Impulse Space
Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Subassemblies)
$110K–$145K
Redondo Beach, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years required; 3+ years preferred for aerospace or other high-reliability hardware.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies.
About the job
Develops and sustains manufacturing processes for spacecraft mechanical subassemblies from prototype through flight production, ensuring safe, repeatable, flight-quality production.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain work instructions, manufacturing plans, tooling, and manufacturing Bills of Materials.
- Support hands-on assembly, integration, testing, issue investigation, and corrective actions.
- Partner across teams to improve manufacturability, quality, safety, cost, throughput, and schedule.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, precision electromechanical assemblies, process engineering, or mechanical integration in a production environment.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
- Demonstrated experience in hardware assembly, troubleshooting, mechanical systems, and cross-functional engineering and production teams.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting spacecraft, satellites, launch vehicles, aerospace mechanisms, or other high-reliability hardware.
- Experience with cleanroom manufacturing, aerospace quality and traceability, testing, ECOs/configuration management/PLM, manufacturing tooling, or CAD.
Pay
$110,000 - $145,000 / year (base salary)
Tools
GD&T, Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), configuration management, product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, NX, Creo, Catia, SolidWorks
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