Senior NDE Inspector, Ultrasonic, Second Shift

Relativity Space · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-10-08
  • Confirmed live on 14 October 2026

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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.

About the Team:

The Materials and NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) team plays a central role in enabling Terran R to fly, re-fly, and scale: developing, characterizing, and inspecting materials and processes across all parts of the vehicle. From welding and additive manufacturing to advanced composites, the team works at the intersection of innovation and execution, balancing performance and reliability with cost, quality, and schedule. As we move toward first flight and beyond, the challenges become more exciting, offering opportunities to shape how we design and develop for re-use. With ownership across products, systems, and disciplines, engineers gain broad exposure and drive key decisions across design, manufacturing, and operations.

This is a second-shift position with a standard schedule of Monday through Friday, 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. PT. In addition to base pay, employees receive a 10% shift differential.

About the Role:

• Perform advanced Ultrasonic Testing (UT) inspections on complex aerospace hardware using applicable contact, straight-beam, angle-beam, and other approved ultrasonic techniques

• Work closely with UT Specialists, NDE Engineers, manufacturing, quality, and other technical stakeholders to resolve inspection challenges and support feasibility studies, Probability of Detection (POD) studies, and qualification activities

• Independently interpret and evaluate ultrasonic inspection data for relevant indications and determine acceptance in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, procedures, and applicable acceptance criteria

• Develop, document, validate, and publish part-specific UT techniques for a wide variety of complex hardware and inspection configurations

• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding and effective application of applicable NDE procedures, inspection plans, techniques, codes, standards, and customer requirements

• Perform equipment setup, calibration, system checks, and inspection execution, ensuring required sensitivity, repeatability, and inspection quality are maintained

• Generate clear, accurate, and comprehensive inspection documentation and reports, including detailed reporting of ultrasonic indications, inspection data, and results

• Work closely with UT Specialists, NDE Engineers, manufacturing, quality, and other technical stakeholders to resolve inspection challenges and support feasibility studies, Probability of Detection (POD) studies, and qualification activities

• Troubleshoot UT equipment, inspection setups, calibration issues, and data-quality concerns, working with appropriate teams to maintain reliable inspection capability

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Level I, Level II, and less-experienced NDE personnel in inspection execution, equipment operation, calibration, data interpretation, and inspection best practices

• Communicate inspection results, technical concerns, and potential inspection solutions effectively with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and other stakeholders

• Support continuous improvement of UT inspection processes, including opportunities to improve inspection reliability, repeatability, throughput, and quality

About You:

• 5+ years of relevant aerospace UT experience

• Proof of formal NDE classroom training in Ultrasonic Testing (UT)

• Previous Level II certification in Ultrasonic Testing (UT) in accordance with NAS 410, SNT-TC-1A, or an equivalent industry standard, with verifiable training, experience, and certification records. Be prepared to provide supporting documentation prior to the onsite interview

• Extensive and verifiable experience performing and evaluating Ultrasonic Testing inspections on complex aerospace or high

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