Senior Solar Manufacturing Engineer — Space-Grade Automation

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Paid time off

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Solar Equipment Engineer to own automated solar array manufacturing equipment across MEO to deep space programs. You will coordinate installation, qualification, and sustaining of mechanical and electrical systems of solar manufacturing tools.

Collaborate with process and facilities teams to maximize uptime and reliability. The role emphasizes designing experiments, implementing maintenance strategies, and leading root-cause actions, with a focus on equipment performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years experience in photovoltaics, power systems, semiconductor equipment, or automation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with facilities and process engineers to install, qualify, maintain, and improve solar array manufacturing equipment.
• Own equipment reliability and uptime; design and analyze experiments to improve process variance and tool performance.
• Develop preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, spare parts programs, and tool matching protocols.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions within equipment.
• Work with vendors and internal automation teams on equipment design improvements and upgrades.
• Establish equipment performance metrics (OEE, MTBF, MTTR) and implement SPC for hardware stability.
• Report factory health to process engineers and leadership with clear documentation.

Skills

Photovoltaics

Power systems

Semiconductor equipment

Automation

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

PLC systems

Soldering

Testing & measurement

CAD (NX/CATIA/SolidWorks)

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Solar Equipment Engineer to own automated solar array manufacturing equipment across MEO to deep space programs. You will coordinate installation, qualification, and sustaining of mechanical and electrical systems of solar manufacturing tools.

Collaborate with process and facilities teams to maximize uptime and reliability. The role emphasizes designing experiments, implementing maintenance strategies, and leading root-cause actions, with a focus on equipment performance