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Staff Materials & Processes Engineer – Corrosion
| Company | Relativity Space |
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| Location | Long Beach, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $161000 – $206800 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in materials science or engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience relevant to the competencies listed below that demonstrate a strong foundation of materials science and engineering principles
- A commitment to accountability, collaboration, and execution
- A desire to establish and foster strong interdisciplinary relationships across the company
- An authentic, introspective, and inclusive mindset towards technical, interpersonal, and team growth and development
Responsibilities
- Serve as the company’s solely accountable M&P engineer for corrosion control on Terran-R
- Define and implement the overarching Terran-R Corrosion Control Plan for expendable and reusable block manifests and hardware
- Guide and align interdisciplinary partners through corrosion control requirements and rationale
- Research, develop, and integrate novel corrosion control materials and processes
- Mentor engineers on corrosion control best practices and procedures
- Interface with Materials engineering to implement corrosion control across the vehicle
- Interface with Laboratory staff to characterize materials and processes
- Interface with Designers to identify pain points and drive M&P selection
- Interface with Analysts to align M&P data with predictive analytical techniques
- Interface with Manufacturing to control processes and improve operations
- Interface with Integration to collect data and troubleshoot issues
- Interface with Inspectors to develop standards and train personnel
- Interface with Supply chain to specify vendor requirements and audit criteria
- Interface with Leadership to elevate risks and overcome roadblocks
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the corrosion control of coastal launch vehicles or similar naval aerospace products
- Hands-on experience conducting failure investigations, hardware inspections, and relevant laboratory techniques
- Knowledge of property-process-performance-structure relationships of M&P relevant to corrosion control, such as: Primary and secondary metallic structures, Inhibitors, surface treatments, and coatings
- Familiarity with corrosion-relevant M&P engineering disciplines (e.g. fracture mechanics, life analysis, descriptive & inferential statistics) and communities (e.g. AMPP/NACE)
