Principal Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price — and with over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.
The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft. Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.
With multiple launches in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a high-growth Series D-funded company, we'd love for you to apply.
The Role
Partnering with design engineers early on in the process, you will ensure manufacturability, build the first prototype, design the build flow and fixturing, and finalize the process for transition to production. You will test out new techniques for manufacturing large satellite structures, mechanisms, and integrated electronics systems. In your first 6 months you will own manufacturing development for integrated avionics systems; define production-ready build flows, capacity models, and tooling strategies; and drive cross-functional DFM improvements that materially reduce risk, cost, or cycle time. In your first year you will lead implementation of advanced manufacturing techniques on flight hardware and transition prototype processes into stable, rate-capable production systems.
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end manufacturing strategy for subsystems from concept through production ramp
Lead DFM efforts with design engineering, influencing architecture decisions to optimize for cost, quality, scalability and integration risk
Architect scalable production flows for large spacecraft assemblies including electromechanical systems, harnessing, and mechanisms
Develop and deploy advanced manufacturing technologies, automation concepts, and tooling systems to support increasing production rate
Establish production readiness plans including control plans, work instructions, takt alignment, and line balancing
Mentor and develop junior manufacturing engineers and technicians, raising the technical bar across the organization
Lead first article builds and flight hardware integration, resolving complex cross-functional technical issues
Develop capacity models and rate ramp strategies to support program growth
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cycle time reduction, yield improvement, and production robustness
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline
10+ years of experience in a high volume, rapid production environment in a manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering role
Demonstrated results with product development and/or process improvements