Principal Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer

The role

You will own end-to-end manufacturing strategy for subsystems from concept through production ramp. You will partner with design engineers to ensure manufacturability, build prototypes, and design build flows for large satellite structures and integrated electronics.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end manufacturing strategy for subsystems from concept through production ramp
• Lead DFM efforts with design engineering
• Architect scalable production flows for large spacecraft assemblies
• Develop and deploy advanced manufacturing technologies, automation concepts, and tooling systems
• Establish production readiness plans including control plans, work instructions, takt alignment, and line balancing
• Mentor and develop junior manufacturing engineers and technicians
• Lead first article builds and flight hardware integration
• Develop capacity models and rate ramp strategies

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aero space, 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
• Experience leading first article builds and transitioning prototype processes into repeatable production
• Experience setting up and scaling production lines in a rapid development environment
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive design changes for manufacturability

Nice to have

• Experience designing tooling for mechanical subassemblies and electronics
• Demonstrated leadership of small engineering teams or technical ownership of major subsystems
• Deep familiarity with aerospace manufacturing standards (IPC soldering standards, torque/welding standards, quality systems, AS9100 environments)
• Demonstrated experience developing production processes from the ground up including driving design improvements for manufacturing
• Strong working knowledge of 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

• unlimited 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. They are mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.