Avionics Specialist (Harnessing)
Impulse Space
USD 110k-140k / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 9, 2026
As an Avionics Specialist (harnessing) at Impulse, you will build and test harnessing across our vehicles used in low-earth orbit and beyond. Your work will directly impact the reliability and mission success of our Mira and Helios spacecraft.
- Department
- Manufacturing
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $110,000 - $140,000 / year
- Reporting To
- Alexander Hsing
Responsibilities
- Write and maintain the company’s internal harness assembly spec.
- Enable a formal certification pipeline for technicians and engineers.
- Serve as the company’s standards authority for harnessing.
- Stand up RF cable fabrication and testing line.
- Oversee build quality and reliability of harnesses and RF cables
- Provide quality assurance mentorship and training.
- Establish and expand hi-pot infrastructure (has done before)
- Mentorship and training of junior technicians and engineers
- Build harnesses for critical or time-sensitive projects.
- Help with additional areas such as PCBAs once harnessing production lines are mature
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent certificate
- 8+ years of demonstrated manufacturing experience with harnessing.
- Experience with bringing up harness manufacturing lines.
- Experience training junior technicians and engineers
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with RF cables
- Experience with writing standards and specifications for harnessing
- Experience with harnessing quality and reliability.
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.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Received
Stage 2:
Resume Review
Stage 3:
Intro Phone Interview
Stage 4:
Technical Phone Interview(s)
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