Spacecraft Development Engineer
Impulse Space
Posted on Jul 10, 2024
As a Spacecraft Development Engineer at Impulse, you will work on diverse projects to support our programs from development phase through production ramp-up. You will work closely with subsystems engineers, integration and test personnel, and program management to deliver on customer commitments and produce world class space vehicles.
- Department
- Spacecraft Programs
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $105,000 - $155,000 / year
- Reporting To
- Drew Damon, VP of Spacecraft Programs
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across disciplines to creatively shape requirements and verification approaches
- Support customer deliverables and generate program documentation
- Perform various system level analyses in support of mission design, system optimization, and proposal efforts
- Develop systems engineering processes that improve reliability, efficiency, and performance
- Formulate risk mitigation strategies and drive their implementation
- Scale up engineering processes to support a high spacecraft production rate
- Support system-level test preparation, planning, and execution
- Resolve technical issues with innovative and resourceful solutions
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science
- Hands-on experience working with mechanical, fluids, or electrical systems
- Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis and flow-down
- Demonstrated leadership and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability of taking project ownership and working well in a small team
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or other relevant engineering or science discipline
- Direct experience with spacecraft programs and missions, with exposure to a full life cycle from concept to in-orbit operations
- Prior experience in development and/or testing
- Familiarity with analysis programming such as MATLAB, Excel, etc.
- Experience with CAD to design hardware
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
Additional Requirements:
- Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
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