Senior Mechanical Engineer (Electric Propulsion)
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Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 135000 - 165000
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer for our Electric Propulsion Team at Impulse you will own the full life cycle of mechanical design for our high-efficiency Hall thrusters and their vehicle interfaces. You will develop solutions involving extreme temperatures exotic material combinations and exposure to high-energy plasmas. This role is highly collaborative: you will work closely with engineers and technicians across avionics test manufacturing and vehicle engineering to deliver flightready hardware. Youll thrive here if you enjoy learning new systems and guiding space hardware from initial design through qualification and production.
Responsibilities
- Design analyze build test and document Hall thruster components/assemblies and vehicle interfaces for electric propulsion system hardware
- Define driving load cases and environments in collaboration with loads/dynamics and thermal teams
- Perform structural and thermal finite element analyses of complex assemblies
- Collaborate with partner teams (avionics software test GNC) to deliver a high performing integrated system
- Support builds from first article through transition to production incorporating DFM and reliability improvements with the manufacturing team
- Lead discrepancy investigation and root-cause analyses for issues discovered during development build and test
- Support ground testing and flight operations of electric propulsion systems
- Create and review engineering drawings and apply GD&T principles
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline
- 5 years of hands-on experience in mechanical design and analysis
- Proficiency in CAD GD&T and assembly management
- Demonstrated skill in structural analysis including finite element modeling and hand calculations
- Familiarity with manufacturing processes including CNC machining additive manufacturing and welding
- Strong communication skills and demonstrated ability to operate autonomously across teams
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 7 years of hands-on experience in mechanical design and analysis
- Experience with electric propulsion or other plasma-facing hardware design (fusion systems experimental research devices semiconductor manufacturing thin-film deposition etc)
- Experience working in a startup or agile development environment
- Demonstrated experience fully owning the design and delivery of hardware for spaceflight
- Strong understanding of material properties mechanics of materials and dissimilar material interactions
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 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 Spaces 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
