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Senior Design Reliability Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Redondo Beach, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 140000 - 180000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
31 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
1 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
As a Senior Design Reliability Engineer at Impulse you will own the standardization and implementation of Impulses design process. You will lead cross-functional efforts on setting design standards margining approach configuration management and templates.
Responsibilities
- Define and document design standards and best practices for structures propulsion avionics composites mechanisms and more
- Define and document our margining approach
- Own the design release workflow processes from CAD to PLM to MRP and ERP
- Define the design review process templates and milestones
- Create and manage tools to compile design-informing data and information traceability of changes and key decision points
- Provide design-for-reliability guidance during design reviews and build planning
- Develop and implement robust design configuration management processes
- Use build and flight data to influence requirements assumptions and decisions
- Act as a specification custodian for our design margining configuration and release processes
- Ensure product integrity by holding the line on quality standards extreme-owning design containments and driving corrective actions to completion
- Liaise with build reliability quality and flight reliability to solve problems together
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Aerospace Engineering or related field
- 5 years of experience in hardware design and analysis for aerospace automotive or high-reliability systems
- Demonstrated experience supporting design-for-manufacturing of builds integration or test of primary structures and/or complex mechanical or electromechanical systems
- Strong problem-solving skills with demonstrated root cause analysis experience
- Strong theoretical and working knowledge of GD&T
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 8 years of demonstrated design reliability experience with spacecraft launch vehicles aviation robotics or hardware
- Familiarity with AS9100 ISO 9001 or similar quality systems (practical application preferred over documentation focus)
- Demonstrated experience with reliability engineering concepts (FMEA reliability growth Weibull analysis)
- Demonstrated background working closely with cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated experience supporting rapid development or prototype-to-production transitions
Additional Requirements:
- Flexible schedule and willing to travel as needed
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.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 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:
Senior IC
