Senior Receiving Inspector, First Shift

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 Quality team is focused on embedding quality into every part of the design and production process for Terran R. Not just inspecting at the end but influencing how things are built from the start. The team embeds themselves directly within design, manufacturing, test, and launch teams to stay close to the hardware, understand constraints, and proactively shape decisions. As we move beyond initial development into production and then scaled operations, now is the time to put the right processes, controls, and inspections in place without slowing down progress. The team plays a key role in balancing risk, driving a culture of ownership, and ensuring that speed doesn’t come at the cost of reliability. Success here means building a quality system that scales with the Terran R program and Relativity as a whole.

About the Role:

• Performs documentation review and verification of certifications, specifications, and conformance to design and specification requirements.


• Utilize precision measuring instruments such as calipers, micrometers, profilometers, thread gages, pin gages and other hand tools to assess conformity to drawing requirements.


• Document inspection results, identify non-conformities, and write nonconformance reports.


• Perform visual inspection to ensure components are free of burrs, damages, scratches or fod.


• Maintain cleanliness of the quality lab and the metrology tools.

About You:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in mechanical inspection or quality control within a manufacturing or engineering environment.


• Proficient with reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications with intermediate understanding of Y14.5 standards and GD&T.


• Proficient with inspection tools and measurement techniques.


• Proficient understanding of helicoils, keenserts, AS5202 port threads, and surface finishes.


• Excellent attention to detail and documentation skills.


• Effective communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Experience with NX, Team Center, LN.


• Experience with quality management systems and standards (e.g., AS9100, ISO 9001).


• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and/or Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP).


• Experience at an aerospace/automotive start-up or with in-process build inspections and/or precision inspection techniques.

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.

If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].