Space-Grade Solar Manufacturing Engineer

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Zusammenfassung

K2 Space is seeking a Solar Equipment Engineer to own the automated equipment used to manufacture and test massive solar arrays for space missions. You will coordinate installation, qualification, and sustaining of mechanical and electrical systems across our solar manufacturing line.

You will collaborate with process and manufacturing engineers to ensure high uptime, identify root causes, and implement improvements.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
• Internship in photovoltaics, power systems, semiconductor equipment, or automation.
• Hands-on hardware experience through internships, research, design competitions, or extracurricular projects.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with the facilities and process engineers to install, qualify, maintain, and continually improve solar array manufacturing equipment
• Own equipment reliability and uptime; design, execute, and analyze experiments to improve within tool process variance, tool to tool performance variance, and defect performance
• Develop and execute robust preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, spare parts programs, and tool matching protocols
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions within your equipment
• Work with vendors and our internal automation team on equipment design improvements, upgrades, and custom solutions
• Establish equipment performance metrics (OEE, MTBF, MTTR) and implement statistical process control for hardware stability
• Support reporting out on factory health to process engineers and company leadership through clear documentation of equipment performance and impact on downstream process

Ausbildung

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

Internship in photovoltaics, power systems, semiconductor equipment, or automation

Hands-on hardware experience through internships, research, design competitions, or extracurricular projects

Jobbeschreibung

K2 Space is seeking a Solar Equipment Engineer to own the automated equipment used to manufacture and test massive solar arrays for space missions. You will coordinate installation, qualification, and sustaining of mechanical and electrical systems across our solar manufacturing line.

You will collaborate with process and manufacturing engineers to ensure high uptime, identify root causes, and implement improvements.