Lead Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Equity in company

Job summary

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance across every orbit. You will partner with design engineers early to ensure manufacturability, build the first prototype, design the build flow and fixturing, and finalize the process for transition to production.

You will test new techniques for manufacturing large satellite structures, mechanisms, and integrated electronics systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in high-volume, rapid production environments across manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering.
• Demonstrated results with product development and/or process improvements.
• Experience leading first article builds and transitioning prototype processes into repeatable production.
• Experience setting up and scaling production lines in a rapid development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive design changes for manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end manufacturing strategy for subsystems from concept through production ramp.
• Lead DFM efforts with design engineering, influencing architecture decisions to optimize for cost, quality, scalability and integration risk.
• Architect scalable production flows for large spacecraft assemblies including electromechanical systems, harnessing, and mechanisms.
• Develop and deploy advanced manufacturing technologies, automation concepts, and tooling systems to support increasing production rate.
• Establish production readiness plans including control plans, work instructions, takt alignment, and line balancing.
• Mentor and develop junior manufacturing engineers and technicians, raising the technical bar across the organization.
• Lead first article builds and flight hardware integration, resolving complex cross-functional technical issues.
• Develop capacity models and rate ramp strategies to support program growth.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cycle time reduction, yield improvement, and production robustness.

Skills

10+ years experience

First Article Builds

Process improvements

Production line scaling

DFM for manufacturability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Tools

NX CAD

GD&T

MES

Job description

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance across every orbit. You will partner with design engineers early to ensure manufacturability, build the first prototype, design the build flow and fixturing, and finalize the process for transition to production.

You will test new techniques for manufacturing large satellite structures, mechanisms, and integrated electronics systems.