K2 Space
Principal Hardware Reliability Engineer
$185K–$220K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 8+ years; experience may be in reliability engineering, hardware testing, failure analysis, or related fields.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, or another related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Owns spacecraft and constellation hardware reliability strategy, modeling, testing, risk management, and failure investigations as K2 scales satellite production.
What you'll do
- Develop reliability requirements, models, and allocations across spacecraft and constellation programs; integrate analysis with program risk management.
- Lead reliability testing, failure investigations, FRACAS, and corrective actions to improve product robustness and mission reliability.
- Advise teams and leadership on reliability strategy, flow down requirements, and mentor engineers across the reliability function.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in reliability engineering, hardware testing, failure analysis, or related fields in space, automotive, semiconductor, or other high-reliability industries.
Nice to have
- Experience with life testing, accelerated life testing, and reliability growth programs.
- Experience with reliability modeling, statistical analysis, FRACAS, or high-reliability hardware.
Pay
USD 185,000 - USD 220,000 base salary
Tools
Weibull, Kaplan-Meier, Norris-Landzberg, Arrhenius, Monte Carlo, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), Python, C++
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