how your designs perform and can iterate quickly based on real world data. We’re continuously advancing our products, including developing novel clean-sheet designs for upcoming vehicle and engine upgrades, while creatively improving existing designs to enhance performance, reliability, and manufacturability.

  • •This is a first-shift position with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 5:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. PT. The role is structured around a 50-hour workweek, including 10 guaranteed overtime hours each week.

About You

  • •Understanding of engineering principles
  • •Worked with various seals and installation procedures
  • •Has experience with Cryo and ambient testing
  • •Has experience working with technicians and making work instructions

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.

Hiring Range

$90,000 — $136,000 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.

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