K2 Space
Principal Solar Design Engineer
$175K–$200K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 4, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 8+ years in the design, manufacture, and test of solar arrays for space applications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- 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
Defines and delivers the electrical and mechanical design, testing, manufacturing, and production-scale deployment of high-power solar arrays for spacecraft.
What you'll do
- Own solar array architecture, system design, performance modeling, and lifecycle margins; define and execute acceptance and qualification testing.
- Coordinate requirements, integrated testing, and operations with engineering and production teams; lead design reviews and schedule planning.
- Select specialty manufacturing equipment and partner with production on work instructions, in-process checks, and end-of-line tests.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience designing, manufacturing, and testing solar arrays for space applications.
Nice to have
- Experience architecting solar array systems, from requirements through qualification and flight-data analysis.
- Experience with multiple solar array technologies, radiation resilience, structural analysis, high-voltage degradation, or the listed industry standards.
Pay
$175,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
AIAA S111/S112, SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-5017, NASA-STD-4005
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