K2 Space
Satellite Manufacturing Engineer
$100K–$140K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 16, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 3+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or another relevant 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
Develops and validates manufacturing methods, tooling, and production flows for satellite structures and integrated systems, from prototypes through flight hardware and production transition.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with design engineers to improve manufacturability of satellite designs, flight hardware, and tooling.
- Develop manufacturing systems, tools, and processes for spacecraft assemblies and subassemblies.
- Demonstrate manufacturing techniques on prototypes and transition them into efficient production flows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- 3+ years of experience in a high-volume, rapid-production environment in manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering.
- Demonstrated results with product development and/or process improvements.
- Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds and implementing avionics subassembly manufacturing technologies, including wire harness manufacturing and PCBA/mechanical enclosure assembly.
Nice to have
- Experience with aerospace manufacturing standards, CAD software (NX or equivalent), GD&T, or MES.
- Experience designing tooling and hardware for manufacturability or developing production processes from the ground up.
Pay
$100,000 – $140,000 USD base salary
Tools
Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software, NX, GD&T, PCBA
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