Quality Engineer (Composites)

Impulse Space • Redondo Beach, CA

7d • $110,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field
• 3+ 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

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of demonstrated build reliability experience with spacecraft, launch vehicles, aviation, robotics, or defense hardware
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, or similar quality systems (practical application preferred over documentation focus)
• Demonstrated experience with reliability engineering concepts (FMEA, reliability growth, Weibull analysis)
• Demonstrated background working closely with technicians and production teams
• Demonstrated experience supporting rapid development or prototype-to-production transitions
• Technical familiarity with composites materials and manufacturing
• Certified to NASA’s COPV Damage Detection Course

Responsibilities

• Partner with design, manufacturing, and integration teams to ensure hardware is built reliably and repeatably from prototype through production
• Perform closeout inspections
• Support early development test and build campaigns to characterize hardware performance, material properties, and design decisions
• Identify, investigate, and eliminate build defects through structured root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Develop inspection, acceptance, and quality control processes aligned with hardware reliability requirements
• Provide design-for-reliability and manufacturability feedback during design reviews and build planning
• Develop and implement MRP/ERP improvements for improved hardware handling, trace, data collection, and overall reliability
• Develop and implement build quality metrics to heighten awareness and to improve quality landscape over time
• Audit production floor processes against process requirements
• Identify requirement gaps and write specifications to fill those gaps
• Implement projects to improve manufacturing reliability
• Own training and certification of elevated sign-off privileges for processes
• Interface with Supply Chain to improve vendor hardware quality

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level