Senior Spacecraft Development Test Technician (Equity)

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 114,616,320 - 149,001,216; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in company

Benefits package

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a Senior Development Test Technician to validate next-generation spacecraft hardware for Mega Class satellites. You will work with Design, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers to establish the Mega Structures Lab, run development test campaigns, create test procedures, and build custom test setups for structural and mechanical testing.

The ideal candidate is autonomous, mechanically inclined, and capable of raising technical risks while maintaining safety and quality

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on aerospace development, environmental test, or structural test experience.
• Experience working with high energy test systems and promoting a strong safety culture through rigorous procedures and best practices.
• Experience assembling complex mechanical systems from engineering drawings
• Strong mechanical troubleshooting skills
• Experience operating DAQ systems (Dewesoft, MTS, Revel, or similar)
• Experience assembling hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Experience operating cranes, forklifts, lifting equipment, and rigging safety
• Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate technical risks and concerns
• Strong ownership mentality and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Build, assemble, modify, and tear down complex development test stands, fixtures, and one-off engineering hardware.
• Prepare test articles for development and qualification testing.
• Execute static load, proof load, structural verification, leak checks, and subsystem development testing.
• Assemble hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical systems used during testing.
• Install, route, and verify instrumentation and data acquisition hardware, including load cells, strain gauges, displacement sensors, accelerometers, thermocouples, video systems, and test harnesses.
• Perform fabrication and modification to fixtures and test hardware using manual machining, drilling, cutting, grinding, sanding, and other shop tools to support rapid iteration.
• Collaborate closely with Structural, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers throughout development.
• Troubleshoot test equipment, instrumentation, fixtures, and hardware anomalies.
• Identify technical risks and opportunities to improve tooling, test methods, lab processes, and overall test reliability.
• Monitor inventory of tooling, fittings, hoses, consumables, and other test equipment.
• Participate in rigging, crane, and lifting operations for test articles and test equipment.
• Process work orders, lab maintenance requests, and test documentation as required.
• Maintain lab readiness through 5S, calibration tracking, preventative maintenance, and equipment upkeep.
• Operate independently with a high level of ownership while raising technical concerns and driving safe test execution

Skills

Aerospace experience

Mechanical troubleshooting

DAQ systems operation

Rigging safety

Communication skills

Ownership mindset

Tools

DAQ systems tooling

Crane and rigging equipment

Hydraulic/pneumatic systems

Manual machining tools

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a Senior Development Test Technician to validate next-generation spacecraft hardware for Mega Class satellites. You will work with Design, Manufacturing, and Test Engineers to establish the Mega Structures Lab, run development test campaigns, create test procedures, and build custom test setups for structural and mechanical testing.

The ideal candidate is autonomous, mechanically inclined, and capable of raising technical risks while maintaining safety and quality