Quality Inspector Technical Specialist I

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 Stennis Test team designs, builds, and operates Relativity’s propulsion and stage test stands. Team members are hands-on with large-scale, complex systems including fully integrated engines and stage assemblies, pushing hardware to the limits and directly contributing to flight readiness. The work is fast-paced and highly operational, ideal for those with backgrounds in aviation, automotive, manufacturing, offshore operations, industrial systems, construction, or adjacent industries. You’ll work in a close-knit, dynamic environment where collaboration between technicians, operators, and engineers is not only encouraged, but expected. As the company scales, the Stennis Test team becomes even more critical to unlocking our next phase of growth: proving out full-stage systems and paving the way for routine, reliable flights of Terran R.

About the Role:

Scope of the role and areas of responsibility may include:

• Oversight: conduct thorough in-process and final inspections of propulsion components, stage assemblies, and integrated flight hardware using precision tools, CAD model, drawings, process specifications, and/or work order requirements.

• Processes: diligently review all hardware requirements and determine pass/fail status, documenting outcomes and any non-conformances or deviations found. Use tooling to perform FOD inspections, document hardware status, and perform walkdown inspections on engine and stage assemblies.

• Mentorship: provide technical guidance throughout in-process work ensuring company and industry standards are met.

• Collaboration: develop strong working relationships with Test Operations, Manufacturing, and Hardware Responsible Engineering teams to ensure all company objectives can be met, demonstrating and ability to effectively communicate and present information to team members, engineering, and team leaders.

• Analysis: performs various inspections to identify issues and assists with root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.

About You:

• Experience working in Aerospace and/or Aviation.

• Experience with in-process build inspections, precision inspection techniques, and precision inspection tooling.

• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings and work instructions while providing technical guidance utilizing internal and external work standards.

• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs unassisted and stand for extended periods.

• Must be able to stoop, bend, crawl, and maneuver in tight spaces.

• This position will require occasional night shifts, weekends, and possible travel.

Nice to haves but not required:

• Experience with structural/airframe inspection or large assembly inspections.

• Background in aviation maintenance, aircraft inspection, or similar quality roles.

• Advanced computer skills in operating Microsoft Office.

• Experience with NX, Team Center, LN, or Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

• Experience with AS 9100, ISO 9001, or similar Quality Management Systems.

Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Stennis, Mississippi. 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.

Hiring Range: $31.20—$46.80 USD

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].

Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.