Senior Mission Integration Engineer (National Security)

About the role

Impulse is hiring a Senior Mission Integration Engineer in Redondo Beach for national security missions. The engineer executes the technical integration of customer payloads and mission requirements onto Impulse space vehicles, bridging customer technical teams and internal engineering disciplines. The role covers hardware, software and operational interfaces from kickoff through delivery, leading technical problem-solving and keeping baseline interface documentation up to date.

Key responsibilities

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

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• 5+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, mission integration or complex technical project execution
• Experience maintaining technical documentation, ICDs or verification matrices
• Preferred: Master's degree, active security clearance or willingness to obtain one, and experience as a technical point of contact with external partners or customers
• Preferred: familiarity with civil space or national security processes and systems

Required skills

• Strong understanding of core aerospace subsystem interfaces
• Familiarity with tracking contract requirements against technical deliverables
• Strong organizational skills and a track record of documenting technical processes, interface definitions and verification logic

What we offer

• Stated pay range of $140,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on role, level, location and market data
• Possible long-term incentives such as stock options for full-time hires
• Medical, vision and dental coverage and a 401(k) retirement plan