Solar Equipment Engineer

The role

You will own automated equipment used to manufacture and test massive solar arrays. You will work with process and manufacturing engineers to ensure equipment performance, reliability, and uptime.

What you will do

• Collaborate with facilities and process engineers to install, qualify, maintain, and improve solar array manufacturing equipment
• Own equipment reliability and uptime
• Design, execute, and analyze experiments to improve tool process variance and performance
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, spare parts programs, and tool matching protocols
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions within equipment
• Work with vendors and internal automation team on equipment design improvements, upgrades, and custom solutions
• Establish equipment performance metrics and implement statistical process control
• Support reporting on factory health to process engineers and company leadership

Required qualifications

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

Nice to have

• Internship or research experience with solar arrays or power systems for space applications
• Exposure to solar cell or module characterization techniques (IV curves, electroluminescence, flash testing)
• Experience with automated equipment or subsystems such as robotics, motion control, vision systems, conveyors, or pneumatics
• Familiarity with PLCs, sensors, or instrumentation, or with troubleshooting electromechanical systems
• Exposure to manufacturing processes such as soldering, bonding, layup, or electromechanical assembly
• Coursework or project experience in reliability engineering, failure analysis, or root cause methods (e.g., 5 Whys, fishbone, 8D)
• Familiarity with statistical analysis or SPC, using Python, MATLAB, JMP, or Minitab
• Experience working in cleanroom or controlled manufacturing environments, or safely handling adhesives, solvents, or other hazardous materials
• Familiarity with space environment effects on materials, including radiation, thermal cycling, and atomic oxygen
• Experience with CAD software (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks) and practical GD&T application

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 for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.