Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanisms)

Impulse Space • Redondo Beach, CA

12h • $135,000 - $175,000

About The Position

As a Senior Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer at Impulse, you will be responsible for developing, maturing, and sustaining manufacturing processes for spacecraft mechanisms from prototype through flight production. This role bridges design engineering and the factory floor, ensuring mechanisms are built safely, repeatably, on schedule, and to flight-quality standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or process engineering
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with mechanical systems and precision assemblies
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, GD&T and engineering specifications and procedures

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years of hands-on engineering experience with spacecraft, satellite, launch vehicle, or aerospace mechanisms
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience transitioning hardware from development to flight production
• Familiarity with cleanroom or controlled assembly environments
• Demonstrated experience with mechanism testing and qualification, failure analysis and corrective action processes, engineering change orders (ECOs) and configuration management

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing processes for spacecraft mechanisms from prototype through flight production
• Develop and maintain work instructions, travelers, and tooling to enable safe, repeatable builds
• Partner with design engineering to improve DFM/DFA, reliability, and production readiness
• Support hands-on assembly, integration, and test of mechanisms on the production floor
• Troubleshoot build and test issues, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
• Support mechanism-level functional, deployment, and environmental testing
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and configuration control requirements
• Drive continuous improvement in cost, schedule, yield, and manufacturability

Benefits

• long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
• access to medical, vision & dental coverage
• access to a 401(k) retirement plan

What This Job Offers

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