Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer, Electromechanical Systems Verified today
About the Team
The Stage Manufacturing team builds Terran R's primary structures, turning design into production reality. Engineers and technicians collaborate closely with real-time feedback to optimize how we build faster and better. With a launch manifest, your team delivers on schedule while continuously improving processes and applying automation and advanced technologies.
About the Role
You will own the development, validation, and refinement of test assets and processes across mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems. You will collaborate with design and manufacturing partners to ensure production testing campaigns are executed efficiently, reliably, and scalably.
Your responsibilities include:
- Drive technical execution of mechanisms and integrated assembly testing through design integration, test equipment and tooling design or sourcing, test sequencing, mBOM development, work order creation, test training, and specification authoring.
- Provide technical leadership in workcenter development, offering guidance on assembly and test operations, safety compliance, tooling, and capital equipment aligned with organizational objectives.
- Provide hands-on support to the shop floor and production personnel, addressing test issues promptly and offering upstream feedback to drive design for manufacturability, testability, and reparability.
- Analyze test data to evaluate assembly performance, identify recurring discrepancies, and lead cross-functional root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
- Drive collaboration with design, production, supply chain, and quality teams to ensure seamless execution of manufacturing test processes.
About You
You have a BS degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, manufacturing engineering or related discipline with 5 or more years of experience building and testing hardware in a manufacturing environment.
Required experience includes:
- Proven experience authoring test procedures for mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic assemblies.
- Experience partnering with design engineering, manufacturing, and production teams to execute test procedures and lead investigations of test failures and anomalies.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scope test systems and process improvements with minimal oversight.
- Expert knowledge of safety standards, common test hazards, and appropriate mitigations.
- Hands-on experience in at least two of the following: electromechanical or pneumatic assembly, electrical or pneumatic functional checkouts, integrated testing, leak checking, sensor checkouts, high-voltage systems (320V+), high-pressure pneumatic systems, or instrumentation and sensor setup.
Nice to have experience includes:
- Working knowledge of rocket subsystems including structures, mechanisms, high-pressure gas systems, and avionics, with experience planning and conducting hazardous operations for aerospace hardware systems.
- Knowledge of industry test standards such as SMC-S-016, MIL-STD-1540D, MIL-STD-810G.
- Experience with test automation, data acquisition and control systems, Electrical Test Equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters), or Pressure Test Equipment (pressure regulators, flow meters).
Compensation and Benefits
Hiring range: $109,000 to $149,500 USD. Actual compensation determined based on experience, qualifications, and job-related factors.
Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, annual learning and development stipend, and additional benefits.