What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Integration Engineer (Tanks & Domes) position at Impulse Space?
Department: Manufacturing
Location: Redondo Beach
Compensation: $135,000 - $185,000 / year
As a Senior/Staff Tanks Integration Engineer, you will be responsible with developing processes for dome, structures, and tank integration.
Helios is Impulse's new vehicle, a 3rd stage/kick stage. Launching in 2026, it is designed to take satellites & payloads to GEO for faster & cheaper than today's capability.
Responsibilities
- Own Helios tank builds through final integration
- Build, organize, and manage a multidisciplinary schedule to drive delivery of the tanks on time
- Work and communicate effectively at a technical level with numerous teams across propulsion, avionics, structures, software, test, and manufacturing
- Work with Responsible Engineers to solidify proper manufacturing and integration processes
- Develop & optimize manufacturing processes, procedures, and specifications for tank integration & supporting structures
- Own the entire manufacturing life cycle for assigned projects & hardware
- Work directly with technicians and machinists to produce high-quality hardware
- Work directly with outside vendors, including periodic visits to those vendors
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 5 years of demonstrated experience of developing manufacturing processes from scratch
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere
- 5 years of demonstrated experience integrating, designing, and/or building an aerospace, industrial, chemical, or material manufacturing process
- Masters' degree in an engineering discipline
- 9 years' of demonstrated hands-on integration experience within aerospace
- Experience using Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS, or similar CAD software
- Familiarity with industrial control systems (such as PLCs) and test automation
- Excellent written and oral communication, especially translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated hands-on mechanical experience: welding, automotive, pumps/valves, rocketry, etc.
- Demonstrated experience with spacecraft, propulsion systems and aerospace hardware
- Experience with 3 or more of the following manufacturing/integration processes:
- Metallic or spring-energized seals in cryogenic environments
- Vehicle/subsystem functional checkouts and testing (i.e. pneumatic, electrical, proof & leak)
- Installing ESD-sensitive components & instrumentation
- Cleaning and maintaining hardware cleanliness for propellant service
- Fabrication/final assembly of spacecraft insulation and/or other thermal protection systems
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.
Salary : $135,000 - $185,000
