Own spacecraft vehicle build and system integration from assembly through launch-vehicle installation. Coordinate propulsion, avionics, structures, software, firmware, manufacturing, test, and technician teams. Develop and document system-level tests, support readiness reviews, resolve anomalies, manage configuration control, track build issues, and drive schedule delivery. The role also requires hands-on troubleshooting, integration of mechanical and propulsion systems, functional test stands, and feedback to design teams throughout the spacecraft lifecycle.
As a Senior Integration Engineer at Impulse for our high-energy kick-stage, Helios, you will own all aspects of the transition from a primary structure weldment to a vehicle that is ready to launch. You will work in a fast-paced environment, coordinating between structures, propulsion, avionics, software, firmware, and test engineers to execute critical vehicle system level tests.
Responsibilities
- Own vehicle build from assembly start through integration onto the launch vehicle
- Support integration of propulsion components, tubes, avionics components, payloads, sensors, cables and harnessing
- Develop, execute, and document critical system-level testing, working directly with subsystem level owners
- Collaborate with engineering teams to support test readiness reviews, anomaly resolution, and configuration control
- Plan, support and drive system integration and activation alongside skilled technician teams
- Build, organize and manage a multidisciplinary schedule to drive delivery of the spacecraft on time
- Provide innovative solutions to problems while operating with a high degree of autonomy
- Work and communicate effectively at a technical level with numerous teams across propulsion, avionics, structures, software, test, and manufacturing
- Identify, track, and communicate build issues and work across the organization to drive resolutions
- Provide feedback to design teams to improve processing of the spacecraft through the entire lifecycle
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience integrating, designing, and/or building an aerospace, industrial, chemical, or material manufacturing process
- 3+ years' of demonstrated experience with pneumatic, electrical, and/or hydraulic functional test stands and testing
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of experience working integration/design/build an aerospace, industrial, chemical, or material manufacturing process
- Experience with mechanical and propulsion integration of spacecraft (mechanical assembly, torquing, bonding, pressure testing, hazardous operations testing, etc)
- Experience using Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS, or similar CAD software
- Experience reading, interpreting, drafting, and updating piping and instrumentations schematics
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface control documents (ICDs)
- Excellent written and oral communication, especially translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- General hands-on mechanical experience: welding, automotive, pumps/valves, rocketry, etc.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
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.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. 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, 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.
Impulse Space El Segundo, California, USA Office
El Segundo, CA, United States, 90245
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