Senior Mission Design Engineer
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Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 120000 - 180000
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
As a Senior Mission Design Engineer at Impulse Space your core responsibility will be to design and optimize in-space servicing missions which meet or exceed the requirements of potential customers. This role is part of the Product Management team but will require working closely with multiple teams including the Business Development and Engineering teams. This role will support the Business Development team in proposal development and be responsible for ensuring the mission designs and solutions proposed are technically sound. Some travel to interface directly with customers may be required.
Responsibilities
- Create mission designs which efficiently accomplish the stated goals of potential customers
- Maintain familiarity with the technical performance capabilities of Impulses space vehicles
- Develop tools to efficiently analyze interpret and present mission design results
- Assist in the effort of incorporating mission design technical details into written proposals
- Meet with customers to collect requirements and hear feedback regarding proposed mission designs
- Analyze proposed mission designs for effectiveness and identify areas of improvement
- Assist the Engineering team in the effort to continuously improve the spacecraft simulation and trajectory optimization software suite
- Work closely with the Business Development team to understand the needs of each customer and agree on the best approach for each proposal opportunity
- Examples of technical effort the mission design process may include: high-level CONOPs creation maneuver design and trajectory optimization requirements compliance verification CAD fit checks propellant budgeting power budgeting link budgeting etc.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in a technical field
- 4 years of experience working in a technical role
- Ability to communicate technical material clearly and professionally
- Working knowledge of orbital mechanics and spacecraft operations
- Functional knowledge of spacecraft systems design and payload accommodations
- Proficient in at least one programming language with a preference for Python
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Masters degree in a technical degree area
- Experience in one or more customer-facing roles
- Experience assembling spacecraft overseeing the assembly of spacecraft or integrating payloads onto spacecraft
- Experience operating spacecraft on orbit
- General familiarity with the space industry
- Demonstrated ability to operate in a startup environment
- Experience operating CAD software
- Experience with creating physics simulations or using orbital simulation software
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
