Senior Satellite Design Reliability Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain standardized design review processes, including templates, workflows, and review structures
• Serve as a design review signoff authority to ensure designs meet internal and customer requirements
• Establish, document, and enforce comprehensive design and verification standards across engineering
• Define and manage design configuration management practices for controlled, traceable design evolution
• Drive consistency in requirement interpretation, verification methods, and documentation
• Partner with engineering leads to ensure designs are completed in a standard, verified fashion
• Lead and participate in cross-disciplinary reviews to evaluate design readiness and compliance
• Provide structured and complete design handoffs to Build Reliability teams
• Capture and incorporate production and flight lessons learned into future design iterations
• Establish and enforce standardized processes for acceptance and qualification testing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, computer, or other relevant engineering discipline
• 4+ years of experience in technical aerospace or manufacturing
• 2+ years of experience managing projects, technical trades, and/or technical teams
• Strong understanding of launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering or science discipline
• 8+ years of experience in technical aerospace or manufacturing
• 3+ years of experience managing projects or technical trades
• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance
• Experience leading Spacecraft mission design, development, integration, test, and/or launch
• Proven ability to innovate in process improvement and system architectures
• Skilled in generating executive summaries for senior leadership
• Familiarity with contracts and mission requirements evaluations
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

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.