Software Quality Engineer II

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach, CA is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to ensure our flight and ground software meets the highest quality standards. You will define tests, contribute to automated pipelines, and prepare releases for missions from Earth orbit to Mars.

This role partners with engineering across programs, supports CI/CD, and helps tailor development processes. A strong background in C/C++/Python and hands-on QA in a regulated, space-focused environment is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field.
• 3+ years of software quality assurance or test automation.
• Proficiency in C, C++, and/or Python.
• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience tailoring software development processes.
• Experience writing or editing software user documentation.
• Experience with Git repositories and artifacts.
• Proven track record in CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Write software development, configuration, and test plans.
• Define comprehensive test plans: functional, integration, system, UAT.
• Coordinate releases and deliveries with customers.
• Collaborate on code reviews and CI/CD pipeline improvements.
• Define quality metrics and dashboards for monitoring.
• Verify release candidates pass testing.
• Evaluate compliance with software development processes.

Skills

C/C++/Python

Software QA

CI/CD

Git

SDLC

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Department: Software

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $145,000 - $170,000 / year

Description As a Software Quality Engineer at Impulse you will ensure that our software maintains the highest standards of quality across complex, mission-critical flight and ground software programs. In this role, you will help to define and document software development and test processes, define tests for our automated testing pipelines, and prepare software releases for space missions anywhere from low Earth orbit to Mars.

Responsibilities

• Write software development plans, software configuration management plans, and software test plans to communicate our software development process to our customers and other stakeholders
• Define comprehensive test plans, including functional, integration, system, and user acceptance tests
• Support development of software documentation and coordinate releases and deliveries with our customers
• Work with the development team during code reviews and through an integrated CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous improvement and immediate feedback.
• Define quality metrics and dashboards for continuous monitoring
• Verify release candidates pass testing
• Evaluate compliance with our software development process

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical discipline
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience in software quality assurance or test automation
• Demonstrated proficiency in C, C++, and/or python languages
• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrated experience tailoring software development processes
• Demonstrated experience writing or editing software user documentation
• Demonstrated experience with git repositories and artifacts
• Proven track record producing or testing high quality software in a CI/CD pipeline

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Familiarity with MIL-STD-498 or SMC-S-012
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience with the AS9100 processes
• 3+ years of Software Quality Engineering experience supporting satellite, spacecraft, constellation, or launch vehicle testing
• Demonstrated experience with static analysis tools
• Demonstrated experience with the risk management framework

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.

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.