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Manager, Opto-Mechanical Manufacturing

Impulse· Manufacturing
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Redondo Beach$175k - $205kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Leader responsible for opto-mechanical manufacturing across Impulse, governing a team of manufacturing engineers and technicians to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and scalability of opto-mechanical components and assemblies for spacecraft products.

Responsibilities

  • Recruit and lead a team of opto-mechanical manufacturing engineers and technicians, including providing mentorship and developing the team
  • Provide guidance to engineers designing manufacturing lines for star trackers, cameras and sun sensors
  • Develop and optimize metrology processes for opto-mechanical assemblies in production
  • Design tooling for alignment of lens assemblies and drive assembly and ATP of opto-mechanical assemblies
  • Collaborate with optical design engineers to ensure manufacturability, DFM/DFA of optical assemblies, including custom spherical and aspherical lenses/mirrors
  • Streamline manufacturing processes while improving rate, quality and reliability
  • Stand up a new cleanroom for the production of opto-mechanical devices
  • Build up acceptance testing (ATP) capability of opto-mechanical hardware, including functional and environmental testing
  • Lead the effort in collaborating with design engineers to ensure manufacturability and provide input in PDR and CDR reviews
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive innovation

Qualifications

  • Bachelors' degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field
  • 6+ years of demonstrated opto-mechanical manufacturing experience (or related field), preferably in a high-reliability environment
  • 6+ years of optical metrology equipment experience, such as centration measurements, interferometry and wavefront sensors
  • 3+ years of experience in a people management role
  • Strong track record of and commitment to developing and mentoring people
  • Deep understanding of manufacturing processes and materials used in opto-mechanical manufacturing
  • Familiar with mechanical design and GD&T using NX and Teamcenter

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementOpto-mechanical manufacturingOptical metrologyDFM/DFA

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • Medical, vision & dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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