Manufacturing Engineer (Precision Cleaning)
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Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 100000 - 160000
Posted on:
6 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
As a Precision Cleaning Manufacturing Engineer at Impulse you will be responsible for precision cleaning processes across all our spacecraft and this critical role you will research develop and define standards for cleanliness perform destructive testing to prove these standards purchase capital equipment and design and develop new processing an industry often defined by old standards you will use science and engineering principals to develop requirements that work for Impulses propulsion systems.
Responsibilities
- Define cleanliness requirements for Oxygen-rich systems (i.e. nitrous oxide LOx) through aggressive data-oriented R&D in collaboration with propulsion teams
- Design build and activate cleaning cells for hardware such as COPVs tubes and machined components. Own factory layouts including material movement build process flows and facilities requirements.
- Define in-line cleaning requirements and processes for large hardware such as for our Helios kick stage vehicle
- Act as the specification custodian and subject matter expert for precision cleaning requirements processes and inspections
- Define best-in-class solvents for various substrates cleanliness requirements and contamination requirements
- Define clean hardware handling and packaging requirements for flight hardware
- Provide technical guidance to outside vendors and support supply chain development
- Optimize and accelerate precision cleaning processes for high-volume hardware
- Update designs manufacturing processes and documentation to support continuous improvement
- Support manufacturing capital projects including new facility activations automation efforts and new capability development
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in chemical engineering materials science or related field
- Demonstrate experience in developing manufacturing processes
- Experience working in a hardware development environment
- 2 years of demonstrated hands-on manufacturing experience
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Masters degree in an engineering discipline
- 7 years of demonstrated hands-on manufacturing experience within aerospace or related industry working with cleanliness-sensitive structures
- Previous experience working within a start-up
- 4 years of demonstrated experience with clean lines/precision cleaning
- Familiarity with liquid propellants such as liquid oxygen nitrous oxide ethane and methane
- Demonstrated knowledge of ISO 14644 cleanroom standards and NASA/JPL contamination-control guidelines
- Experience with IEST STD CC1246E (Particle Count & NVR) NASA MSFC-164 (Cleanliness and Packaging standards for spacecraft) ASTM G-93 (Ox-rich standards)
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.
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