Principal Solar Manufacturing Engineer

The role

You will define the manufacturing strategy for solar hardware including modules, photovoltaic arrays, and integrated wing assemblies. You will drive manufacturability at the architecture level and own the manufacturing technical baseline. You will also lead technical responses to manufacturing anomalies and mentor the Solar Manufacturing Engineering team.

What you will do

• Define and own the manufacturing strategy for solar hardware
• Drive solar array manufacturability at the architecture and concept level
• Own the manufacturing technical baseline
• Lead the technical response to complex manufacturing anomalies and systemic build issues
• Identify, evaluate, and champion transformative manufacturing technologies
• Serve as a technical mentor for the Solar Manufacturing Engineering team
• Represent manufacturing engineering in executive, customer, design, and build reviews

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aero space, materials or other relevant engineering discipline
• 10+ years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing, production, or hands-on engineering environment
• Recognized technical authority in solar manufacturing and photovoltaic array integration processes
• Demonstrated history of shaping product designs at the architecture level through DFM influence
• Experience owning manufacturing technical baselines through major design overhauls or production transitions
• Proven ability to lead and technically develop other engineers
• Proven ability to influence outcomes across Design, Quality, Supply Chain, and Production without direct authority

Nice to have

• Experience scaling solar or high-reliability electromechanical hardware from early development to full-rate production
• Background in advanced manufacturing automation, including robotic assembly or vision-guided systems
• Prior work on space-grade solar arrays, deployment mechanisms, or flight power systems
• Familiarity with reliability physics, radiation effects on photovoltaic materials, or space environment qualification testing

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.