Software Engineering Intern, Avionics Design Team

Software Engineering Intern, Avionics Design Team

Impulse Space is seeking an Software Engineering Intern to support the Avionics Harness Design Engineering team. This role will focus on building software tools that automate design workflows, model end-to-end avionics system connectivity, and give engineers intuitive ways to trace signals, harnesses, and interface control documents across the spacecraft. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across software, electrical systems, and design engineering tools, and is excited to build reliable applications that improve the speed and quality of spacecraft development.

Responsibilities

• Develop software that automates avionics harness design processes, captures netlists of end-to-end avionics system architectures, and provides users with insightful ways to trace signals, harnesses, and ICDs across the spacecraft
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, design engineers, and IT to automate engineering and operations workflows
• Build intuitive user interfaces and reliable backend services
• Design and implement full-stack web applications using modern frameworks
• Build software tools and APIs to support mission automation, feature integration, and product bring-up
• Write robust, maintainable, and tested code that operators and engineers can rely on during critical mission phases

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience building and shipping software projects using Python and/or JavaScript
• Ability to understand complex system interactions and communicate technical tradeoffs effectively

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Exposure to CAD, NX, or other design software
• Experience using relational or non-relational databases such as SQL, NoSQL, or PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with serverless architecture or cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Interest in spacecraft avionics, harness design, electrical system architecture, or engineering workflow automation

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan. Impulse Space's spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here. Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

About Impulse Space

Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.

Our Hiring 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!

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