K2 Space
Senior Build Reliability Engineer
$140K–$175K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 6+ years in a high-volume, rapid production environment in manufacturing, integration, quality, and/or design engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, mathematics, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- The hired person 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
Owns build quality and reliability across satellite manufacturing, investigating failures and improving processes to support reliable, high-rate production.
What you'll do
- Execute quality plans from receiving inspection through integration, testing, and vehicle handoff.
- Lead failure investigations, root-cause analysis, containment, and corrective actions.
- Develop and improve quality processes, production metrics, and feedback into design and manufacturing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, mathematics, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- Strong production and hardware manufacturing experience, including manufacturing a combination of machined parts, mechanisms, electrical assemblies, PCBAs, and harnessing.
- Experience developing and executing quality plans across the full build lifecycle.
- Ability to work hands-on in production and communicate quality data and risk assessments to engineering leadership.
Nice to have
- Experience developing PFMEAs, using NDE/NDT inspection methods, or supporting AS9100D compliance and audits.
- Experience in high-volume complex assembly manufacturing or generating quality metrics across manufacturing stages.
Pay
$140,000 - $175,000 USD base salary
Tools
PFMEAs, NDE/NDT, AS9100D, PCBAs
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