Spacecraft Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer to collaborate with the Mechanisms Engineering team early in the design process, ensuring manufacturability, building the first prototype, designing the build flow and fixturing, and finalizing the transition to production.

You will test innovative manufacturing methods for large spacecraft mechanisms, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, harnessing, welded and bolted structures, and complex assemblies, while developing tools and MES

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or related engineering.
• 3+ years in high-volume, rapid production environment in manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering.
• Experience with NASA-STD-5017 and AIAA S-114; familiarity with SMC-S-016, GSFC-7000.
• DFX guidance across mechanisms, machined components, and mechanical assemblies.
• Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds.
• Experience designing and implementing technologies for mechanisms manufacturing including wire harness manufacturing and complex mechanical assembly.

Responsibilities

• Experience providing design-for-excellence (DFX) guidance to design teams with mechanical design engineers to ensure design guidance for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling
• Develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft mechanisms, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, harnessing, welded/bolted structures, and mechanisms
• Create custom tools and processes to support the manufacturing technologies you create including MES software
• Demonstrate the advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes, working with the design teams to improve the manufacturability of the designs
• Develop the subassembly build flow and iterate to create an efficient production flow for the satellite
• Partner with a team of advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies for current and future spacecraft products
• Build test articles and support the Mechanisms Engineering team’s development and qualification test campaigns, iterating on hardware and processes as test results come in

Skills

DFX guidance

GD&T

Mechanisms design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace engineering

Tools

MES software

CAD NX

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer to collaborate with the Mechanisms Engineering team early in the design process, ensuring manufacturability, building the first prototype, designing the build flow and fixturing, and finalizing the transition to production.

You will test innovative manufacturing methods for large spacecraft mechanisms, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, harnessing, welded and bolted structures, and complex assemblies, while developing tools and MES