Relativity Space
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Factory Automation
$185K–$277K
Long Beach, California +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 11, 2025
- Location
- Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years of work or project experience.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
About the job
Designs and delivers manufacturing tooling and factory automation equipment for Relativity Space’s Terran vehicle and Aeon engine programs.
What you'll do
- Develop tooling and automation solutions; apply mechanical design and analysis across projects.
- Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and integration teams to meet safety, cost, quality, delivery, and reliability goals.
- Manage tooling projects from vendor selection and fabrication through inspection, installation, and commissioning.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
- 15+ years of work or project experience designing, building, and commissioning manufacturing, assembly, and test tooling and fixtures.
- Experience with CAD and FEA-based structural analysis software.
- Experience completing full-cycle projects and strategically building out and managing production tooling.
Nice to have
- NX and ANSYS Workbench.
- Expertise in design for manufacturability and assembly, or experience taking products from prototype to production.
Pay
USD $185,000 — $277,000 base salary
Tools
NX, ANSYS Workbench, ASME Y14.5
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