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Electrical Manufacturing Engineer

K2 Space· Vehicle Operations
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Los Angeles, CA$100k - $140kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Electrical Manufacturing Engineer role at K2 Space in Los Angeles, CA, focused on designing and scaling manufacturing processes for high-power satellite electronics, collaborating with design and mechanical teams, and transitioning methods to production.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with design engineers to provide guidance to design engineers across PCBs, PCBAs, machined components, and assemblies for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling
  • Develop innovative manufacturing systems for spacecraft electronic assemblies, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, and harnessing
  • Create custom tools and processes to support the manufacturing technologies you create, including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software
  • Demonstrate the advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes, working with the design teams to continuously improve the manufacturability of the designs
  • Develop the subassembly build flow and iterate to create an efficient production flow for the satellite and ensure that build times align with current takt times
  • Partner with a team of advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies for current and future spacecraft products

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline
  • 3+ years of experience in a high volume, rapid production environment in a manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering role
  • Demonstrated results with product development and/or process improvements
  • Familiarity with IPC standards (e.g., IPC-A-610, IPC-A-600, J-STD-001) for PCB/PCBA workmanship and inspection
  • Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds
  • Experience designing and implementing technologies for avionics subassembly manufacturing including PCBA assembly, wire harness manufacturing and PCBA/mechanical enclosure assembly
  • Experience providing DFX guidance to design teams across PCBs, PCBAs, machined components, and mechanical assemblies
  • Experience with GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing) and mechanical assembly drawings, with the ability to review and provide feedback on electrical and mechanical designs
  • Familiarity with conformal coating processes (selective spray, dip, or brush application) and associated inspection/rework methods for PCBAs, per standards such as IPC-CC-830 and NASA-STD-8739.1

Skills

Required:Electrical/Mechanical/Electronics ManufacturingDFX GuidanceGD&T
Nice to have:Conformal CoatingMES/Manufacturing Software

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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