Department: Manufacturing

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $125,000 - $175,000 / year

Description

The Coatings/Non-Metallics Materials Engineer is responsible for developing, testing, and qualifying coatings, performance polymers, resins/epoxies, and more for our space flight applications. Material applications include thermal management, thermal protection, optical, electrical, structural, sealing, and more.

Responsibilities

• Identify applications on our spaceflight vehicles where high performance/new materials technologies can provide a quantifiable improvement (mass, performance, lifetime)
• Determine if commercially available materials solutions can improve our designs, and develop materials solutions when no commercial off the shelf solution exists
• Work with vendors and supply chain to source materials that meet our customers and our requirements
• Develop our testing capabilities into a full-service analytical lab for non-metallic materials
• Utilize our testing capabilities to characterize and qualify materials
• Write and maintain specifications relating to manufacturing, testing, handling, and usage of materials for spaceflight usage including maintaining an allowable materials document
• Collaborate with engineering and production on best practices for selection and usage of various materials
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in materials engineer or related field
• 4+ years of demonstrated experience and understanding of the usage of performance non-metallics materials and coatings for space flight applications
• 4+ years of demonstrated experience with thermal management approaches to spacecraft
  
  

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Master’s or Ph.D. degrees in materials engineering or related field
• 4+ years of direct experience with sputtering/thin film coatings
• A fundamental understanding of optical/thermal materials systems and coating design
• A deep understanding of the process-property-performance relationship in materials

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.


To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 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.