K2 Space
Senior Tooling Engineer
$140K–$175K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Dec 12, 2025
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years of industry experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical design and analysis.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or other 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
Designs, builds, and supports custom tooling and material-handling systems for satellite production, operations, and qualification testing.
What you'll do
- Design and fabricate tooling and material-handling systems for satellite buses and subsystems.
- Lead production-fixture development and perform tooling sizing, structural analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Support ground-test setups and customer tooling, collaborating with cross-functional teams on requirements, methods, and schedules.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- Experience with CAD or FEA software packages; experience may be professional, academic, entrepreneurial, or hobby-based.
- 5+ years of industry experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical design and analysis.
- Hands-on fabrication experience and experience designing, building, and testing mechanical assemblies and tooling for aerospace or terrestrial applications.
Nice to have
- Experience with NX (Unigraphics) and Teamcenter PLM.
- Experience with structural analysis using Simcenter 3D, Femap, or Hypermesh.
Pay
$140,000 - $175,000 USD base salary
Tools
CAD, FEA, NX (Unigraphics), Teamcenter PLM, Simcenter 3D, Femap, Hypermesh, GD&T
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