Tooling Engineer Intern - Summer 2025

At Relativity Space, we have two audacious goals: to build the next great commercial launch company with Terran R and to become America's leading force in additive manufacturing innovation. Both contribute to our long-term vision of creating humanity's industrial base on Mars, paving the way for interplanetary life to expand the possibilities of the human experience. This journey begins right here on Earth - where we design, build, and fly rockets to deliver customer payloads to orbit. Terran R, our medium-to-heavy lift reusable rocket, fulfills the growing demand for launch capacity, thanks to our iterative approach that accelerates design, testing, and development while minimizing costs. While our groundbreaking research and development in 3D printing pushes the boundaries of large-scale additive manufacturing.
Your journey with us is more than just a job - it's an opportunity to shape the future of aerospace technology, additive manufacturing, and the human experience alongside a community of passionate, creative individuals. Join us on this extraordinary journey, as we work together to transform our vision into reality.
About the Team:
As a Tooling Intern on the Manufacturing team, you will have an immediate impact in addressing environmental impacts associated with cutting edge manufacturing processes. Be a part of a growing team that is leading the industry in building out the factory of the future. You will face challenges with undefined road maps and will have the opportunity to implement creative and innovative solutions.
What you'll do:

• Develop high quality development tooling for the Terran vehicle and Aeon engine programs
• Facilitate effective and collaborative communication by fostering creativity and leveraging team member strengths
• The ability to work in a team environment is a must. All designs are the collective effort of the team
• Capable of integrating concepts and principles of mechanical design and analysis of several different projects in a fast-paced environment - projects will vary in size and scale
• Handle a wide range of technical problems and familiar with all types of material handling, assembly fixtures, off-loaders, rotisseries, test fixtures, structural weldments, environmental chambers, and custom machines

Past intern projects (just a few examples!)

• Tested flight quick disconnects
• Implemented computer vision on the robots to implemented live depth data
• Worked on adding automated sanding/grinding capabilities to our print cells
• Worked on test stand infrastructure to help run tests more often and more efficiently
• Oversaw designing the PCB for the High Voltage Battery Management System (HVBMS)
• Helped set up an anomaly detection framework for stargate printers
• Printed rocket engine parts!

Skills/Competencies we're looking for:

• Obtaining BS or MS in Engineering or related field
• We believe varied perspectives & backgrounds strengthen our team. Prior experience in aerospace or metal AM is not required
• Extracurricular engineering project experience (Rocket Team, Formula SAE, Baja, Hyperloop, etc.)
• Experience using CAD and FEA-based analysis software (NX and ANSYS Workbench preferred) for structural applications.

We believe varied perspectives & backgrounds strengthen our team. Prior experience in aerospace is not required.
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-$38 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.