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Senior Automation & Controls Engineer

K2 Space· Vehicle Operations
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Los Angeles, CA$140k - $175kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior-level role focused on bringing the production system to life through automation projects, collaborating across mechanical, electrical, and production teams to enable high-rate manufacturing of K2 satellites.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and production engineers to ensure seamless production automation across hardware and control layers.
  • Conceive, design, and develop production tooling electromechanical automation assemblies either in-house or through vendors
  • Own hands-on buildout, activation, and qualification of automation and controls projects across the production line spanning machine design, robotics, computer vision, and other systems
  • Shape and implement our HMI strategy and PLC automation in a way that makes machines easy to operate with repeatable results
  • Understand build flow, production reliability, and process control to implement strategies to increase production takt rate and first pass yield

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, materials or other relevant engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing, production, or hands-on engineering environment
  • 2+ years of experience working in industrial automation and controls in a production environment
  • Strong hands-on aptitude and willingness to work directly with hardware on the production floor
  • In-depth knowledge of precision assembly or electromechanical integration processes
  • Ability to generate and review engineering drawings, schematics, and technical documentation
  • Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds through production rate

Skills

Required:Collaboration across engineering disciplinesAutomation design and developmentHMI and PLC automationProduction process optimization

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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