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Manager, GNC

Impulse Space

Impulse Space

Louisville, KY, USA
USD 165k-205k / year + Equity
Posted on Jul 30, 2025
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As a Guidance, Navigation, and Control Manager at Impulse Space, you will lead a world-class team implementing GNC for space vehicles including propulsive satellites, large transfer vehicles/kick stages, and landers.
Department
Autonomous Systems
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Boulder
Workplace type
Onsite
Compensation
$165,000 - $205,000 / year

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a team of GNC engineers working on our portfolio of spacecraft
  • Mentor engineers in their professional growth
  • Evaluate the technical performance of team members
  • Champion continuous improvement in the GNC system and analysis/verification simulations
  • Partake in GNC architectural trades and design for new vehicles
  • Organize and track team progress on a variety of projects
  • Evaluate GNC algorithm design and implementation
  • Communicate GNC needs to the broader engineering team
  • Work with the business development team to identify and capture new opportunities

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
  • 7+ years of experience in spacecraft GNC design and analysis
  • 2+ years of experience with direct report management in a technical leadership role
  • Proficiency in Matlab and C++
  • Experience performing control analysis in time and frequency domains, estimation theory, or astrodynamics

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Demonstrated experience developing and managing GNC platforms in growing company environment
  • Demonstrated experience in upper stage or lander control
  • Experience with vehicle-GNC design processes, from concept, through design reviews and implementation
  • Experience with rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) or formation flying
  • Experience in a startup or agile development environment
  • Experience in spacecraft operations

Additional Information:

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.


To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 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)

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