IT Systems Engineer II — Test & Time-Sync Infrastructure

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space is hiring an IT Systems Engineer II to design and deploy critical infrastructure for hardware testing in Redondo Beach, California. The role combines enterprise IT standards with specialized test-environment requirements, ensuring highly reliable infrastructure for engineering operations. Ideal candidates will have strong networking expertise and hands-on experience in time-synchronized systems. The position offers competitive compensation of $160,000 - $185,000 per year along with potential long-term incentives and full benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting infrastructure or test engineering environments.
• Aerospace, manufacturing, or propulsion test environment experience.
• Deterministic or time-sensitive networking experience.
• Virtualization and hybrid cloud integration experience.
• Infrastructure automation experience.
• Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy infrastructure for test facilities, including rack layouts, MDF/IDF architecture, and fiber distribution.
• Lead infrastructure projects for test stand deployments, relocations, and facility expansions.
• Plan and manage scalable, redundant, and high-capacity network architectures.
• Design and operate deterministic test networks with IEEE-1588 PTP and NTP synchronization.
• Troubleshoot latency, packet loss, and timing issues affecting telemetry and control systems.
• Engineer and maintain servers, virtualization platforms, storage, and hybrid cloud/on-prem infrastructure.
• Implement backup, recovery, and infrastructure lifecycle management strategies.
• Develop automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions to improve provisioning and test readiness.
• Support CI/CD integration and collaborate with Test and Automation Engineering teams during live operations.
• Ensure infrastructure security, segmentation, compliance, and alignment with zero-trust and enterprise IT standards.

Skills

Strong networking expertise including switching, routing, VLANs, and troubleshooting

Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting time-synchronized systems (PTP/NTP)

Experience designing physical infrastructure and facility network deployments

Administration experience with Linux and Windows systems

Cisco or equivalent enterprise networking experience

Job description

Impulse Space is hiring an IT Systems Engineer II to design and deploy critical infrastructure for hardware testing in Redondo Beach, California. The role combines enterprise IT standards with specialized test-environment requirements, ensuring highly reliable infrastructure for engineering operations. Ideal candidates will have strong networking expertise and hands-on experience in time-synchronized systems. The position offers competitive compensation of $160,000 - $185,000 per year along with potential long-term incentives and full benefits.