Spacecraft Testbeds Engineering Manager: HITL & Ironbirds

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach (CA); Vor Ort; USD 175.000 - 205.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Stock options

Medical / Vision / Dental coverage

401(k) plan

Zusammenfassung

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach seeks a Manager for Spacecraft Testbeds to lead a high‑assurance team delivering HITL/HIL testbeds such as ironbirds and flatsats.

You will partner with Software, GNC, and Avionics to translate requirements into hardware designs, ensuring on‑time delivery for vehicle development and mission validation. Strong leadership and hands‑on electrical troubleshooting are essential.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience developing electrical test systems, including HITL/embedded hardware testing.
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams, projects, or technical programs.
• Strong understanding of electrical test system design, avionics interfaces, instrumentation, and hands-on electrical troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and deploying complex electrical test systems involving instrumentation, signal conditioning, and hardware interfaces.
• Experience managing engineering schedules, resources, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong communication, organizational, and technical problem-solving skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of engineers responsible for spacecraft testbed hardware design, integration, and deployment.
• Define testbed requirements and translate simulation/validation needs into hardware designs with software/avionics teams.
• Own electrical and hardware architecture of space hardware testbeds, including interfaces and supporting equipment.
• Set technical priorities, schedules, resources, and milestones to support vehicle development and test campaigns.
• Oversee design and development of custom interfaces, load boards, harnesses, and test hardware.
• Coordinate resources to ensure fabrication, assembly, integration, commissioning, and checkout of testbeds.
• Align hardware architecture with avionics test and EGSE platforms using common designs and tooling.
• Ensure testbed reliability and scalability through standardized designs and processes.
• Provide technical leadership in troubleshooting electrical and hardware-software integration issues.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Electrical test system design

Avionics interfaces

Hardware troubleshooting

Project scheduling

Hardware integration

Python

C++

Linux

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Python

C++

Linux

Instrumentation

Electrical interfaces

Jobbeschreibung

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach seeks a Manager for Spacecraft Testbeds to lead a high‑assurance team delivering HITL/HIL testbeds such as ironbirds and flatsats.

You will partner with Software, GNC, and Avionics to translate requirements into hardware designs, ensuring on‑time delivery for vehicle development and mission validation. Strong leadership and hands‑on electrical troubleshooting are essential.