Lead Harness Architect for High-Power Spacecraft

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a qualified engineer to lead harness system design for its Mega and Giga satellites. You will own harness design, routing, and integration, collaborating with cross-functional teams to reduce mass and cost while ensuring high reliability across space missions.

The role emphasizes production-ready hardware, interface control documentation, and rigorous testing in preparation for flight in MEO and GEO environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ 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.
• Creative problem solver with ability to assess risk and make collaborative design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for harness system design for bus avionics, mechanisms, RF systems, and payloads across 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 with manufacturing engineering and technicians on harness and electro-mechanical subassembly teams to solve in-process issues.

Skills

Harness design

Electrical routing

Production

System integration

CAD

Education

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

Tools

NX CAD

Electrical test equipment

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a qualified engineer to lead harness system design for its Mega and Giga satellites. You will own harness design, routing, and integration, collaborating with cross-functional teams to reduce mass and cost while ensuring high reliability across space missions.

The role emphasizes production-ready hardware, interface control documentation, and rigorous testing in preparation for flight in MEO and GEO environments.