About this opportunity
Relativity lists this Senior CNC Programmer, Second Shift Long Beach, California opportunity in long beach, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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 an organization 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 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 produce high‑performing products and 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.
About the Role
As CNC Programmer, you will develop programs, post G‑code, and machine a variety of 3D‑printed engine parts. You will develop first‑article programs and optimize them into production programs. You must be able to write a manufacturing plan, develop your own tooling and fixtures, and collaborate with manufacturing engineers to develop new machining processes.
To be successful, you should thrive in ambiguity and be able to drive your own projects to completion. You must have the passion, tenacity, and resolve to work through challenging issues unique to precision‑machined hardware. Ideally, you come from a fast‑paced, aerospace environment, having completed difficult projects while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary groups.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
Someone who can program and operate multi‑axis machines (2‑axis, 3‑axis, 5‑axis, mill/turn)
Someone with experience programming and operating DMG‑MORI machines (NLX, NTX, DMC FD, and DMU series)
Someone who can optimize programs and post code using Esprit, Mastercam or similar CAM software
Someone who has run lights‑out production before
7+ years of CNC programming experience
Understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack‑up
Ability to program and operate multi‑axis high‑precision machines (5‑axis, 3‑axis, lathe, mill/turn)
Ability to manually edit G‑code paths/settings to optimize production programs
Experience creating detailed set‑up instructions
Experience transitioning parts from first article to production
Nice to Haves
Degree in engineering or related technical field and 6+ years of relevant experience
Experience machining 3D‑printed parts
Experience in a startup or agile development environment
Experience working in a flight development program
Experience working in a fast‑paced, R&D environment
Compensation and Benefits
The hiring range for this position is $40.85 – $56.10 USD per hour. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more.
Equal Opportunity Statement
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.
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Worksite address
long beach, CA, 90899, US
Who can apply
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