Senior Build Reliability Engineer — Spacecraft Manufacturing

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Senior Build Reliability Engineer who will own quality and reliability from dock to launch. You will dig into failures, find root causes, and ensure they never recur.

You’ll write quality plans and help scale manufacturing to support Space missions from LEO to Deep Space, while working hands-on with engineers and technicians on the production floor. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or a related engineering field, 6+ years in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, mathematics, or other relevant engineering discipline.
• 6+ years in a high-volume, rapid production environment.
• Experience with manufacturing of machined parts, mechanisms, electrical assemblies, PCBAs, and harnessing.
• Experience developing and executing quality plans across the full build lifecycle.
• Ability to work hands-on in production with technicians and manufacturing engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for leadership data presentations.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute quality plans across assigned build programs, from receiving inspection through integration, test, and vehicle handoff at the launch site
• Lead failure investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action efforts; drive containment activities that reduce risk and improve reliability across production
• Feed lessons learned from build non-conformances and test failures back into the design cycle, influencing future component iterations
• Develop and continuously improve quality processes including non-conformance workflows, process controls, and PFMEAs for complex manufacturing and integration operations
• Collaborate with manufacturing and design engineering teams to embed quality into the product lifecycle, ensuring quality plans support lean manufacturing and rapid production without sacrificing reliability
• Support change control implementation by working with engineering teams to evaluate the quality and reliability impact of design and process changes
• Define, track, and report key quality metrics and production reliability trends; build dashboards that provide leadership visibility into build health
• Serve as the Build Reliability representative during design reviews, readiness reviews, and production milestone gates

Skills

Quality plans

Root cause analysis

Hands-on production

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Senior Build Reliability Engineer who will own quality and reliability from dock to launch. You will dig into failures, find root causes, and ensure they never recur.

You’ll write quality plans and help scale manufacturing to support Space missions from LEO to Deep Space, while working hands-on with engineers and technicians on the production floor. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or a related engineering field, 6+ years in a