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As Manager of Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) at Impulse, you will lead a team responsible for designing, building, and deploying electrical ground systems that interface with flight hardware throughout spacecraft integration, test, and launch operations. Your team develops reliable, standardized, and modular hardware solutions enabling rapid testing, vehicle integration, and launch execution.
You will guide the team's technical direction, engineering execution, and professional development while collaborating closely with Avionics, Integration, Test, and Launch Operations teams. You own the team's priorities, technical standards, and performance, ensuring EGSE hardware meets demanding spacecraft development and operational requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading, mentoring, and growing a team of EGSE engineers while fostering technical excellence, collaboration, and professional development
- Driving design and development of electrical ground systems supporting spacecraft integration, test, and launch operations
- Establishing standardized, modular EGSE hardware architectures and reusable components to improve reliability, scalability, and development efficiency
- Providing technical leadership and design reviews for electrical interfaces, communication systems, power distribution, grounding, shielding, and hardware integration
- Collaborating with Avionics, Integration, Test, and Launch Operations teams to define requirements and ensure compatibility between ground and flight systems
- Managing engineering priorities, resources, and schedules to support program milestones
- Overseeing hardware fabrication, integration, verification, and deployment in coordination with engineers, technicians, and operations teams
- Coordinating with COMSEC and Avionics teams to identify and integrate communications and cryptographic hardware meeting applicable security requirements
- Establishing and maintaining high standards for engineering documentation, interface control documents (ICDs), schematics, and design practices
- Driving root cause investigations, resolving technical challenges, and continuously improving hardware reliability, safety, and performance
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics, or related technical discipline
- 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and integrating electrical ground support equipment, avionics hardware, or other complex electrical systems
- Demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and developing engineering teams
- Strong understanding of electrical system design, including power supplies, power distribution, circuit protection, grounding, shielding, and signal integrity
- Deep understanding of electrical communication interfaces and physical-layer requirements, including differential signaling, termination, impedance matching, and protocols such as Ethernet, RS-422, and CAN
- Hands-on experience with electrical hardware integration, instrumentation, testing, and troubleshooting
- Proven ability to lead complex hardware development efforts and coordinate effectively across engineering teams
