Senior Soft Goods Engineer
Impulse Space
USD 135k-185k / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 26, 2025
As a Sr. Soft Goods Engineer at Impulse Space you will develop and manufacture state-of-the-art soft goods and multi-layer insulation (MLI) builds for current & future vehicles. You will work with cross-discipline engineering teams & outside vendors to deliver flight hardware.
- Department
- Manufacturing
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $135,000 - $185,000 / year
Responsibilities
- Develop manufacturing processes to fabricate parts with MLI’s and spacecraft textile products
- Own process development, build, test, and integration for both flight and development hardware
- Generate soft goods manufacturing standards, work instructions, and process specifications
- Tooling design for part fabrication, shop aids, and assembly
- Work directly with technicians to produce high-quality hardware
- Work directly with outside vendors
- Spec, purchase, and implement equipment to aid in part fabrication
- Develop and implement shop floor layouts to establish new production cells
- Engage in development projects to test feasibility of new part designs
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors’ degree in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, aerospace engineering, or a similar field
- 5+ years of direct hands-on manufacturing experience in a production and/or development environment
- 2+ years of direct hands-on experience with part fabrication utilizing MLI’s and soft goods
- Proficiency with CAD software and the ability to learn new tools
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Masters' degree in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, aerospace engineering, or a similar field
- 5+ years of direct hands-on experience with part fabrication utilizing MLI’s and soft goods
- 4+ years of demonstrated experience working on soft good for launch vehicles, spacecraft, or satellites
- Develops creative design solutions to complex problems
- Ability to work with complex assemblies
- Experience with Siemens NX
- Experience in a startup or agile development environment
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere
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 equity. In 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.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Received
Stage 2:
Resume Review
Stage 3:
Intro Phone Interview
Stage 4:
Technical Phone Interview(s)
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