Manufacturing Engineer (Precision Cleaning)
Full Time $100,000 - $160,000 / yearJob Overview
As a Precision Cleaning Manufacturing Engineer at Impulse, you will be responsible for precision cleaning processes across all our spacecraft and hardware. In this critical role, you will research, develop, and define standards for cleanliness, perform destructive testing to prove these standards, purchase capital equipment, and design and develop new processing facilities. In an industry often defined by old standards, you will use science and engineering principals to develop requirements that work for Impulse’s propulsion systems.
Responsibilities
- Define cleanliness requirements for Oxygen-rich systems (i.e. nitrous oxide, LOx) through aggressive data-oriented R&D, in collaboration with propulsion teams
- Design, build, and activate cleaning cells for hardware such as COPV’s, tubes, and machined components. Own factory layouts including material movement, build process flows, and facilities requirements.
- Define in-line cleaning requirements and processes for large hardware, such as for our Helios kick stage vehicle
- Act as the specification custodian and subject matter expert for precision cleaning requirements, processes, and inspections
- Define best-in-class solvents for various substrates, cleanliness requirements, and contamination requirements
- Define clean hardware handling and packaging requirements for flight hardware
- Provide technical guidance to outside vendors and support supply chain development
- Optimize and accelerate precision cleaning processes for high-volume hardware
- Update designs, manufacturing processes, and documentation to support continuous improvement
- Support manufacturing capital projects, including new facility activations, automation efforts and new capability development
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, materials science, or related field
- Demonstrate experience in developing manufacturing processes
- Experience working in a hardware development environment
- 2+ years of demonstrated hands-on manufacturing experience