Principal Solar Manufacturing 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

You will define how solar array hardware is built at K2 – shaping the vision, architecture, and technical foundation that turns bold ideas into flight-ready reality at scale. This is a role at the frontier, where entirely new classes of hardware move from concept to orbit, and where your decisions expand the boundaries of what can be designed, built, and deployed in space. Operating across the full lifecycle, you will embed manufacturing into the DNA of every product, ensuring that what is imagined can be realized with precision, speed, and unwavering reliability. You will take on the most complex and ambiguous challenges, breaking through fundamental constraints in yield, throughput, and scalability to unlock step-change performance

As the technical authority for solar manufacturing, you will set direction, raise the standard for excellence, and develop engineers across the organization, building not just systems, but a culture capable of sustained innovation and execution. Your impact will be lasting, creating the foundations that enables flight hardware to be produced faster, perform better, and scale to meet missions that redefine what humanity can achieve in space

Define and own the manufacturing strategy for K2’s solar hardware including solar modules, photovoltaic arrays, and integrated wing assemblies

Drive solar array manufacturability at the architecture and concept level, partnering with Design leadership before requirements are locked to embed manufacturability from day one

Own the manufacturing technical baseline from process qualification records, tooling design standards, and assembly process specifications

Lead the technical response to the most complex manufacturing anomalies, non-conformances, and systemic build issues, including cross-program root cause and corrective action

Identify, evaluate, and champion transformative manufacturing technologies across automation, advanced metrology, novel bonding or lamination processes

Serve as a technical mentor and force multiplier for the broader Solar Manufacturing Engineering team

Represent manufacturing engineering in executive program reviews, customer readiness reviews, design reviews, and build reviews

Наши требования

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, materials or other relevant engineering discipline

10+ years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing, production, or hands-on engineering environment

Recognized technical authority in solar manufacturing and photovoltaic array integration processes

Demonstrated history of shaping product designs at the architecture level through DFM influence, not just late-stage redlines

Experience owning manufacturing technical baselines through major design overhauls or production transitions

Proven ability to lead and technically develop other engineers, and to influence outcomes across Design, Quality, Supply Chain, and Production without direct authority

Experience scaling solar or high-reliability electromechanical hardware from early development to full-rate production

Background in advanced manufacturing automation, including robotic assembly or vision-guided systems

Prior work on space-grade solar arrays, deployment mechanisms, or flight power systems

Familiarity with reliability physics, radiation effects on photovoltaic materials, or space environment qualification testing

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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Опубликовано29 апр.

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