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# Kick-Stage Integration Engineer (All Levels)

- **Company:** Job Impulse
- **Location:** Redondo Beach, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Configuration Management, SolidWorks (CAD), Network Interface Controllers, Firmware, Siemens NX, Helios, Software Troubleshooting, System-level Testing
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_831997cb

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, materials engineering, or other engineering discipline
 * 1+ years of experience integrating, designing, and/or building an aerospace, industrial, chemical, or material manufacturing process
 * 1+ years' of demonstrated experience with pneumatic, electrical, and/or hydraulic functional test stands and testing

Preferred Skills and Experience

 * 3+ years of experience working integration/design/build an aerospace, industrial, chemical, or material manufacturing process
 * Experience with mechanical and propulsion integration of spacecraft (mechanical assembly, torquing, bonding, pressure testing, hazardous operations testing, etc)
 * Experience using Siemens NX, SOLIDWORKS, or similar CAD software
 * Experience reading, interpreting, drafting, and updating piping and instrumentations schematics
 * Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface control documents (ICDs)
 * Excellent written and oral communication, especially translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
 * General hands-on mechanical experience: welding, automotive, pumps/valves, rocketry, etc.
 * Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere
 * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

## Description

DescriptionAs an Integration Engineer at Impulse for our high-energy kick-stage, Helios, you will own all aspects of the transition from a primary structure weldment to a vehicle that is ready to launch. You will work in a fast-paced environment, coordinating between structures, propulsion, avionics, software, firmware, and test engineers to execute critical vehicle system level tests., * Own vehicle build from assembly start through integration onto the launch vehicle

 * Support integration of propulsion components, tubes, avionics components, payloads, sensors, cables and harnessing
 * Develop, execute, and document critical system-level testing, working directly with subsystem level owners
 * Collaborate with engineering teams to support test readiness reviews, anomaly resolution, and configuration control
 * Plan, support and drive system integration and activation alongside skilled technician teams
 * Build, organize and manage a multidisciplinary schedule to drive delivery of the spacecraft on time
 * Provide innovative solutions to problems while operating with a high degree of autonomy
 * Work and communicate effectively at a technical level with numerous teams across propulsion, avionics, structures, software, test, and manufacturing
 * Identify, track, and communicate build issues and work across the organization to drive resolutions
 * Provide feedback to design teams to improve processing of the spacecraft through the entire lifecycle


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