Electrical Manufacturing Engineer

The role

You will partner with design engineers to ensure manufacturability and build the first prototype. You will design build flows and fixturing, develop manufacturing methods for integrated avionics, and scale production for satellite platforms.

What you will do

• Collaborate with design engineers to provide guidance across PCBs, PCBAs, machined components, and assemblies
• Develop innovative manufacturing systems for spacecraft electronic assemblies, electromechanical sub-assemblies, and harnessing
• Create custom tools and processes including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software
• Demonstrate advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes
• Develop subassembly build flow and iterate to create efficient production flow
• Partner with advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aero space, or other relevant engineering discipline
• 3+ 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
• Familiarity with IPC standards (e.g., IPC-A-610, IPC-A-600, J-STD-001) for PCB/PCBA workmanship and inspection
• Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds
• Experience designing and implementing technologies for avionics subassembly manufacturing including PCBA assembly, wire harness manufacturing and PCBA/mechanical enclosure assembly
• Experience providing DFX guidance to design teams across PCBs, PCBAs, machined components, and mechanical assemblies
• Experience with GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing) and mechanical assembly drawings
• Familiarity with conformal coating processes and associated inspection/rework methods for PCBAs per standards such as IPC-CC-830 and NASA-STD-8739.1

Nice to have

• Strong understanding of IPC standards (e.g., IPC-A-610, IPC-A-600, J-STD-001)
• Experience with conformal coating processes and associated inspection/rework methods for PCBAs per standards such as IPC-CC-830 and NASA-STD-8739.1
• Experience designing tooling for electromechanical subassemblies and electronics
• Demonstrated experience developing production processes from the ground up
• Experience working closely with technicians and build tooling
• Experience with aerospace manufacturing standards such as soldering standards, torque specifications, and quality assurance standards
• Familiarity with CAD software (NX or equivalent) and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience working with MES to set up the foundation for procedure creation and documenting non-conformances

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 satellite platforms and aims to scale to 100 satellites a year.