Satellite Manufacturing Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure design for manufacturability for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling
• Develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft assemblies, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, harnessing, welded/bolted structures, and mechanisms
• Create custom tools and processes to support manufacturing technologies including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software
• Demonstrate advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes to improve design manufacturability
• Develop subassembly build flows and iterate to create efficient production flows for satellites
• Partner with advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or relevant engineering discipline
• 3+ years of experience in high volume, rapid production environments
• Demonstrated results with product development and process improvements
• Experience setting up manufacturing/production floors for first article builds
• Experience designing and implementing technologies for avionics subassembly manufacturing (wire harness, PCBA, mechanical enclosure assembly)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing tooling for mechanical subassemblies and electronics
• Experience designing hardware for manufacturability
• Experience developing production processes from the ground up
• Experience working closely with technicians and build tooling
• Familiarity with aerospace manufacturing standards (soldering, torque, welding, quality assurance)
• Familiarity with CAD software (NX or equivalent) and GD&T
• Experience working with MES for procedure creation and non-conformance documentation

About the Company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by leading investors, K2 is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.