Harness Design Engineer — High-Power Satellite Systems

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

K2 Space is hiring a Harness Design Engineer to lead the synthesis, analysis and integration of harness systems for mega and giga satellites. You will own harness design, components selection, and interface control documents for avionics and payloads.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and test teams to ensure high reliability, oversee CAD releases, and support flight hardware through rigorous environmental tests and space qualification activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in electrical harness design, routing, production, and system integration.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for harness system design for bus avionics, mechanisms, RF systems, and payloads across the Mega and Giga satellites
• Define interface control documents for avionics boxes and bulkheads to optimize system diagrams and schematics
• Design, analyze, and release harnessing and secondary mounting hardware in CAD and production drawings based on system schematics and vehicle layout
• Drive design trades to reduce cost and select harness components such as connectors, contacts, wire/cables, shield braid, heaters, RTDs and more
• Collaborate closely with the manufacturing engineering and technicians on the harness and electro-mechanical subassembly teams to solve in process issues and ensure high reliability
• Execute development and qualification testing of harness components and assemblies for critical space missions in MEO and GEO orbits
• Collaborate closely with the cross functional engineering teams to capture requirements, lead design trades, and integrate the design into the spacecraft systems
• Effectively manage and communicate project plan, milestones, and schedule execution

Skills

Electrical harness design

Routing

System integration

Fast-paced startup

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering

Tools

NX CAD

Electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes)

GD&T and FEA

Job description

K2 Space is hiring a Harness Design Engineer to lead the synthesis, analysis and integration of harness systems for mega and giga satellites. You will own harness design, components selection, and interface control documents for avionics and payloads.

You will collaborate with manufacturing and test teams to ensure high reliability, oversee CAD releases, and support flight hardware through rigorous environmental tests and space qualification activities.