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Manager, Spacecraft Vehicle Engineering
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 175000 - 205000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
10 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
8 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
As the Manager for Vehicle Engineering for Mira at Impulse you will be responsible for the overall success delivery sustainment and improvement of the Mira vehicle product line. You will serve as the technical expert of the vehicle and manage a team of 4 individuals to start with potential to grow.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of all-star responsible engineers working on the Mira spacecraft including both mechanical and vehicle level system engineering associated work
- Be the glue and train your team on how to connect hardware groups together across propulsion avionics manufacturing and integration to deliver successful Mira vehicles on time at a recurring basis
- Act as the technical expert on Mira spacecraft primary structures secondary structures deployable mechanisms and payload accommodations
- Manage an ever-growing number of Mira missions scaling from 6 per year to 30 per year
- Interface regularly with mission management mission design and customers supporting current missions onboarding new ones or performing studies on what Mira could do
- Train guide and mentor your team to be efficient hardware-focused collaborative and technically rigorous
- Shape the long-term product roadmap for Mira both mission by mission and well into the future with major or minor block upgrades that include systemic performance process and automation improvements
- Direct technical ownership and individual contributor work across the vehicle
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in engineering science or related field
- Past results and execution developing testing and flying spacecraft launch vehicles or other vehicles with similar rigorous flightworthy requirements
- Expert level technical knowledge in any of the following disciplines: primary structures secondary structures mechanisms pressure systems or other areas related to spacecraft
- Strong communication skills both technically and interpersonally to support work across a wide array of groups and departments
- Professional experience managing and growing a small team
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Masters degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering
- 4 years of demonstrated experience working in lead roles on spacecraft development
- Ownership of the technical development of a spacecraft through its full design cycle: conceptualization system level trades design analysis test build integration and flight operations
- Demonstrated results executing multi-disciplinary problems efficiently in a startup or agile development environment that requires hands-on hardware
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 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 Spaces 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
