Lead Tooling Engineer - Satellite Production & Equity

k2spacecorporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is hiring for a role focused on owning custom tooling and structures for satellite production. You will collaborate with production teams to shape build processes, architect tooling systems, and execute on tools to scale manufacturing.

You will validate tool performance with customer teams and shape foundational tooling strategies for mass-abundant goals. The role emphasizes hands-on building, collaboration with in-house and external fabrication resources, and contributing to tooling

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or related engineering.
• 8+ years of mechanical/electromechanical design and analysis experience.
• Experience with CAD or FEA software packages.
• Hands-on fabrication experience.
• Experience designing, building, and testing mechanical assemblies and tooling for aerospace or terrestrial applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and fabricate tooling and material handling systems for K2 Space satellite bus and associated systems.
• Lead development of satellite subsystem production fixtures from project kickoff through production.
• Drive hands-on tooling development, sizing and structural analysis of ground support equipment.
• Support development of ground test setups, flight hardware, development fixtures, and external customer tooling needs.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to establish product requirements, tooling methods and project development schedules.

Skills

Hands-on fabrication

Mechanical design & analysis

Aerospace tooling

Tooling development

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or related engineering

Tools

CAD/FEA software

NX

Teamcenter PLM

Simcenter 3D

Femap

HyperMesh

Job description

K2 Space is hiring for a role focused on owning custom tooling and structures for satellite production. You will collaborate with production teams to shape build processes, architect tooling systems, and execute on tools to scale manufacturing.

You will validate tool performance with customer teams and shape foundational tooling strategies for mass-abundant goals. The role emphasizes hands-on building, collaboration with in-house and external fabrication resources, and contributing to tooling