Senior Satellite Tooling Engineer — Production & Fixtures

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

K2 Space is hiring to own the success of custom tooling and structures pivotal to satellite production and operations. In your first year, you’ll collaborate with production teams to shape build processes, architect tooling systems, and deliver tools that scale manufacturing and support large‑scale qualification testing for multi‑ton spacecraft.

You’ll implement and deliver tooling solutions via hands‑on build and collaboration with in‑house and external fabrication resources, educating customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience with CAD or FEA software packages (experience can be in a professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby setting).
• 8+ years of industry experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical design and analysis.
• Hands‑on fabrication experience.
• Experience designing, building, and testing mechanical assemblies and tooling for aerospace or terrestrial applications (satellite mechanical systems, payloads, launch vehicles, propulsion systems, and/or aircraft structures and mechanisms).

Responsibilities

• Design and fabricate tooling and material handling systems for K2 Space satellite bus and associated systems and subsystems
• Lead development of satellite subsystem production fixtures from project kickoff through production and beyond
• Drive hands‑on development tooling development, sizing and structural analysis of ground support equipment, and continuous improvement of tooling and production operations
• Support the 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

CAD/FEA experience

Hands-on fabrication

Aerospace tooling design

Education

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

Tools

NX/Unigraphics

Teamcenter PLM

Simcenter 3D

Femap

Hypermesh

Job description

K2 Space is hiring to own the success of custom tooling and structures pivotal to satellite production and operations. In your first year, you’ll collaborate with production teams to shape build processes, architect tooling systems, and deliver tools that scale manufacturing and support large‑scale qualification testing for multi‑ton spacecraft.

You’ll implement and deliver tooling solutions via hands‑on build and collaboration with in‑house and external fabrication resources, educating customer