K2 Space
Senior Hardware Reliability Engineer
$140K–$175K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years; relevant experience may be in reliability engineering, hardware testing, failure analysis, or related fields.
- Education
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, or another related 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
Owns spacecraft reliability strategy, modeling, testing, and failure investigations to meet mission success and availability targets and support production scale-up.
What you'll do
- Develop reliability requirements, models, and allocations for vehicle- and constellation-level targets.
- Lead reliability testing and growth programs, and integrate analysis into design, manufacturing, testing, and program risk decisions.
- Investigate critical hardware failures, drive corrective actions, and mentor junior reliability engineers.
What they ask for
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, or another related discipline.
- 5+ 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
- M.S. or PhD in a related discipline.
- Experience with reliability testing and modeling, EEE components, statistical analysis, programming, or spacecraft-level reliability targets.
Pay
$140,000 - $175,000 USD base salary
Tools
HALT/HASS, Weibull analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), accelerated life testing (ALT), Python, C++, TVAC
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