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Senior Flight Reliability Engineer

Impulse· Programs
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Redondo Beach$140k - $200kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Flight Reliability Engineer responsible for mission assurance, flight readiness, anomaly resolution, and continuous improvement across multiple flight programs, with a cross-functional leadership role at Impulse Space.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate mission and vehicle risks throughout development, integration, test, and flight operations; drive mitigation strategies across multidisciplinary engineering teams
  • Develop and maintain scalable processes for risk identification, disposition, and closure
  • Lead vehicle-level readiness reviews for major program milestones, including test campaigns, launch operations, and flight readiness activities
  • Own root cause investigations for significant flight and ground-test anomalies, driving corrective and preventive actions to closure
  • Advance internal mission assurance processes including change management, configuration control, impact assessment, and lessons learned capture
  • Partner closely with design, manufacturing, software, avionics, propulsion, GNC, and operations teams to improve mission reliability across the full vehicle lifecycle
  • Support development of early certification and compliance approaches for government and commercial customers across multiple programs
  • Serve as a technical representative with customers, government stakeholders, and external partners during reviews, investigations, and mission operations
  • Champion a culture of accountability, rigor, and continuous improvement throughout the organization

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, launch vehicles, spacecraft, aviation, or other highly complex technical systems
  • Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and decision-making skills
  • Experience driving structured problem solving and root cause investigations
  • U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP security clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field

Skills

Required:risk assessment and managementroot cause analysisstakeholder communication

Benefits

  • long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • medical, vision & dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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