Impulse Space

In-space propulsion and payload mobility

Manager – Non-Destructive Testing

Inspection & TestConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeRedondo Beach, CA, USA$175k - $195k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field and 7+ years of relevant experience.
ASNT Level III certification in at least one relevant nondestructive testing method.
Demonstrated technical expertise across multiple nondestructive testing inspection techniques, such as radiographic, ultrasonic, eddy current, penetrant, and/or computed tomography.
Experience developing and maintaining a nondestructive testing program in an aerospace, spaceflight, defense, aviation, or similarly high-reliability environment.
Experience managing, mentoring, or leading nondestructive testing engineers, inspectors, technicians, or equivalent technical personnel.
Experience developing nondestructive testing procedures, training programs, inspection requirements, and equipment-capability plans.
Ability to evaluate inspection needs for complex hardware and determine whether internal or outsourced inspection is appropriate.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the nondestructive testing organization, including engineers, inspectors, and supporting technical personnel.
Establish staffing plans, assign work, set priorities, develop personnel, and ensure appropriate training, qualification, and certification of nondestructive testing team members.
Own the strategic development and continuous improvement of the nondestructive testing program across multiple inspection techniques.
Provide technical leadership in selecting and implementing inspection methods for aerospace hardware, including radiographic, ultrasonic, eddy current, penetrant, computed tomography, and other applicable methods.
Partner with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Materials Engineering to determine inspection requirements and acceptance approaches, and whether inspection should be performed internally or by qualified external suppliers.
Develop, approve, and maintain nondestructive testing specifications, procedures, work instructions, training documentation, equipment requirements, and program controls.
Ensure nondestructive testing equipment is appropriately selected, qualified, maintained, calibrated, and capable of meeting inspection requirements.
Build and maintain a preferred supplier base for outsourced nondestructive testing services, including specialty techniques not available internally.
Establish supplier qualification, oversight, and performance-management processes for external inspection providers.
Review complex inspection results, support disposition and root-cause investigations, and provide technical input on nonconformances affecting flight and development hardware.
Drive standardization, process capability, data quality, and inspection repeatability across nondestructive testing operations.
Support program planning, capital-equipment decisions, budget development, facility needs, and long-term capability roadmaps.
Ensure the nondestructive testing program supports applicable aerospace requirements and the inspection needs of welds, COPVs, pressure vessels, structures, propulsion hardware, and other critical hardware.

The NDT Manager is responsible for leading Impulse Space’s non-destructive testing program, including technical strategy, internal inspection capability development, personnel leadership, supplier oversight, and compliance with applicable aerospace requirements. This role manages NDT Engineers and Inspectors while providing technical leadership across multiple NDT methods to ensure hardware is inspected using appropriate, capable, and repeatable techniques.

Lead and manage the NDT organization, including engineers, inspectors, and supporting technical personnel.
Establish staffing plans, assign work, set priorities, develop personnel, and ensure appropriate training, qualification, and certification of NDT team members.
Own the strategic development and continuous improvement of Impulse Space’s NDT program across multiple inspection techniques.
Provide technical leadership in selecting and implementing inspection methods for aerospace hardware, including radiographic, ultrasonic, eddy current, penetrant, computed tomography, and other applicable methods.
Partner with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, and Materials Engineering to determine inspection requirements, acceptance approaches, and whether inspection should be performed internally or by qualified external suppliers.
Develop, approve, and maintain NDT specifications, procedures, work instructions, training documentation, equipment requirements, and program controls.
Ensure NDT equipment is appropriately selected, qualified, maintained, calibrated, and capable of meeting inspection requirements.
Build and maintain a preferred supplier base for outsourced NDT services, including specialty techniques not available internally.
Establish supplier qualification, oversight, and performance-management processes for external inspection providers.
Review complex inspection results, support disposition and root-cause investigations, and provide technical input on nonconformances affecting flight and development hardware.
Drive standardization, process capability, data quality, and inspection repeatability across NDT operations.
Support program planning, capital-equipment decisions, budget development, facility needs, and long-term capability roadmaps.
Ensure the NDT program supports applicable aerospace requirements and the inspection needs of welds, COPVs, pressure vessels, structures, propulsion hardware, and other critical hardware.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or a related technical field and 7+ years of relevant experience.
ASNT Level III certification in at least one relevant NDT method.
Demonstrated technical expertise across multiple NDT inspection techniques, such as radiographic, ultrasonic, eddy current, penetrant, and/or computed tomography.
Experience developing and maintaining an NDT program in an aerospace, spaceflight, defense, aviation, or similarly high-reliability environment.
Experience managing, mentoring, or leading NDT Engineers, Inspectors, technicians, or equivalent technical personnel.
Experience developing NDT procedures, training programs, inspection requirements, and equipment-capability plans.
Ability to evaluate inspection needs for complex hardware and determine whether internal or outsourced inspection is appropriate.

About the Company

Impulse Space

In-space propulsion and payload mobility

Impulse Space builds in-space mobility services and propulsion to move payloads after launch. Its products include Mira for precise maneuvering and rendezvous, Helios high-energy kick stage, Caravan rideshare to higher-energy orbits, and propulsion lines Saiph, Deneb, and Rigel. These tools act as in-space tugs and stages to push, dock, and deploy payloads in orbit. Led by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, Impulse Space uses flight-proven hardware and a growing network of facilities to make reaching higher-energy orbits faster and cheaper, expanding access for customers.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Series D
Total funding: $1.4B
Headquarters: Redondo Beach, CA
Founded: 2021

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