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You will support activities ranging from lamination, bonding, curing, mechanical assembly, new process development, and hardware integration. You will work directly with leaders and individual contributors in other disciplines. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of composites development.\nResponsibilities\nHire and mentor composites manufacturing engineers and technicians\nCollaborate with design engineers and quality teams to ensure manufacturability, design for manufacturing (DFM) compliance, and long-term reliability\nSet daily and weekly production targets, backed by performance metrics\nProvide day-to-day support for the production floor, resolving build issues, updating work instructions, and improving yields\nDevelop, document, and optimize manufacturing processes for hardware, including lamination, bonding, curing, mechanical assembly, and hardware integration\nDevelop new production processes for unique composites applications, such as high-temperature composites, and weight-saving COPV technologies Establish and maintain high technical standards through specifications and training\nSetup equipment maintenance plans, and take actions to improve robustness, reliability, and reduce downtime\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field\n5+ years professional experience manufacturing structural aerospace hardware \nProfessional experience managing and growing a team\nDesire to improve team processes and train other team members\nAbility to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and/or resolve concerns\nPreferred Skills and Experience\nMaster’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field\n5+ years of demonstrated experience with composites manufacturing for in-space vehicles\n 2+ years of full lifecycle experience (design, low-rate production, scaled production) with COPV's and COPV liners\nDemonstrated experience managing both exempt and non-exempt employees within a manufacturing environment\nExperience in a startup or agile development environment\n\nAdditional Information:\nCompensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.\nImpulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. 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