K2 Space
Senior Mission Engineer
$125K–$250K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Feb 16, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years required; 10+ years preferred, with the preferred experience also encompassing launch vehicles, airborne systems, or payloads.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline; master’s degree or above preferred.
- 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
Serves as the technical interface for National Security Programs, shaping spacecraft mission architectures and coordinating payload integration, customer requirements, and mission execution.
What you'll do
- Define and negotiate mission concepts, including payload integration studies, mission analysis, architecture trades, and concept of operations.
- Develop technical documentation for system architecture, payload interfaces, spacecraft capabilities, requirements, and operations concepts.
- Lead customer technical engagements and coordinate cross-functional engineering studies to develop practical mission solutions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in the aerospace or space industry working with spacecraft or space systems.
- Direct experience designing, developing, integrating, or testing spacecraft or space systems.
- Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, space system architectures, and mission modeling and simulation; exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or above in an engineering discipline.
- Experience with National Security customers and systems, constellation modeling or payload performance analysis, or national security ground systems and architectures.
Pay
$125,000 - $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
spacecraft, space systems, mission modeling and simulation, multibody dynamics, Electro Optical, Radio Frequency, Infrared, command and control
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