K2 Space Corporation · 2 months ago
Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$100K/yr - $175K/yr
3+ years expK2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, aiming to unlock unprecedented performance across various orbits. The Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer will collaborate with design engineers to ensure manufacturability, develop manufacturing methods, and implement advanced manufacturing techniques on flight hardware.
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
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
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off
Medical/dental/vision coverage
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
And many other perks
Company
K2 Space Corporation
Making previously impossible missions possible
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$425.53MKey Investors
RedpointAltimeter CapitalAlpine Space Ventures
2025-12-11Series C· $250M
2025-02-13Series B· $110M
2024-02-13Series A· $50M
Leadership Team
Karan Kunjur
Co-Founder
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