Kick-Stage Integration Engineer (All Levels)
External job listingat Impulse Space
Impulse Space seeks an Integration Engineer for its Helios kick-stage to lead vehicle build, integration, and system-level testing.
Salary
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Location
Redondo Beach, United States
Employment type
Full time
Workplace
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Kick-Stage Integration Engineer (All Levels)
Redondo Beach, United States
Job description
About the role
As an Integration Engineer at Impulse Space for its high-energy kick-stage, Helios, you will own the transition from a primary structure weldment to a vehicle ready to launch. You will coordinate across structures, propulsion, avionics, software, firmware, and test engineering to execute critical vehicle system-level tests. Leveling will be commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities
- Own vehicle build from assembly start through integration onto the launch vehicle.
- Support integration of propulsion components, tubes, avionics components, payloads, sensors, cables, and harnessing.
- Develop, execute, and document critical system-level testing with subsystem owners.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on test readiness reviews, anomaly resolution, and configuration control.
- Plan, support, and drive system integration and activation alongside technician teams.
- Build, organize, and manage a multidisciplinary schedule to drive on-time spacecraft delivery.
- Provide innovative solutions while working with a high degree of autonomy.
- Communicate effectively at a technical level across propulsion, avionics, structures, software, test, and manufacturing teams.
- Identify, track, and communicate build issues and work across the organization to resolve them.
- Provide feedback to design teams to improve spacecraft processing throughout its lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, or another engineering discipline.
- Experience integrating, designing, and/or building an aerospace, industrial, chemical, or material manufacturing process.
- Demonstrated experience with pneumatic, electrical, and/or hydraulic functional test stands and testing.
Key facts
- The role is in the Manufacturing department.
- The role supports vehicle build and integration through launch-vehicle integration.
- A bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline is required.
- Leveling will be commensurate with experience.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Integration Engineer role involve?
The role owns the transition from a primary structure weldment to a vehicle ready to launch, including vehicle build, integration, and system-level testing.
What qualifications are required?
The listing requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, or materials engineering, or another engineering discipline. It also specifies experience with manufacturing processes and functional test stands and testing.
Which teams does the role work with?
The role coordinates with structures, propulsion, avionics, software, firmware, and test engineers, as well as manufacturing teams.