Senior Welding Engineer

4 weeks ago

Redondo Beach, California, United States Impulse Space Full time
Job Title: Senior Welding Engineer

Impulse Space is seeking a highly skilled Senior Welding Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our manufacturing team, you will be responsible for developing, qualifying, and optimizing welding designs and processes for our cutting-edge vehicles.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and optimize welding processes and parameters for multiple welding processes, including laser beam welding, friction stir welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and orbital tube welding.
  • Work closely with design, tooling, automation, and development engineers to improve welded designs for manufacturing.
  • Develop and implement improved process control using test and NDE results as feedback loops.
  • Support production operations on full-scale welded assemblies, providing direction to manufacturing engineers and welders on correct techniques in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
  • Support on-site manufacturing and development of Helios tank, Deneb engine weldments, and Mira components.
  • Set up welding qualification test campaigns and interpret mechanical testing and NDE results.
  • Work closely with NDE personnel to interpret weld quality on development and flight hardware, and develop and implement innovative state-of-the-art NDE techniques.
  • Set up automated welding solutions to drive process consistency.
  • Scope out new welding technologies to improve rate, quality, and efficiency.
  • Support design, manufacturing, and materials engineering with root cause analysis.
Requirements:
  • Master's degree in welding engineering or a related technical program.
  • 5+ years of demonstrated hands-on welding experience of aluminum, nickel-based, stainless steel, titanium, and copper alloys.
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience with brazing, joining, and metallographic interpretation.
  • Fundamental understanding of welding processes, including laser beam, friction stir, gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, electron beam, plasma arc, and resistance welding.
  • Robot programming experience for automated welding solutions.
  • Tooling design experience for welded assemblies to reduce part distortion and improve part consistency.
  • Understanding of weld strength testing methodologies, standards, and data acquisition systems used to make informed welding decisions.
  • Experience with root cause analysis and corrective actions, including optical and SEM fractography/metallography, hardness, chemical analysis, and mechanical testing.
  • Self-motivated, driven, and high attention to detail.
  • Strong ability to multi-task and communicate status and results with a broad spectrum of internal and external departments.
Additional Information:

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. We offer a competitive compensation package, including a base salary, long-term incentives, medical, vision, and dental coverage, and access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, or eligibility to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State is required due to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

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