Staff Mission Architect, Space Systems

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach (CA); Presencial; USD 175.000 - 205.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Impulse Space seeks a Staff Mission Architect to define mission-level requirements shaping early vehicle concepts. You translate vague customer inputs into quantitative mission criteria, enabling disciplined architecture development.

As a bridge between Business Development and Engineering, you will engage with U.S. Government customers, develop reusable mission-analysis models, and contribute to white papers and RFIs. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 8+ years of aerospace/defense mission analysis experience.
• Ability to derive quantitative mission requirements from ambiguous inputs.
• Proficiency with mission-level modeling tools and scripting languages.
• Eligibility for a U.S. security clearance; TS/SCI preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Lead mission-level analysis across payloads, constellations, ground systems, C2, cyber, and operational context.
• Convert vague customer desires into quantitative requirements for downstream design.
• Develop tools for mission analysis including coverage, latency, and availability modeling.
• Produce derived requirements such as sensitivity, timelines, and communications performance.
• Collaborate with AMCEs to evaluate conceptual solutions against mission requirements.

Conocimientos

Mission analysis

System-of-systems

Technical writing

Security clearance

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Herramientas

STK

AGI Analysis Workbench

EO/IR tools

Python

MATLAB

Descripción del empleo

Impulse Space seeks a Staff Mission Architect to define mission-level requirements shaping early vehicle concepts. You translate vague customer inputs into quantitative mission criteria, enabling disciplined architecture development.

As a bridge between Business Development and Engineering, you will engage with U.S. Government customers, develop reusable mission-analysis models, and contribute to white papers and RFIs. Travel up to 25% may be required.