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Impulse Space Systems Engineer Salary

Impulse Space's 11 open roles for systems engineers post a median $158k/yr, typically $153k–$205k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Impulse Space role
median $150k/yr
Impulse Space's systems engineers: 5% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Impulse Space: 4% above it
Highest posted top
$205k/yr
Mission Integration Engineer (Commercial & Civil)

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Impulse Space systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior5$160k/yr$160k–$194k/yr
Staff1Too few figures
Title names no level5$153k/yr$135k–$199k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Impulse Space hires systems engineers

  • Redondo Beach, CA10 roles, median $158k/yr
  • Boulder, CO1 role

Open Impulse Space roles for systems engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Impulse Space pay for systems engineers

How much does Impulse Space pay systems engineers?

Impulse Space's open roles for systems engineers post a median $158k/yr, typically $153k–$205k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 11 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $205k/yr, for Mission Integration Engineer (Commercial & Civil).

What does Impulse Space pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $160k/yr (5 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Impulse Space pay systems engineers more than other space companies?

Impulse Space's median, $158k/yr, is 4% above the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Impulse Space's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Impulse Space?

Impulse Space's roles for systems engineers post a median $158k/yr, 5% above the $150k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Impulse Space salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Impulse Space hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Redondo Beach, CA (10) and Boulder, CO (1).