The Role
Leads cross-functional development, integration, testing, and delivery of spacecraft. Responsibilities include managing schedules, requirements, budgets, risks, supplier relationships, design reviews, qualification campaigns, and technical issue resolution across mechanical, electrical, propulsion, software, manufacturing, and mission teams. The role supports the full hardware lifecycle from architecture and concept through production, flight integration, and operations while improving vehicle manufacturability, reliability, and integration efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Project Engineer, you will be responsible for driving the successful development, integration, and delivery of Impulse's next-generation space vehicles. You will manage cross-functional engineering efforts, working closely with mechanical, avionics, propulsion, and software teams to ensure technical, schedule, and budget goals are met. You will work directly with mission managers, manufacturing teams, and customers to resolve technical roadblocks. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of spacecraft development, overseeing systems from early architecture and requirements definition through production, test, and flight operations.
Leveling will be commensurate with your experience.
Leveling will be commensurate with your experience.
Responsibilities
- Drive cross-functional program execution, building and tracking the integrated master schedule, milestones, and critical path activities
- Own system trades and analysis, requirement tracking, and risk mitigation across engineering disciplines
- Support hardware development from concept through design, production, integration, and flight operations
- Lead recurring design reviews and syncs with mechanical, electrical, and propulsion teams to ensure alignment and rapidly resolve technical roadblocks
- Establish and manage project budgets, procurement timelines, and supplier relationships for key spacecraft components
- Develop and oversee qualification and test campaigns to verify systems meet mission requirements
- Partner with mission managers, firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams
- Drive changes that make the vehicle design and integration processes more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or a related field
- 3+ years professional experience in project engineering, systems engineering, or technical program management for rockets, spacecraft, or other complex vehicles
- Experience with full-lifecycle hardware development, from initial concept generation to testing, integration, and flight
- Strong knowledge of engineering fundamentals across multiple disciplines (mechanical, electrical, fluid systems)
- Hands-on experience developing and managing complex project schedules and working with scheduling/tracking tools
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and resolve critical issues
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline or related field
- Self-motivated with a proven ability to distill complex technical problems for leadership and non-technical stakeholders
- 5+ years' of experience developing new hardware relevant to spacecraft or rockets and owning project schedules
- Familiarity with aerospace test campaigns, environmental qualification (vibe, TVAC), and system-level integration
- Experience with supply chain, vendor management, and procurement for specialized aerospace components
- Experience in a startup or fast-paced agile development environment
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 equity. In 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 Space’s 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.
About
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- At least 3 years of professional experience in project engineering, systems engineering, or technical program management for rockets, spacecraft, or other complex vehicles
- Experience with full-lifecycle hardware development from concept generation through testing, integration, and flight
- Strong engineering fundamentals across mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems
- Hands-on experience developing and managing complex project schedules using scheduling or tracking tools
- Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and resolve critical issues
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline or related field
- At least 5 years of experience developing spacecraft- or rocket-related hardware and owning project schedules
- Familiarity with aerospace test campaigns, vibration testing, thermal vacuum testing, and system-level integration
- Experience with supply chain, vendor management, and procurement for specialized aerospace components
- Experience in a startup or fast-paced agile development environment
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The Company
What We Do
Impulse enables low-cost and nimble last-mile space payload delivery - access any orbit, reach other worlds.
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