Launch Welder III
- Pay
- $33 – $50 per hour
- Location
- Cape Canaveral, FL · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Background check
- TIG welding
- MIG welding
- FCAW
- stick welding
- isometric drawings interpretation
Also useful
- AWS certification
- ASME certification
- stainless steel welding
Stated benefits & perks
- Pto
- Parental leave
- Learning stipend
About the Role
As a Welder on the Launch Team, you will fabricate, fit, and weld piping systems that support the Terran R launch site, including process piping, utility systems, and ground support infrastructure. This role works with engineering, fabrication, construction, and operations teams to install piping systems safely, accurately, and in accordance with applicable drawings, procedures, and specifications.
- Read and interpret engineering drawings, piping isometrics, fabrication prints, weld procedures, and specifications to support fit-up, fabrication, and installation work.
- Fit, fabricate, and weld piping systems and mechanical assemblies using welding processes such as TIG, MIG, FCAW, and stick welding.
- Perform pipe welding on carbon steel, stainless steel, and other applicable alloys in shop and field environments.
- Prepare, align, and install piping systems to meet fit-up, weld quality, and project specification requirements.
- Operate fabrication equipment and hand tools, including grinders, beveling tools, saws, pipe preparation equipment, and cutting tools.
- Support system installation, testing, and field integration activities in coordination with mechanical, construction, and engineering teams.
- Collaborate with management and engineering teams to improve safe, efficient, and repeatable fabrication, welding, and installation processes.
- Follow safety, quality, and workmanship standards while supporting project schedules and launch site operational needs.
- Perform launch site, fabrication, and welding-related tasks as assigned.
About You
- 5+ years of professional welding and fabrication experience, including experience with pipe welding and industrial systems.
- Experience using multiple welding processes, such as TIG, MIG, FCAW, and stick welding.
- Experience reading and interpreting isometric drawings, blueprints, weld procedures, and welding symbols.
- Experience fitting, fabricating, and installing piping systems or mechanical assemblies to meet applicable drawings, specifications, and quality requirements.
- Experience using fabrication tools and shop equipment, such as grinders, drills, saws, and pipe preparation tools.
- Experience operating equipment such as forklifts, reach lifts, man lifts, or similar equipment.
- Ability to perform welding and fabrication work in an active construction or industrial environment, which may include lifting up to 40 pounds and using required personal protective equipment.
Nice to haves but not required
- AWS, ASME, or equivalent welding certification.
- Experience welding carbon steel, stainless steel, specialty alloys, or similar materials.
- Experience working in aerospace, power generation, shipbuilding, petrochemical, heavy industrial, or similar environments.
- Experience supporting field construction, commissioning, launch site operations, or other safety-critical installation environments.
Additional information
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 Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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.
Pay and benefits
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: $33.20—$49.80 USD
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.
About Relativity Space
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 Launch team operates at the intersection of every major aspect of Terran R, from stages and payloads to ground systems, launch, landing, and refurbishment. The Cape is the only place where you see it all come together, offering a level of exposure and responsibility unmatched elsewhere in the program.
This is where first flights happen, where history is built on top of history, and where the scale of what's underway is unlike anything in modern aerospace. The mission stays the same, but the work evolves with every milestone: from first launch to reuse, high-cadence operations, and beyond.
If you're looking to define what's next in space launch and write a new playbook, not just repeat what's already been done, this is where it happens.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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.
From Relativity Space's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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