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Overview

As a Mechanical Engineer at Impulse for our Vehicle Engineering Team, you will own all aspects of the design, analysis, build, test and integration of flight hardware. This role involves cradle-to-grave ownership of pressurized and/or unpressurized structures in support of Impulse’s next generation advanced propulsion space vehicles.

Responsibilities

  • Design, analyze, build, test, and document innovative structures.
  • Steer system definition, layout, requirements, and verification.
  • Support first article build through the ramp to production in collaboration with the manufacturing team.
  • Support development and qualification test campaigns in collaboration with the test team.
  • Establish driving load cases and environments in collaboration with the loads/dynamics and thermal teams.
  • Collaborate effectively with partner teams to create a high performing, integrated system.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
  • 5+ years demonstrated experience designing and analyzing structural aerospace hardware.
  • Strong knowledge of strength and stability hand calculations for structural sizing and model validation.
  • Strong understanding of mechanics of materials, material failure modes, and associated analysis methods.
  • Familiarity with a wide set of manufacturing processes such as machining, welding, forming, and joining methods.
  • Proficiency with CAD software and assembly management.
  • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively across different teams.
  • Ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision

Additional Information

  • Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data.
  • Position requires applicants to be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain an export license.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
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How this job compares in Redondo Beach, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $77/hr, this posting sits about 18% above the $65/hr median for welding jobs in Redondo Beach, CA — toward the top of a $51–$72/hr middle band drawn from 8 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Redondo Beach, CA

Redondo Beach, CA currently has 8 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 4 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 596 other active welding openings from 294 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Redondo Beach, or widen the search to California.

Impulse Space currently has 7 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Aerotek (16), and Volt (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $65/hr, Long Beach at $49/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. Redondo Beach is among them.

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