Spacecraft Manufacturing Engineer – Mechanical Subassemblies

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Subassemblies) to develop, mature, and sustain manufacturing processes for mechanical subassemblies from prototype through flight production.

You will bridge design engineering and the factory floor, ensuring spacecraft structures are built safely, repeatably, on schedule, and to flight-quality standards, collaborating with design, quality, supply chain, test, and production teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years in manufacturing/production engineering or related role.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, specs.
• Experience with hardware assembly, troubleshooting, and mechanical systems.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering and production teams.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing processes for spacecraft subassemblies from prototype through flight production.
• Develop, release, and maintain manufacturing work instructions, travelers, manufacturing plans, and tooling to enable safe, repeatable production.
• Develop and maintain MBOMs for structural and mechanical subassemblies.
• Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability (DFM) and assembly (DFA).
• Support hands-on assembly, integration, and test on the production floor.
• Investigate manufacturing/test issues, lead root-cause analysis, implement corrective actions.
• Develop and execute manufacturing plans for qualification, acceptance, functional, deployment, and environmental testing.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities across engineering, quality, supply chain, and production to meet schedules.
• Monitor manufacturing metrics and drive continuous improvements in safety, quality, cost, throughput, and schedule.
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems and flight hardware traceability.

Skills

GD&T reading

Engineering drawings

Cross-functional collaboration

Root-cause analysis

Manufacturing process development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

NX/Creo/Catia/SolidWorks

Job description

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Subassemblies) to develop, mature, and sustain manufacturing processes for mechanical subassemblies from prototype through flight production.

You will bridge design engineering and the factory floor, ensuring spacecraft structures are built safely, repeatably, on schedule, and to flight-quality standards, collaborating with design, quality, supply chain, test, and production teams.