Manager, IT Engineering & Infrastructure (AI&T)

The Manager, IT Engineering & Infrastructure (AI&T) at Impulse is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and operation of infrastructure platforms supporting integration, test, and engineering environments. This role owns the technical backbone of AI&T systems, including lab infrastructure, test networks, compute platforms, and supporting services required for reliable and repeatable test operations. The Manager leads a team of engineers and partners closely with AI&T and engineering organizations to ensure infrastructure supports system integration, validation, and mission readiness. This role reports into the IT organization with functional alignment to the AI&T (Assembly, Integration, and Test) team, ensuring infrastructure strategy and execution directly support integration and test objectives.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute infrastructure strategy for integration, test, and engineering environments
• Oversee architecture and lifecycle management for networks, compute, storage, cloud, and lab infrastructure
• Ensure high availability, scalability, reliability, and time-synchronized operations across test systems
• Lead and develop systems and network engineering teams while establishing technical standards and best practices
• Drive technical decision-making aligned with long-term operational, scalability, and reliability goals
• Manage infrastructure supporting test facilities, lab environments, structured cabling, and real-time data systems
• Coordinate test stand deployments, facility upgrades, and infrastructure readiness for integration and test activities
• Lead automation, infrastructure-as-code, and platform engineering initiatives to improve deployment consistency and operational efficiency
• Establish monitoring, observability, incident response, and root cause analysis practices to ensure operational excellence
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, zero-trust architecture, regulatory requirements, and secure engineering data management while collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or related domains
• 2+ years of leadership or team management experience
• Experience leading technical teams supporting complex infrastructure environments
• Strong background in networking, systems, and platform engineering
• Experience designing and operating infrastructure in lab, test, or engineering environments
• Proven ability to deliver scalable, reliable infrastructure solutions
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 4+ years experience leading technical teams supporting complex infrastructure environments
• Aerospace, manufacturing, or test environment experience
• Experience with deterministic or time-sensitive systems
• Experience driving infrastructure automation and platform engineering initiatives
• Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments

Operational Expectations

• Onsite leadership supporting lab and operational environments
• Accountability for infrastructure readiness during test campaigns
• Participation in critical incident response and major operational events

Additional Information:

Compensation 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.

Impulse 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.