You will ensure that every K2 spacecraft is designed, documented, and verified using rigorous, standardized processes that consistently meet requirements and deliver exceptionally reliable flight systems. You will own and continuously improve the design reliability framework for our spacecraft, driving the creation, enforcement, and evolution of design standards across the engineering organization
You will lead development of K2’s design review processes, review templates, configuration management practices, and design verification standards, ensuring that each design iteration adheres to high-reliability principles and is validated in a consistent, traceable manner. You will exercise formal design review signoff authority and serve as a key technical gatekeeper during development
As production begins, you will guide a disciplined handoff to Build Reliability, ensuring that manufacturing and test teams inherit well‑documented, fully verified designs. This role is ideal for a systems-minded engineer who thrives on structure, rigor, and enabling teams to build high-powered hardware right the first time
Develop and maintain standardized design review processes, including templates, workflows, and review structures
Serve as a design review signoff authority, ensuring all designs meet internal and customer requirements and reliability criteria before release
Establish, document, and enforce comprehensive design and verification standards across engineering
Define and manage design configuration management practices to ensure controlled, traceable design evolution
Drive consistency in requirement interpretation, verification methods, and documentation across all engineering teams
Partner with engineering leads to ensure designs are completed in a standard, verified fashion aligned with program requirements
Lead and participate in cross-disciplinary reviews to evaluate design readiness, compliance, and verification closure
Provide structured and complete design handoffs to Build Reliability as programs transition into production
Ensure production and flight lessons learned are systematically captured and incorporated into future design iterations to drive continuous improvement and reliability growth
Establish and enforce standardized processes for acceptance and qualification testing to ensure consistent, repeatable, and requirements‑compliant execution
Operate effectively in a rapidly evolving startup where agility, autonomy, and proactive problem-solving are essential