Senior Flight Reliability Engineer

Job description

Senior Flight Reliability Engineer Department: Programs: Employment Type: Full Time: Location: Redondo Beach: Reporting To: Drew Damon, VP of Spacecraft Programs Compensation: $140,000 - $180,000 / year Description: At Impulse, reliability is mission critical. As a Flight Reliability Engineer , you will help ensure our vehicles and missions achieve the highest standards of safety, performance, and operational dependability. You will lead cross-functional efforts focused on mission assurance, flight readiness, anomaly resolution, and continuous improvement across multiple flight programs. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, and leadership, with direct impact on vehicle certification, mission execution, and customer confidence. Responsibilities: - Evaluate mission and vehicle risks throughout development, integration, test, and flight operations; drive mitigation strategies across multidisciplinary engineering teams - Develop and maintain scalable processes for risk identification, disposition, and closure - Lead vehicle-level readiness reviews for major program milestones, including test campaigns, launch operations, and flight readiness activities - Own r...