# Chief Engineer (Lunar Landers)

As the Chief Engineer of Lunar Landers at Impulse, you are the technical leader responsible for the vision, execution, and mission success of a next-generation lunar exploration platform. This role owns the system architecture and technical direction from early concept development through on-orbit and lunar surface operations. The ideal candidate combines deep spacecraft engineering expertise with exceptional leadership, systems thinking, and execution in fast-paced development environments. As Chief Engineer, you will partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, test, mission operations, and executive leadership to drive technical decisions, manage program risk, and ensure success of a historic lunar lander system. Responsibilities Own the lunar lander system architecture and technical baseline across the full program lifecycle Lead cross-functional technical trade studies and major design decisions to optimize performance, reliability, manufacturability, schedule, and cost Maintain deep understanding of all subsystems, interfaces, operational concepts, and mission objectives Drive the program technical roadmap in partnership with subsystem leads and subject matter experts

- **Id**: 3932759
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/impulse-space-chief-engineer-lunar-landers>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redondo Beach, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-07T03:16:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-07
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T23:48:11Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4612
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Retirement plans, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 58617
- **Name**: Impulse Space
- **Domain**: impulsespace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/impulse-space>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 240000
- **Max**: 300000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 300000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T03:16:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 300000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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