Software Release Manager

Impulse Space Open · verified Oct 24, 2026

On-site Redondo Beach Full-time Manager DevOps & Release

At a glance

Manager-level DevOps & Release role at Impulse Space. Redondo Beach · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $120,000–$167,500 across the United States.

Estimated pay

Impulse Space has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

$120,000 – $167,500

What the middle half of mid-level DevOps & release roles in the United States paid, among postings that did state a salary.

Worked out from 193 postings that stated pay, median $140,000. Last updated Oct 24, 2026.

RoleDevOps & Release

SeniorityManager

LocationRedondo Beach

WorkplaceOn-site

EmploymentFull-time

PostedOct 14, 2026 · 10d ago

Role brief

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What you'll do

Plan software releases around program integration milestones and track development progress with engineering and test teams
Confirm each release has the required features, test coverage, successful results and customer documentation
Package builds, release notes, known issues and supporting materials for internal and customer use
Maintain and improve process documentation, test plans, quality tools and release metrics
Use dashboards and quality checks to monitor software standards without writing production code

What you bring

At least three years in release management, release engineering or a related technical program role
You have owned releases spanning multiple hardware platforms and software variants
You understand Git, CI/CD, automated builds and release versioning
You have written test plans, tracked outcomes and can program in Python, C or C++

Who this fits

This suits a technically grounded, process-focused release manager who can diagnose delivery issues and hold engineering teams to release standards. The role is onsite in Redondo Beach.

From the employer

As a Software Release Manager at Impulse, you will own the software release process for our spacecraft software. You will be the person who ensures that the right software ships to the right systems at the right time, with the confidence that it works. This includes insuring that the software releases contain the functionality needed for the release, that it meets the quality standards, is adequately tested on the appropriate test platforms, and contains the documentation required by our customers. This role is process and schedule focused but technically grounded. You won't be writing production code, but you need to understand the build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and test infrastructure well enough to diagnose issues, drive improvements, and hold engineering teams accountable to release standards.

Define and manage release plans aligned with program integration milestones
Work with software developers and test teams to track software development progress towards the release and ensure adequate test coverage and positive test results
Manage release artifacts including build packages, release notes, known issues, and supporting documentation for internal and customer consumption
Follow, enforce, and improve our software development process documentation
Define comprehensive test plans, including functional, integration, system, and user acceptance tests
Monitor, configure, and manage static analysis, code coverage, and other quality tools
Define metrics and dashboards for monitoring software quality and release process

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical discipline
3+ years of demonstrated experience in release management, release engineering, or a related technical program management role
Demonstrated experience owning software release processes for products with multiple hardware platforms and software variants
Working knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and release versioning
Demonstrated experience writing test plans and tracking the results
Demonstrated proficiency in Python, C, or C++ languages

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