Senior Test Automation Engineer, Impulse Space
Software
$150-200k
Office located in Redondo Beach, CA
In-space mobility company
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In-space mobility company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-200k
Office located in Redondo Beach, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate humanity's future in space through efficient transportation anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in software test, verification, or quality assurance
- Experience working with Linux-based systems across development, test, and deployment
- Familiarity with git workflows and best practices
Desirable
- 5+ years experience with Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for embedded systems
- 5+ years experience with Python, C, and C++
- Experience working in fast-paced startup or small-team engineering environments
- Experience in the aerospace industry or other safety- or mission-critical domains
- Experience designing or extending HIL test system architectures
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI)
What the job involves
- As a Senior Automation Engineer (Software), you will be responsible for creating test plans for software, helping build software test architectures and tooling, writing test cases, and ensuring the execution of the tests
- This includes planning test scenarios to run in simulation, and on hardware-in-the-loop setups
- You will collaborate with the GNC, Flight Software, and Embedded Software teams to close the gap between rapid development and mission-critical reliability
- You will help ensure that software behaves correctly not just in ideal conditions, but in edge cases, fault scenarios, and real hardware configurations that are difficult to reproduce
- Work alongside software and firmware engineers to identify failure modes and plan tests to detect them
- Be a scrappy test engineer: dive deep into the company’s software architecture, develop a strong system-level understanding of the software and systems under test, and continually seek out new ways to stress them
- Write and maintain test cases for CI/CD-based automated regression testing, as well as execute manual tests when needed
- Verify that software components meet readiness criteria for flight and integrated testing
Application process
- Stage 1: Application Received
- Stage 2: Resume Review
- Stage 3: Intro Phone Interview
- Stage 4: Technical Phone Interview(s)
- Stage 5: Onsite Interview
- Stage 6: Offer!
Our take
Impulse Space is developing a line of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that enhance satellite manoeuvrability in space. The company offers products like Mira, for last-mile satellite deliveries and Helios, which can move spacecraft from low Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit in under 24 hours.
Recognizing the strategic value of manoeuvrable spacecraft, the US Space Force awarded Impulse a $34.5M contract for two missions set for 2026. These missions, Victus Surgo and Victus Salo, will demonstrate in-space operations and enhance space domain awareness, showcasing the Space Force's focus on quickly responding to threats in a congested space environment.
Alongside this, the company secured substantial funding that will allow it to expand its operations and advance its OTV technology. With a proven track record of successful missions and strategic partnerships with the Department of Defense, Impulse is well-positioned to lead in the growing market for responsive satellite services.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2025
$300m
SERIES C
Oct 2024
$150m
SERIES B
Total funding: $585m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision: Enjoy the best medical, dental and optical coverage money can buy. We've got you and your family covered for all eventualities
- Company Ownership: You’ll be contributing to Impulse's success, so you deserve to share in it. All full-time employees receive a meaningful equity allocation
- Flexible PTO Policy: We believe in work-life harmony more so than "balance". When you are happy & fulfilled outside of work, you will be more productive when you're in it. We offer generous PTO accrual to our full-time employees
Company HQ
South Redondo, Redondo Beach, CA
Leadership
Thomas Mueller
(Founder, CEO & CTO)Prior to founding Impulse Space in 2021, they spent almost 2 decades at SpaceX, initially as a VP of Propulsion Engineering before becoming the Propulsion CTO.
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