# Manager, PCBA Manufacturing

As the Manager PCBA Manufacturing, you will provide leadership and mentorship to a team of PCBA manufacturing engineers. You will own PCBA manufacturing across the company for all our products. Your leadership will directly impact the performance and reliability of all vehicles we send into orbit. Leveling will be commensurate with experience. Responsibilities Recruit and lead a team of PCBA manufacturing engineers, supervisor and technicians, including providing mentorship and developing the team. Provide guidance to a team of manufacturing engineers on writing work instructions for board assembly, solder rework, inspection and acceptance testing. Implement processes to streamline the manufacturing process while improving rate, quality and reliability. Set up and run an SMT line to support both development and production objectives. Build up acceptance testing (ATP) capability of PCBAs, including functional and environmental testing. Lead the effort in collaborating with design engineers to ensure manufacturability and provide input in PDR and CDR reviews. Lead the effort to optimize production rate, yield and cost of PCBA production. Ensure timely delivery of PCBAs to box-

- **Id**: 1075464
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/impulse-space-manager-pcba-manufacturing>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: senior
- **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**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-19T10:31:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T18:41:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 56
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3842
- **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**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 140000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 56

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-20T10:31:03Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 28
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.777
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 55
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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