Impulse Space · 3 months ago
Director, Quality Engineering
Redondo Beach, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expImpulse Space is a spacecraft manufacturing company, and they are seeking a Head of Quality Engineering to establish quality standards for all flight hardware. The role involves working with various teams to ensure high-quality parts and continuously improving the quality system.
AerospaceManufacturingSpace Travel
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Establish quality methodology for tracking quality issues throughout the manufacturing process
Build, develop & maintain systems to address quality problems that improve reliability and speed production
Lead cross functional teams to deliver quality improvement projects
Assist the production and supply chain teams with hardware non-conformance tracking and ensuring all non-conformances are resolved quickly
Develop manufacturing quality standards and inspection procedures
Identify, source and set up quality inspection equipment and train operators on best practices and processes
Build out Impulse Quality Plan and documentation that build towards certification against AS9100
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
8+ years in a fast paced manufacturing, quality, build reliability and/or design engineering role
Demonstrated experience building or optimizing a quality management system
A hands on approach to setting up quality systems and solving quality problems
Preferred
10+ years in a quality engineering leadership role working on launch vehicles, spacecraft or satellites
Demonstrated experience working with, or implementing AS9100 standards
Demonstrated technical writing skills
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with engineering, production teams and all involved teams
Benefits
Long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
Medical, vision & dental coverage
Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
Company
Impulse Space
Impulse Space develops in-space transportation technology for payload delivery to various orbits.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$525MKey Investors
Linse CapitalFounders FundRTX Ventures
2025-06-03Series C· $300M
2024-10-01Series B· $150M
2023-07-24Series A· $45M
Leadership Team
Eric Romo
President and Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
Business Insider
2025-12-25
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