Supervisor, Machine Shop, Second Shift
About the Company
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. 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 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. This is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together.
About the Team
The Machine Shop team delivers high-precision, high-quality machined components that are critical to Terran R’s success. Here, you’ll combine technical skill with creativity, collaborating closely with engineering and design teams to drive better part designs and manufacturing solutions. You’ll work with best-in-class, premium machinery and help bring our expanded, state-of-the-art machine shop to life to support the scale and pace of the Terran R program. This role offers the rare chance to see your craftsmanship directly integrated into flight hardware, making an immediate impact. With clear training pathways, you’ll have opportunities to advance from operating machines to programming them, growing your career alongside the program.
About the Role
- Full ownership and accountability over several teams of CNC operators
- Lead the team of people leaders for the Ops floor
- Support longer-term strategic operations on the shop floor
- Mentor and coach your team to develop their personal career goals
Requirements
- Experience identifying manufacturing process gaps and analyzing their impact on the production system
- Experience administrating/delegating daily work assignments to your team
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across departments
Nice to Haves
- Experience leading high performing teams of people leaders
- Experience in the manufacture of highly controlled aerospace products
- Experience implementing key system improvements and measuring success
Schedule
This is a 2nd shift position with a standard schedule of 3pm-1:30am PT, Monday through Friday. The position is structured around a baseline expectation of a 50-hour workweek, which may include occasional overtime as needed to meet operational goals.
Pay
Hiring range: $112,000—$168,000 USD. Employees receive a 10% shift differential in addition to salary.
Benefits
Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more. View benefits and perks.