Senior Manufacturing Manager (Helios)

Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA

25d•$190,000 - $230,000•Onsite

About The Position

As the Senior Manufacturing Manager (Helios), you will hire, manage, and mentor manufacturing engineers and technicians to support hardware builds for Impulse’s Helios vehicles and tube shop. You will support activities ranging from sheet metal fabrication, welding, drilling, mechanical assembly, propulsion and avionics integration, along with vehicle checkouts. In addition, you will own the entire tubes value stream including bending, flaring, OTW, NDE, and acceptance testing. You will work directly with leaders and individual contributors in other disciplines. This is an opportunity to contribute to all aspects of vehicle development. Helios is Impulse's high-energy kick stage designed to deliver satellites & payloads to high-energy orbits, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
3+ years professional experience leading multi-level and multi-discipline teams
8+ years professional experience manufacturing structural aerospace hardware
Desire to improve team processes and train other team members
Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns

Nice To Haves

12+ years professional experience manufacturing structural aerospace hardware
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
Technical expertise in pressurized structure applications (welding, pressure sealing, penetrations, cryogenic temperatures)
Technical expertise in avionics and propulsion integration and checkouts
Technical expertise in tubes manufacturing (alloy selection, design for manufacturing, bending, flaring, welding, NDE, pressure testing)
Experience managing both exempt and non-exempt employees
Experience manufacturing for space environments beyond LEO
Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Responsibilities

Hire and mentor manufacturing and integration engineers and technicians
Collaborate with design engineers and quality teams to ensure manufacturability, DFM compliance, and long-term reliability
Set daily and weekly production targets, backed by performance metrics
Provide day-to-day support for the production floor, resolving build issues, updating work instructions, and improving yields
Develop, document, and optimize manufacturing processes for hardware, integration, and checkouts
Establish and maintain high technical standards through specifications and training
Collaborate with our Mojave test site, periodically offering technical and bandwidth support