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Quality Engineer II

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Long Beach, CA
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Long Beach, CA
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The Quality Engineer II will support inspection planning and execution, resolve build issues, manage quality documentation, and drive continuous process improvements.
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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 Additive Technology team operates at the frontier of research and development, where creativity meets capability. This is an R&D-driven environment where problems are open-ended and solutions are yours to define.  You’ll work alongside welders, robotics engineers, data scientists, and systems engineers at the intersection of hardware and software, creating an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform that serves a wide variety of applications. From exploring new materials to unlocking faster print speeds, to designing complex, organic geometries that can’t be built any other way, it’s high-impact work that sets the foundation for the future of additive manufacturing.

About the Role:

  • Support production readiness through inspection planning, execution, and approval
  • Resolve build issues quickly through Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA) and nonconformance management 
  • Review contract clauses with Program Management to ensure all quality and certification requirements are understood and met
  • Partner with Manufacturing to implement effective inspection practices and checkpoints that assure compliance
  • Provide final quality sign-off before hardware enters production and ensure documentation packages meet customer requirements
  • Identify trends in quality data and drive continuous improvements to processes and inspection methods

About You:

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
  • 3+ years of experience in quality engineering, build quality, or manufacturing support
  • Strong knowledge of inspection planning, quality systems, and root cause/corrective action methods
  • Experience with nonconformance management systems and quality documentation requirements
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and contract clauses
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, program management, and manufacturing teams

Nice to haves but not required:  

  • Experience in aerospace, defense, or highly regulated manufacturing environments
  • Working knowledge of ISO 9001, AS9100, or equivalent quality management systems
  • Familiarity with GD&T, advanced inspection methods, and statistical process control
  • Hands-on experience supporting production floors, shop inspections, or first article inspections

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.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:
$101,000$130,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Top Skills

As9100
Gd&T
Iso 9001

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