Senior Mission Integration Engineer (National Security)

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Senior Mission Integration Engineer to lead the technical integration of customer payloads onto Impulse space vehicles. You will bridge customer teams and internal engineering to establish interfaces from kickoff through delivery.

The role requires a technical degree and 5+ years in systems engineering or mission integration, with ICDs and verification matrices experience. Occasional travel (<20%) and ITAR/EAR exposure are part of the job.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• 5+ years in systems engineering or mission integration.
• Strong understanding of aerospace subsystem interfaces and contract requirements alignment.
• Experience maintaining ICDs or verification matrices.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain technical baseline documentation and ICDs across missions.
• Lead cross-disciplinary coordination to resolve integration issues.
• Partner with REs and Mission Managers to evaluate spacecraft capabilities vs requirements.
• Identify technical risks early and propose mitigations.
• Support mission verification, environmental tests, and launch operations.
• Maintain traceability with action tracking and data in repositories.
• Travel to support hardware integration events (<20%).

Skills

Systems engineering

Mission integration

Technical project execution

Documentation management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Interface Control Documents (ICDs)

Verification matrices

Job description

Senior Mission Integration Engineer (National Security)

Department: Mission Management

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $140,000 - $180,000 / year

Description

As a Senior Mission Integration Engineer at Impulse, you will be responsible for executing the technical integration of customer payloads and mission requirements onto Impulse space vehicles. In this role, you will bridge customer technical teams and internal engineering disciplines – establishing hardware, software, and operational interfaces from kickoff through delivery. You will lead technical problem-solving, maintain baseline interface documentation, and ensure mission integration readiness across complex missions.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain technical baseline documentation, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and compliance matrices for customer missions
• Lead multi-disciplinary coordination across different technical focus areas to resolve integration issues
• Partner with Responsible Engineers (REs) and Mission Managers to evaluate evolving spacecraft capabilities against customer requirements
• Proactively identify technical risks early in the mission lifecycle and formulate engineering trade-offs and mitigations
• Support mission verification, environmental test reviews, and launch site integration flows
• Maintain traceability through clear action item tracking, meeting records, and analysis/test/inspection data in shared company repositories
• Occasionally travel to support hardware integration events, test campaigns, or launch operations (less than 20% travel)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• 5+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, mission integration, or complex technical project execution
• Strong understanding of core aerospace subsystem interfaces and familiarity with tracking contract requirements against technical deliverables
• Experience maintaining technical documentation, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), or verification matrices

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Active security clearance or willingness to obtain
• Experience working directly as a technical point of contact with external partners or customers in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with civil space or national security processes and systems
• Strong organizational skills with a track record of documenting technical processes, interface definitions, and verification logic

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, 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.

Impulse Space's spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. 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.