Senior Flight Reliability Engineer

About the role

At Impulse, reliability is mission critical. As a Senior 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.

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 root cause investigations for significant flight and ground-test anomalies, driving corrective and preventive actions to closure
Advance internal mission assurance processes including change management, configuration control, impact assessment, and lessons learned capture
Partner closely with design, manufacturing, software, avionics, propulsion, GNC, and operations teams to improve mission reliability across the full vehicle lifecycle
Support development of early certification and compliance approaches for government and commercial customers across multiple programs
Serve as a technical representative with customers, government stakeholders, and external partners during reviews, investigations, and mission operations
Champion a culture of accountability, rigor, and continuous improvement throughout the organization

3+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, launch vehicles, spacecraft, aviation, or other highly complex technical systems
Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and decision-making skills
Experience driving structured problem solving and root cause investigations
U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI or TS/SAP security clearance
Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field