Relativity Space
Senior Materials & Processes Engineer, Powder Bed Fusion
$124K–$186K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2025
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant materials engineering experience; leveling is flexible for candidates with more experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field.
About the job
Own materials and processes engineering for powder bed fusion (PBF) materials and reusable liquid propulsion products, qualifying parts for flight and reuse.
What you'll do
- Qualify PBF materials and products for flight, damage tolerance, inspection, and reuse.
- Develop and maintain PBF material specifications and engineering standards; drive process improvement with engineering and production teams.
- Coordinate materials selection, characterization, qualification, failure analysis, and risk resolution across design, manufacturing, quality, and propulsion teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of relevant materials engineering experience.
- Experience with general propulsion hardware materials and processes, including material selection, qualification, damage tolerance, inspections, risk assessments, and failure analysis.
- Experience performing material and part qualifications for AM PBF hardware.
Nice to have
- Expertise in metal PBF additive manufacturing for reusable rocket engine or aerospace parts.
- Expertise in alloy systems, other metallic additive manufacturing, welding, wrought/forging/casting, coatings, or statistical experimental design and design allowable calculations.
Pay
$124,000 — $186,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Powder Bed Fusion (PBF), AM PBF, EBAM, LP-DED, WAAM, Cold Spray, Laser Welding, EBW
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