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Network Engineer (Test Engineering)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 125000 - 155000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
28 October 2026 (7 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
25 January 2027
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
As a Network Engineer at Impulse (Test Engineering) you are responsible for implementing operating troubleshooting and continuously improving network infrastructure across enterprise inter-site manufacturing lab/test mission-critical data center and cloud-adjacent environments.
This is an execution-focused engineering role working within company reference architectures and standards defined in partnership with Network Architecture and Security leadership. The engineer is expected to independently handle routine-to-complex network changes and troubleshooting contribute to design decisions and partner with senior engineers or architects on larger initiatives. The ideal candidate thrives in environments where uptime performance segmentation and security are important and is comfortable supporting event-driven operationally critical activities.
While the environment is Cisco-leaning strong experience with other enterprise networking platforms is valued and candidates are not required to have exclusively Cisco backgrounds.
Responsibilities
- Design implement and maintain enterprise network infrastructure including Layer 2/3 switching routing wireless WAN and high-availability solutions in alignment with established network architectures and standards
- Configure and optimize routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP site-to-site and site-to-cloud connectivity VPNs and SD-WAN to ensure scalable resilient and reliable communications
- Configure and maintain network segmentation using VLANs VRFs ACLs firewalls NAC/802.1X and zero-trust-aligned access controls to protect corporate manufacturing laboratory restricted and guest environments
- Monitor network health availability capacity and performance; troubleshoot issues across Layers 17; and implement improvements to minimize downtime and maintain operational continuity
- Provide network support during test campaigns mission-critical activities and other time-sensitive operations; participate in incident response root cause analysis and post-incident reviews
- Partner with Security and Compliance teams to implement security controls logging monitoring and documentation that support applicable requirements including ITAR NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC
- Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python Ansible and Terraform and support monitoring and telemetry solutions to improve configuration consistency visibility and operational efficiency
- Execute firmware upgrades hardware refreshes capacity planning and infrastructure expansions while supporting new site builds relocations and laboratory deployments
- Configure and optimize QoS and where applicable precision-timing technologies such as PTP/IEEE 1588 and 802.1AS to support latency-sensitive telemetry control systems and other critical workloads
- Maintain accurate network diagrams IP address management records configurations and operational runbooks while collaborating with Infrastructure Security Facilities IT Operations and senior network engineering teams
Minimum Qualifications
- 3 years of hands-on network engineering or network administration experience in production environments
- Hands-on experience supporting multi-site on-prem and cloud-adjacent networks
- Experience working in change-controlled security-sensitive or similarly structured production environments
- Strong working knowledge of Layer 2/3 networking technologies including VLANs trunking STP link aggregation OSPF and familiarity with BGP
- Hands-on experience implementing and supporting high-availability technologies such as HSRP/VRRP MLAG or stacking
- Working knowledge of network segmentation VRFs ACLs and exposure to NAC or 802.1X
- Experience with enterprise wireless networks VPNs and WAN connectivity
- Strong troubleshooting skills across multi-site or distributed network environments
- Experience in Cisco-leaning environments including traditional enterprise platforms and Meraki or other cloud-managed solutions. Experience with other enterprise networking platforms (for example Juniper Arista Palo Alto Fortinet Aruba or similar) is also acceptable
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 5 years of hands-on network engineering or network administration experience in production environments
- Industry certifications such as CCNA CCNP or equivalent hands-on experience
- Experience with SD-WAN data center fabrics or EVPN/VXLAN
- Familiarity with precision time protocols (PTP / IEEE.1AS) and QoS or traffic engineering
- Experience with automation frameworks scripting or infrastructure-as-code concepts
- Experience in aerospace defense manufacturing or other regulated mission-critical environments
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.
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