Impulse Space

In-space propulsion and payload mobility

Senior Build Reliability Engineer - Machining

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeRedondo Beach, CA, USA$140k - $170k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in hardware manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or high-reliability systems.
Demonstrated experience supporting production builds, integration, or testing of primary structures and/or complex mechanical or electromechanical systems.
Strong problem-solving skills with demonstrated root cause analysis experience.
Strong theoretical and working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).

Responsibilities

Identify, investigate, and eliminate build defects and failures through root cause analysis and corrective actions within and outside the work centers.
Develop inspection requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality control processes aligned with hardware and mission reliability requirements, and assist in closeout inspections.
Perform development testing to guide design decisions and characterize hardware performance.
Provide design-for-reliability guidance during design reviews and build planning.
Optimize material requirements planning/enterprise resource planning (MRP/ERP) system modules for improved hardware traceability, data collection, and overall reliability.
Balance inspection and testing with lean principles to ensure verifications are comprehensive and streamlined.
Develop and implement build quality metrics to heighten awareness and improve the quality landscape over time.
Act as a specification custodian for inspection plans, storage and handling procedures, process control plans, and related specifications.
Own training and certification for elevated sign-off privileges for manufacturing technicians.
Interface with supply chain to improve vendor hardware quality.
Ensure hardware integrity by enforcing quality standards, owning hardware containment, and driving corrective actions to completion.

As a Senior Build Reliability Engineer (Machining) at Impulse, you will own the connection between design requirements, manufacturing execution, and flight performance for machined hardware. You will work hands-on with technicians, manufacturing engineers, and supporting teams to prevent defects before they occur, rapidly diagnose failures, and continuously improve hardware reliability across spacecraft builds.

Identify, investigate, and eliminate build defects and failures through root cause analysis and corrective actions both within and outside of your work centers
Develop inspection requirements, acceptance criteria, and quality control processes aligned with hardware and mission reliability requirements. Assist in closeout inspections
Perform development testing to guide design decisions and characterize hardware performance
Provide design-for-reliability guidance during design reviews and build planning
Optimize MRP/ERP system modules for improved hardware trace, data collection, and overall reliability
Balance inspection and test with lean principles to ensure verifications are both comprehensive and streamlined
Develop and implement build quality metrics to heighten awareness and to improve quality landscape over time
Act as a specification custodian for inspection plans, storage and handling procedures, process control plans, and more
Own training and certification of elevated sign-off privileges for manufacturing technicians
Interface with supply chain to improve vendor hardware quality
Ensure hardware integrity by holding the line on quality standards, extreme-owning hardware containments, and driving corrective actions to completion

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
5+ years of experience in hardware manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or high-reliability systems
Demonstrated experience supporting production builds, integration, or test of primary structures and/or complex mechanical or electromechanical systems
Strong problem-solving skills with demonstrated root cause analysis experience
Strong theoretical and working knowledge of GD&T

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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