Principal Electrical Engineer

k2spacecorporation · Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

<div class="content-intro">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. 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. 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.</div>The Role  You will be responsible for designing, testing, and flying critical electronics across all of the K2 Space satellites. In your first 6 months you will prototype your first electronics assembly and execute environmental and performance testing to refine your designs. In your first year you will qualify your hardware for flight and begin designing even more capable devices for future generations of spacecraft. In your first two years you will have flown your electronics in space and developed novel designs across all avionics domains.  Responsibilities  <ul> <li>Design electronics PCBAs for spacecraft including architecture, component selection, circuit board design, board bring up and debugging </li> <li>Qualify your designs through environmental testing including vibration, shock, thermal, and thermal vacuum testing </li> <li>Work with internal and external stakeholders to integrate your designs into the spacecraft systems and operate your hardware in flight </li> <li>Develop test equipment, development PCBAs, and test scripts to assist with all of the above  </li> </ul> Qualifications  <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or related science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field </li> <li>8+ years of experience designing and testing electronics PCBAs in a fast-paced environment </li> </ul> Nice to Have  <ul> <li>Experience designing multi-layer PCBAs for high-speed digital applications </li> <li>Experience with high performance kW scale isolated power converter design </li> <li>Experience designing analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, EMI/EMC compliance, or sensor signal conditioning circuits </li> <li>Experience with digital processors, FPGAs, memory chips, or network switches<span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":fa

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