Space Solar Equipment Engineer — Mass-Production Arrays

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

Benefits dieser Stelle

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Zusammenfassung

K2 Space Corporation seeks a Solar Equipment Engineer to own automated solar manufacturing equipment, coordinating installation, qualification, and sustaining of mechanical and electrical systems. You will collaborate with process and manufacturing engineers to ensure reliability and scalable production.

You will lead preventive maintenance, analyze tool performance, and work with vendors and our automation team on improvements, with strong emphasis on data-driven metrics and SPC.

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 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 SPC 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.

Kenntnisse

Hardware experience

Automation exposure

Analytical mindset

Ausbildung

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

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

Python

MATLAB

PLC systems

SPC

Jobbeschreibung

K2 Space Corporation seeks a Solar Equipment Engineer to own automated solar manufacturing equipment, coordinating installation, qualification, and sustaining of mechanical and electrical systems. You will collaborate with process and manufacturing engineers to ensure reliability and scalable production.

You will lead preventive maintenance, analyze tool performance, and work with vendors and our automation team on improvements, with strong emphasis on data-driven metrics and SPC.