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Senior Mission Design Engineer

Impulse· Autonomous Systems
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Redondo Beach$120k - $180kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Lead the design and optimization of in-space servicing missions, shaping mission concepts, crafting proposals, and ensuring technically robust solutions. Direct customer engagement and occasional travel.

Responsibilities

  • Design mission concepts that efficiently achieve customer objectives
  • Stay current on the technical performance and capabilities of Impulse’s product lines
  • Build tools that rapidly analyze, interpret, and visualize mission design results
  • Integrate mission design details into high‑quality written proposals
  • Meet with customers to capture requirements and gather feedback on proposed solutions
  • Evaluate mission concepts for performance and identify improvements
  • Partner with Engineering to advance spacecraft simulation and trajectory optimization tools
  • Collaborate with Business Development to understand customer needs and establish the most compelling approach for each proposal opportunity
  • Drive key mission design tasks such as CONOPS development, maneuver planning, trajectory optimization, requirements verification, CAD fit checks, propellant and power budgeting, and link budget analysis

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
  • 4+ years in a technical engineering role
  • Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and professionally
  • Working knowledge of orbital mechanics and spacecraft operations
  • Functional understanding of spacecraft systems and payload accommodations
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python preferred)

Skills

Required:Orbital mechanicsProgramming (Python)

Benefits

  • long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
  • medical, vision & dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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