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Spacecraft Development Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 100000 - 160000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (11 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
As a Spacecraft Development Engineer at Impulse you will work on diverse projects to support our programs from development phase through production ramp-up. You will work closely with subsystems engineers integration and test personnel and program management to deliver on customer commitments and produce world class space vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate across disciplines to creatively shape requirements and verification approaches
- Support customer deliverables and generate program documentation
- Perform various system level analyses in support of mission design system optimization and proposal efforts
- Develop systems engineering processes that improve reliability efficiency and performance
- Formulate risk mitigation strategies and drive their implementation
- Scale up engineering processes to support a high spacecraft production rate
- Support system-level test preparation planning and execution
- Resolve technical issues with innovative and resourceful solutions
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in engineering or science
- Hands-on experience working with mechanical fluids or electrical systems
- Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis and flow-down
- Demonstrated leadership and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability of taking project ownership and working well in a small team
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering or other relevant engineering or science discipline
- Direct experience with spacecraft programs and missions with exposure to a full life cycle from concept to in-orbit operations
- Prior experience in development and/or testing
- Familiarity with analysis programming such as MATLAB Excel etc.
- Experience with CAD to design hardware
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
Additional Requirements:
- Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed
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.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 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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