Mission Integration Engineer (Commercial & Civil)

As a Mission Integration Engineer at Impulse you will support the technical integration of commercial and civil space customer payloads and mission requirements onto Impulse space this role you will work closely with customer technical teams and internal engineering disciplineshelping establish and track hardware software and operational interfaces from kickoff through delivery. You will assist in technical problem-solving help maintain baseline interface documentation and support mission integration readiness across dynamic flight programs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining technical baseline documentation Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and compliance matrices for customer missions
• Support multi-disciplinary coordination across different technical focus areas to resolve integration issues
• Partner with Responsible Engineers (REs) and Mission Managers to evaluate evolving spacecraft capabilities against customer requirements
• Help identify technical risks early in the mission lifecycle and formulate engineering trade-offs and mitigations
• Support mission verification environmental test reviews and launch site integration flows
• Maintain traceability through clear action item tracking meeting records and analysis/test/inspection data in shared company repositories
• Occasionally travel to support hardware integration events test campaigns or launch operations (less than 20% travel)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a technical field
• 02 years of professional or hands-on academic/internship experience in systems engineering mission integration or complex technical project execution
• Foundational understanding of core aerospace subsystem interfaces and familiarity with tracking technical requirements against deliverables
• Exposure to maintaining technical documentation Interface Control Documents (ICDs) or verification matrices

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Masters degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience working directly as a technical point of contact with external partners or customers in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with commercial space markets launch service providers civil space mission lifecycles or institutional agency processes
• Strong organizational skills with a track record of documenting technical processes interface definitions and verification logic

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan .

Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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