# Senior Space Operations Engineer

As a Space Operations Engineer at Impulse, you will work on all aspects of spacecraft operations and play a pivotal role in the success of Impulse’s missions. You will help to architect the plans, procedures, and toolsets necessary to carry out our spacecraft operations, and be a part of the control room team responsible for executing exciting missions that span a broad range from near-earth payload deliveries to Mars surface landers. Responsibilities Develop and implement methods of operational automation, to reduce day-to-day operator responsibilities Develop all aspects of the operational lifecycle, including proposal/mission modeling, spacecraft integration and system-level test, shipment, launch, and on-orbit operations Define ground and mission operations requirements, and flow mission requirements back to the spacecraft design Develop mission concept of operation and design reference missions Develop and execute operational procedures and mission-level engineering work for spacecraft operation Interact with subsystem teams including GNC, flight software, avionics, propulsion, and others to bring the team together around operational needs. Develop mission operations input to

- **Id**: 2705028
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/impulse-space-senior-space-operations-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **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**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-15T12:17:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T01:57:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 26
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3628
- **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**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

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

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 26

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-16T12:17:52Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-10T04:57:26Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-10T21:00:39Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 46
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.834
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 26
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

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

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