Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Subassemblies)
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Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 105000 - 135000
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Posted on:
3 days ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
As a Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Subassemblies) at Impulse you will be responsible for developing maturing and sustaining manufacturing processes for mechanical subassemblies from prototype through flight production. This role bridges design engineering and the factory floor ensuring spacecraft structures and mechanisms are built safely repeatably on schedule and to flight-quality standards. You will work closely with design quality supply chain test and production teams to enable rapid hardware development while continuously improving manufacturing efficiency and product quality.
Responsibilities
- Own manufacturing processes for spacecraft subassemblies from prototype through flight production
- Develop release and maintain manufacturing work instructions travelers manufacturing plans and tooling to enable safe repeatable production
- Develop and maintain manufacturing Bills of Materials (MBOMs) for structural and mechanical subassemblies
- Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability (DFM) assembly (DFA) reliability and production readiness
- Support hands-on assembly integration and test of activities on the production floor
- Investigate manufacturing and test issues lead root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventative actions
- Develop and execute manufacturing plans for qualification acceptance functional deployment and environmental testing
- Support non-conformance investigations disposition activities and implementation of engineering changes
- Participate in design reviews and provide manufacturing feedback on drawings tolerances tooling assembly sequence and inspection requirements
- Provide manufacturing drawing reviews ensuring clarity completeness and producibility.
- Coordinate manufacturing activities across engineering quality supply chain and production to meet aggressive program schedules
- Monitor manufacturing metrics and drive continuous improvements in safety quality cost throughput and schedule
- Ensure compliance with quality management systems configuration control and flight hardware traceability requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or related field
- 2 years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering production engineering precision electromechanical assemblies process engineering or mechanical integration in production environment
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings GD&T specifications and manufacturing documentation
- Demonstrated experience in hardware assembly troubleshooting and mechanical systems.
- Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional engineering and production teams
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 5 years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting spacecraft satellites launch vehicles aerospace mechanisms or other high-reliability hardware
- Experience with cleanroom manufacturing or controlled assembly environments
- Familiarity with aerospace quality systems and hardware traceability requirements
- Experience with qualification acceptance environmental and functional testing of mechanical hardware
- Experience with Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) configuration management and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems
- Experience designing manufacturing tooling fixtures or assembly aids
- Experience using CAD software (NX Creo Catia SolidWorks or similar) to support manufacturing and tooling development
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.
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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