Senior Integration Engineer (Tanks & Domes)

Redondo Beach, California, United States

$135-185k

Full Time

12 hours ago

Job description

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 

Minimum Qualifications

  • 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

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • 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 

Additional Information:

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.

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