"We're doing X. This imposes two problems: 1) ... 2) ..."

Put simply, that is wrong - you have used "impose" wrongly. The subject of "impose" must have authority over its object.

To impose - to place a burden (or unfavourable conditions) on someone or something.

Transitive: "The king imposed a tax on all wine and beer. The king imposed severe punishments on anyone failing to pay the tax."

Intransitive: "Can I ask you to drive me to see mymother - I hope I am not imposing on you."

"We're doing X. This imposes two problems: 1) ... 2) ..."

Put simply, that is wrong - you have used "impose" wrongly. The subject of "impose" must have authority over its object.

To impose - to place a burden (or unfavourable conditions) on someone or something.

Transitive: 2020 Greybeard EL&U: "The king imposed a tax on all wine and beer. The king imposed severe punishments on anyone failing to pay the tax."

Intransitive: 2020 Greybeard EL&U: "Can I ask you to drive me to see my mother - I hope I am not imposing on you."

OED

4.a. To lay on, as something to be borne, endured, or submitted to; to inflict (something) on or upon; to levy or enforce authoritatively or arbitrarily.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 159 Pretending to abhor tests, he had himself imposed a test.

1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1885) lxi. 471/1 [Alexander said] We have no wish to impose the Bourbons on the French people.