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K2 Space Corporation · 1 month ago

Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$100K/yr - $175K/yr

3+ years exp

K2 Space is a pioneering company focused on building large, high-powered spacecraft for the next generation of space development. The Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer will collaborate with design engineers to ensure manufacturability and develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft assemblies, ultimately transitioning advanced manufacturing techniques to production.

AerospaceMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingSpace Travel

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

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 the manufacturing technologies you create including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software

Demonstrate the advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes, working with the design teams to improve the manufacturability of the designs

Develop the subassembly build flow and iterate to create an efficient production flow for the satellite

Partner with a team of advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies for current and future spacecraft products

Qualification

Manufacturing engineeringAvionics manufacturingProcess improvementCAD softwareManufacturing Execution SystemTeam collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline

3+ years of experience in a high volume, rapid production environment in a manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering role

Demonstrated results with product development and/or process improvements

Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds

Experience designing and implementing technologies for avionics subassembly manufacturing including wire harness manufacturing and PCBA/mechanical enclosure assembly

Preferred

Experience designing tooling for mechanical subassemblies and electronics

Experience designing hardware for manufacturability

Demonstrated experience developing production processes from the ground up including driving design improvements for manufacturing

Experience working closely with technicians and build tooling

Experience with aerospace manufacturing standards such as soldering standards, torque specifications, welding standards, and quality assurance standards

Familiarity with CAD software (NX or equivalent) and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

Experience working with MES to set up the foundation for procedure creation and documenting non-conformances