Impulse Space
Senior Design Reliability Engineer
$150K–$190K
Redondo Beach, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years required; 8+ years of design reliability experience preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR.
About the job
Own and standardize design processes, reliability guidance, configuration management, and release workflows for aerospace hardware.
What you'll do
- Define design standards, margining approaches, review processes, and templates.
- Own design release workflows and configuration management; manage tools for traceability and design decisions.
- Provide design-for-reliability guidance, use build and flight data to inform decisions, and drive quality corrective actions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of hardware design and analysis experience in aerospace, automotive, or high-reliability systems.
- Experience supporting design-for-manufacturing builds, integration, or testing of primary structures and/or complex mechanical or electromechanical systems.
- Root cause analysis experience and strong theoretical and working knowledge of GD&T.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of design reliability experience in spacecraft, launch vehicles, aviation, robotics, or hardware.
- Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, or similar quality systems; reliability engineering concepts such as FMEA, reliability growth, or Weibull analysis.
Pay
$150,000 - $190,000 / year (base salary)
Tools
CAD, PLM, MRP, ERP, GD&T, AS9100, ISO 9001, FMEA
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