Staff Technical Program Manager, Tooling & Automation at Relativity in Long Beach, California, United States

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 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.
• Collaborate with leadership to forge a strategic growth roadmap for the Tooling and Factory Automation org that propels company-wide objectives and partnerships
• Create and facilitate team infrastructure in the form of frameworks, digital productivity tools, and physical resources
• Coordinate people, scope, timelines, interactions and communications to achieve the highest standards of team effectiveness and service to customers
• Contribute to innovation through direct engagement in design activities and definition of strategic technological initiatives
• Establish and track metrics that define the team’s impact

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership to forge a strategic growth roadmap for the Tooling and Factory Automation org that propels company-wide objectives and partnerships
• Create and facilitate team infrastructure in the form of frameworks, digital productivity tools, and physical resources
• Coordinate people, scope, timelines, interactions and communications to achieve the highest standards of team effectiveness and service to customers
• Contribute to innovation through direct engagement in design activities and definition of strategic technological initiatives
• Establish and track metrics that define the team’s impact

Requirements

• Degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or related fields; mechanical, aerospace or electrical engineering degree preferred
• 5+ years in program or project management role(s)
• Experience managing multiple customers across matrix organizations and building sustainable processes
• Experience in the manufacturing of complex parts and assemblies
• Proven ability to solve challenging technical problems and develop robust, scalable solutions
• •Experience in the development and integration of tooling and automated manufacturing equipment
• High volume manufacturing experience

Skills

Required

• Program or project management
• Building sustainable processes
• Solving challenging technical problems
• Developing robust, scalable solutions

Preferred

• High volume manufacturing

Benefits

• 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.
• $152,000 - $228,000 USD