<div class="content-intro"><p data-renderer-start-pos="41">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.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="570">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.</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="994">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.</p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Role</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Partnering with Mechanisms Engineering team early 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. Once transitioned, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact scaling production to meet K2’s ever-growing demand. You will test out new techniques for manufacturing complex mechanisms such as rotational actuators, separation mechanisms, gimbals, reaction wheel assemblies, among other electromechanical assemblies. In your first 6 months you will develop manufacturing methods and tooling for the mechanisms, define manufacturing flows for mechanisms subsystems, build test articles to support the Mechanisms Engineering team’s development and qualification test campaigns, and collaborate with them to provide Design-for-Excellence (DFX) guidance across mechanisms, machined components, and higher-level assemblies. In your first year you will implement these advanced manufacturing techniques on flight hardware and transition the technology you develop to high-rate production. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience providing design-for-excellence (DFX) guidance to design teams </span><span data-contrast="auto">with mechanical design engineers to ensure design guidance for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft mechanisms, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, harnessing, welded/bolted structures, and mechanisms</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Create custom tools and processes to support the manufacturing technologies you create including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrate the advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes, working with the design teams to improve the manufacturability of the designs</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Develop the subassembly build flow and iterate</span><span data-contrast="auto"> to create an efficient </span><span data-contrast="auto">production flow for the satellite</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Partner with a team of advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies for current and future spacecraft products</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Build test articles and support the Mechanisms Engineering team’s development and qualification test campaigns, iterating on hardware and processes as test results come in</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Qualifications</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aero</span><span data-contrast="auto">space, </span><span data-contrast="auto">or other relevant engineering discipline&