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Impulse Space is seeking a Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer II to own all aspects of propulsion component manufacturing from initial concept through prototype build, qualification, and rate production. You will work in a rapidly iterative production environment, taking hardware from initial drawings through fabricated assemblies to full vehicle integration.
Key responsibilities include:
- Drive the development, build, assembly, and testing of complex propulsion hardware, ensuring reliable, cost-efficient, and scalable manufacturing outcomes
- Create robust assembly and test work instructions, and design production-ready fixtures and tooling that enable efficient, repeatable, and high-rate manufacturing
- Lead creative changes to production processes and hardware design by partnering closely with design engineering to iterate for manufacturability and reduce cost, cycle time, and complexity
- Collaborate deeply with build and test technicians, design engineers, internal machine shops, and external suppliers to ensure components are optimized for manufacturability, ease of assembly, and performance
- Resolve technical issues across manufacturing and testing by developing innovative, resourceful solutions and driving root-cause analysis with quality and design stakeholders
- Design and improve component-level testing assets—including proof and leak, flow characterization, and functional checkout—while advancing capability, automation, and test throughput
- Grow your expertise across multiple manufacturing disciplines to expand in-house production and test capability
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline or Physics
- 3+ years of professional experience manufacturing, building, testing, or troubleshooting hardware
- Demonstrated experience with Design for Manufacturability and complex assemblies
- Demonstrated results with product or process improvements
- Hands-on experience with basic fabrication tools and processes (electric/pneumatic power tools, tube bending, machining, welding, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability of taking project ownership and working well in small teams
