Senior Tooling/Ground Support Engineer

• As a Tooling/Ground Support Engineer at Impulse, you will be responsible for designing tooling, fixturing, and support equipment, while working closely with a fast-paced, agile team that produces high-performance spacecraft from clean sheet designs
• Own the design, development, and implementation of tooling and fixturing for metallic and composite structures
• Own design, development, and implementation of test equipment for to support testing of metallic and composite flight structures
• Collaborate with designers, analysts, and engineers to support development and prototype of spacecraft designs and test stands
• Work with manufacturing and supply chain groups to produce designs
• Solve complex technical challenges with emphasis on speed of execution

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision: Enjoy the best medical, dental and optical coverage money can buy. We’ve got you and your family covered for all eventualities
• Company Ownership: You’ll be contributing to Impulse’s success, so you deserve to share in it. All full-time employees receive a meaningful equity allocation
• Flexible PTO Policy: We believe in work-life harmony more so than “balance”. When you are happy & fulfilled outside of work, you will be more productive when you’re in it. We offer generous PTO accrual to our full-time employees

• 5+ years professional experience designing fixtures or tooling
• Demonstrated experience using CAD and preparing manufacturing drawings
• Bachelors’ degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering or related field
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Proven experience working with metrology systems such as ROMER Arms, optical scanners, and laser trackers
• Ability to work with and manage large assemblies
• Machining, fabrication, welding, or composite manufacturing experience
• Working knowledge of dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Familiarity with lifting and rigging methods
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment
• Experience with NX/Teamcenter