K2 Space
Principal Build & Integration Engineer
$175K–$200K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 21, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 10+ years of integration engineering experience; internships and hardware-intensive extracurricular projects count.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or other engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- 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 job
Leads system-level build planning and integration for K2 Mega satellites, improving production flows and coordinating teams to support efficient, on-schedule delivery.
What you'll do
- Develop satellite integration plans and build flows; adapt sequencing as vehicle issues arise.
- Work with production to improve build efficiency and reduce nonconformances through process changes and tools.
- Coordinate vehicle and stacked-vehicle proto-qualification and drive Design-For-Integration improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of integration engineering experience, including internships and hardware-intensive extracurricular projects.
- Experience improving production workflows in a high-rate environment, using CAD, and working in clean rooms with ESD-sensitive equipment.
- Experience leading lift operations; creating GSE, tooling, or shipping containers; and qualifying large assemblies.
Nice to have
- Proficient in Python; test or automation experience.
- Experience leading launch integration or payload integration; active security clearance.
Pay
$175,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
CAD, Python, GSE, ESD
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