Lead Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer — Space Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is hiring a manufacturing leader to own end-to-end production development for large satellite subsystems, from prototyping through ramp. You will partner with design engineers, define DFM improvements, and build scalable production flows for electromechanical assemblies and avionics.

In this role, you will drive advanced manufacturing techniques, implement capacity models, and guide cross-functional teams to optimize cost, quality, and schedule.

Qualifications

• 10+ 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 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

High-volume manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

First article builds

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace

Tools

NX CAD

GD&T

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is hiring a manufacturing leader to own end-to-end production development for large satellite subsystems, from prototyping through ramp. You will partner with design engineers, define DFM improvements, and build scalable production flows for electromechanical assemblies and avionics.

In this role, you will drive advanced manufacturing techniques, implement capacity models, and guide cross-functional teams to optimize cost, quality, and schedule.