Relativity Space
Staff Build Reliability Engineer, Clean Line
$143K–$215K
Long Beach, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of progressive process engineering experience; 5+ years of direct experience developing, owning, or scaling precision cleaning, fluid system cleaning, clean-line, contamination control, or comparable aerospace special processes.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads company-wide precision cleaning and contamination-control strategy and builds scalable clean-line processes to protect rocket hardware quality and reliability.
What you'll do
- Establish special-process controls, standards, qualification, validation, inspection, and governance.
- Develop and scale clean-line capabilities, including process architecture, equipment selection, and production readiness.
- Lead cross-functional investigations and corrective actions, mitigate build reliability risks, and mentor engineers and technicians.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Deep expertise in special-process control, including qualification, validation, contamination prevention, statistical process control, inspection, and continuous improvement.
- Experience establishing and enforcing cleanliness and quality standards across hardware manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing.
- Ability to lead complex cross-functional investigations, implement corrective actions, and influence engineering and manufacturing decisions.
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Familiarity with IEST-STD-CC1246 or other aerospace cleanliness, contamination control, and quality standards.
Pay
$143,000 — $215,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
IEST-STD-CC1246, statistical process control
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