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Spacecraft Test Engineer

Impulse· Assembly, Integration & Test
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Redondo Beach$100k - $140kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Spacecraft Test Engineer responsible for vehicle-level testing, developing and maintaining test equipment, and improving test processes in collaboration with engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build fluid, mechanical, vacuum, environmental, and electrical systems in support of spacecraft systems testing
  • Fully own key test assets and major test programs while collaborating with wide ranging teams across the company
  • Perform verifications of flight hardware and document results in a clear, precise, and complete manner
  • Fully own key test assets and major test programs while collaborating with wide ranging teams across the company
  • Conduct test operations geared toward rapidly developing hardware for spaceflight
  • Resolve technical issues with innovative and resourceful solutions
  • Improve processes to enable automated acceptance testing of spacecraft

Qualifications

  • 1+ years' professional experience testing aerospace or spaceflight hardware (propulsion systems, structures, mechanisms, avionics)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or related engineering discipline
  • A demonstrated understanding of mechanical, propulsion, fluid, or structural systems
  • Strong data analysis skills using tools such as Python, MATLAB, or similar
  • Hands-on experience with hardware in a laboratory or test-stand environment
  • Ability to manage multiple test campaigns in a fast-paced environment
  • problems with fluid, vacuum, and electrical systems and implement scrappy solutions

Skills

Required:AerospaceHardwareTestingMechanicalEngineering
Nice to have:PropulsionSystems

Benefits

  • long-term incentives in the form of stock options
  • medical, vision & dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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