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Impulse is seeking a Staff Industrial Engineer to lead spacecraft production scaling in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You will operate at the intersection of engineering and operations, developing comprehensive industrial scaling plans to rapidly increase production capacity and deliver spacecraft at scale.
You will work cross-functionally with AI&T, Manufacturing, Engineering, Business Development, Finance, and Property teams to turn ambitious production goals into executable plans and build the systems required to support rapid growth. This is an ownership role—you will move from spreadsheet planning to factory floor execution, making sound decisions with incomplete information and delivering operational results.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and execute strategies to increase spacecraft production rates, optimize factory layouts and workflows, eliminate bottlenecks, and improve throughput without compromising quality or schedule
- Scale manufacturing processes, spacecraft assembly, integration, and test capabilities to meet aggressive production and delivery targets
- Lead factory planning, facility buildouts, equipment layouts, infrastructure upgrades, and operational readiness to support rapid expansion
- Own capacity-driven capital planning, equipment procurement, investment prioritization, and deployment to ensure infrastructure keeps pace with production demand
- Work directly with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, finance, and leadership to solve production scaling problems, remove constraints, and deliver capability quickly
You must be metrics-driven, with the ability to coordinate informed trades related to make/buy decisions, automation, production infrastructure, operating systems, and test systems. Success means increasing throughput, removing manufacturing and test constraints, deploying capital effectively, and ensuring facilities and equipment are ready before production demand outpaces capacity.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, factory operations, and/or production scaling for complex hardware
- Demonstrated success scaling manufacturing operations and increasing production capacity
- Experience transitioning products from prototype builds to repeatable production
- Experience establishing or expanding factory operations, including facility layouts, equipment selection and deployment, tooling, and production readiness
- Experience owning or significantly contributing to capital planning, manufacturing equipment investments, and infrastructure development
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions and execute in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives from concept through implementation with minimal oversight
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
