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Mission Architect (Staff-level)

Impulse Space·📍 Redondo Beach, California, United States

Employment

FULL TIME

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On-site

Experience

SENIOR LEVEL

Salary

$175K – $205K/yr

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As a Staff Mission Architect at Impulse , you will define the mission-level logic that guides our future systems before any vehicle architecture is conceived. This role begins where customer inputs are vague or incomplete — broad mission challenges, loosely defined operational goals, partial technical desirements, or emerging government concepts needing structure. You will transform these uncertainties into quantitative, defensible mission requirements that shape early pursuits and enable disciplined architecture development. You are the bridge between Business Development and Program Management/Engineering. Business Development brings customer ambitions; you convert them into mission-level requirements; Advanced Mission Concepts Engineers (AMCEs) then develop conceptual system solutions; and Program Management later matures these into full products. You ensure every mission has a clearl

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Source: Impulse Space's official careers site (via Pinpoint) · last confirmed on the source 29 Oct 2026
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security clearance; ability to obtain TS/SCI Master’s degree or PhD in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field Active TS/SCI strongly preferred Red team experience at or with national laboratories, FFRDCs, UARCs, or similar mission-analysis organizations Experience with U.S; refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S

Department · Business Development

Hiring company

Impulse Space

Government

We provide efficient in-space mobility that moves payloads from low Earth orbit to any destination. Our vehicles deliver rapid, reliable access, reducing costs and timelines to make space operations feasible for commercial, government, and scientific missions.

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