The Role
Supports spacecraft development from initial design through production ramp-up. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, system-level studies, risk mitigation, engineering process development, customer documentation, and system-level test planning and execution. The role collaborates with subsystem, integration, test, and program teams to resolve technical issues and improve spacecraft reliability, efficiency, and production scalability.
Summary Generated by Built In
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
- Bachelor’s 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
- Master’s 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 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.
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.
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 engineering or science
- Hands-on experience with mechanical, fluids, or electrical systems
- Experience with requirements analysis and flow-down
- Leadership and communication skills
- Ability to take project ownership and work effectively in a small team
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related engineering or science discipline
- Experience with spacecraft programs and missions across the full lifecycle, from concept through in-orbit operations
- Experience in engineering development and/or testing
- Familiarity with MATLAB, Excel, or similar analysis programming tools
- Experience using CAD to design hardware
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
- Willingness to travel as needed
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected individual status, or eligibility to obtain required ITAR authorizations
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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.
