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 engine manufacturing department's mission is to product high performing products manufacturing systems by continuously innovating on cost, quality, and lead time. Through cross-functional collaboration, high levels of accountability, and a focus on safety we support the Terran R program. We are responsible for providing design feedback on new hardware iterations, developing new manufacturing methods and systems, and ultimately building engine and vehicle hardware for testing prior to our first launch.

Our team's highlights from the last 6 months include the MDC of the first Aeon-R engine, completing thousands of hours of PBF printing, building and testing over 50 valves of 26 different iterations, and implementing large scale process improvements along the way. m. m.

PT. The role is structured around a 50-hour workweek, including 10 guaranteed overtime hours each week. In addition to base pay, employees receive a 10% shift differential.

About The Role

: Setup CNC Machinery including Multi-Axis Milling and Mill-Turn Turning centers. Operate CNC mills and lathes (multiple shifts) and ensure the production schedule is satisfied. Select and monitor tooling and fixturing to ensure all hardware is conforming when leaving the shop.

Exercise a mindset of continued learning as you develop new skills towards programming and machining. Must be relentlessly curious and open minded to finding new solutions to new challenges. Able to grow with the team as new capabilities and demands evolve.

About You: 6+ years of experience setting up and operating CNC mills and lathes in a production environment. Must have experience working with manufacturing engineers in R D or production settings. Must understand GD T and how to interpret engineering drawings.

Experience operating multi-axis CNC machines. Nice to haves but not required: Experience with programming CNC machines in ESPRIT is a plus. DMG Mori/CELOS experience is a plus.

Compensation

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Senior CNC Machinist, Second Shift