Senior Mission Architect, Systems & Analysis

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental

401(k)

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach, CA is seeking a Staff Mission Architect to define mission-level logic that guides early system concepts. You will translate vague customer inputs into quantitative requirements, bridging Business Development and Engineering to shape initial architectures.

You will engage with U.S. Government customers, travel up to 25%, and lead mission-analysis across payloads, constellations, C2, and cyber.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 8+ years in aerospace/defense mission analysis.
• Ability to derive quantitative mission requirements from ambiguous inputs.
• Experience with mission-level modeling tools and scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead mission-level analysis across payloads, constellations, ground systems, C2, cyber, and context to define success criteria.
• Convert vague customer desires into quantitative requirements for early design.
• Develop mission modeling tools for coverage, NIIRS, latency, and availability.
• Produce requirements for sensitivity, ΔV envelopes, timelines, and communications performance.
• Partner with AMCEs to evaluate solutions against mission requirements and tradeoffs.
• Lead mission-architecting during early capture phases and support BD with analyses for government proposals.
• Conduct red-team-style assessments to identify risks and adversary constraints.
• Ensure architectures consider ground station availability, crosslink, cyber/hardening, and resilience.
• Build reusable mission-analysis models to avoid restarts across pursuits.
• Collaborate with industry/government partners on analysis frameworks and scenarios.

Skills

Mission analysis

STK

Python

MATLAB

Technical writing

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

AGI Analysis Workbench

Job description

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach, CA is seeking a Staff Mission Architect to define mission-level logic that guides early system concepts. You will translate vague customer inputs into quantitative requirements, bridging Business Development and Engineering to shape initial architectures.

You will engage with U.S. Government customers, travel up to 25%, and lead mission-analysis across payloads, constellations, C2, and cyber.