Principal Integration & Test Engineer

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Наша компания

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price — and with over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space. The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an

О роли

With multiple launches in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a high-growth Series D-funded company, we'd love for you to apply.

Чем предстоит заниматься

As a Principal Integration & Test Engineer, you will help hone K2’s approach to subscale and full vehicle production, qualification testing, and operation. Your work will span most technical disciplines at the company and will require building consensus from disparate stakeholders. You will be asked to help mentors others while serving as a critical driver for on-time delivery and mitigating mission risk. Our goal is to develop a fully autonomous constellation and that starts on the ground. You’ll be the driver of constellation-level control to realize this goal

Develop company-wide standards for vehicle test (manual and automated) used to confirm spacecraft hardware and software flightworthiness

Operate spacecraft (interpret telemetry, send commands) during system tests at the factory, test facilities, launch sites, and during pre-launch operations

Act as a test conductor (and sometimes POC) for environmental test campaigns

Mentor more junior members of the team

Interface with customers to scope testing performed on their payloads, based on expected functions and failure modes of interest

Manage relationships with launch vehicle providers, including contractual deliverables such as interface control documents and environmental test plan justifications

Lead high-visibility (proto)qualification campaigns for development and flight hardware

Assess risks associated with different integration and test approaches, justify test reductions and optimize vehicle build/test flows for at-rate production

Наши требования

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, computer, or other relevant engineering discipline

8+ years of experience in an integration/test/automation engineering role

5+ years of experience testing and troubleshooting spacecraft and their related components and systems, including subsystem checkouts and system acceptance testing

Experience with environmental testing, such as thermal vacuum or random vibration

Experience working in a clean room and with ESD-sensitive equipment

Hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (PSU, Oscilloscope, DMM, etc.)

Hands-on experience with HITL/HWIL or Flatsat software verification testbeds

Excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills

Proficient in Python and/or Rust

Experience with Linux systems

Experience managing contractual interfaces (e.g. customer, launch vehicle)

Мы предлагаем

Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level

Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks

If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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Дополнительно

Base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $200,000 + equity in the company

K2 Space Corporation

Los Angeles, CA

ГрейдLead

ЗанятостьПолная занятость

РегионНе Россия

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Опубликовано22 мая

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