Manufacturing Engineer (Avionics)

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Description

As an Avionics Manufacturing Engineer at Impulse , you will work with cross-discipline teams to build robust harness, boards, and other avionics hardware. You'll focus on the build, testing, and refinement of printed circuit boards (PCBs), conformal coatings, potting, and related avionics hardware processes. Your expertise will directly impact the reliability and performance of the systems we send into orbit and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and optimize manufacturing processes for avionics hardware, including PCB assembly, soldering, staking, coating, and connector installation
• Provide day-to-day support for the production floor, resolving build issues, updating work instructions, and improving yields
• Collaborate with electrical design engineers and quality teams to ensure manufacturability, DFM/DFA compliance, and long-term reliability
• Lead qual & test efforts for new coatings, potting compounds, adhesives, and other materials
• Support environmental and functional testing (vibe, thermal, EMI, etc.) and interface with test engineers on test plans and hardware readiness

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree in Mechanical, Electrical or related field
• 2+ years' of demonstrated manufacturing experience in an aerospace production environment
• Experience with conformal coating, potting, and staking processes

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of harnessing, soldering or PCB manufacturing/hands-on experience
• Experience in spaceflight hardware development or a high-reliability electronics environment
• Familiarity with automated coating/soldering equipment, AOI/X-ray inspection, or PCB fabrication processes
• IPC-A-610 or J-STD-001 Certification (or equivalent)
• Background in design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and continuous improvement methods (Lean, Six Sigma)
• Experience working in a cleanroom or ESD-controlled environment

Additional Information: Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options , and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan . To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

About Impulse Space

Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.