# Principal Manufacturing Engineer (PCBA)

As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer (PCBA) at Impulse, you will be the recognized expert on printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and will provide deep technical expertise on PCBA technology for spaceflight. You will bridge the gap between Design and Manufacturing, ensuring our designs are fully optimized for manufacturability, testability and reliability. Responsibilities Provide technical leadership across the company as the subject matter expert on PCBAs, including manufacturing process, materials, design for manufacturability, environmental testing and qualification, etc. Develop, qualify and optimize manufacturing processes for PCBAs, including solder rework, SMT, conformal coating, staking, underfill and inspection Develop, characterize, and optimize PCBA assembly processes, including: Hand soldering/solder rework, wave soldering, reflow soldering, selective soldering Apply an understanding of soldering physics, including: Heat transfer and thermal profiles Wetting, spreading, surface tension, and intermetallic formation Serve as a subject-matter resource for PCBA rework and repair, including: Component removal and replacement Pad repair Solder-joint rework Loca

- **Id**: 4051537
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/impulse-space-principal-manufacturing-engineer-pcba>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **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**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T01:57:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T01:57:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4597
- **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**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 200000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 230000

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T01:57:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T03:55:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 230000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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