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Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer

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

About the role

Role focused on ensuring manufacturability of mechanisms, building prototypes, designing build flow and fixturing, and finalizing processes for production transfer in a high-growth satellite manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Experience providing design-for-excellence (DFX) guidance to design teams with mechanical design engineers to ensure design guidance for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling
  • Develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft mechanisms, including electromechanical sub-assemblies, harnessing, welded/bolted structures, and mechanisms
  • 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 improve the manufacturability of the designs
  • Develop the subassembly build flow and iterate to create an efficient production flow for the satellite
  • Partner with a team of advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies for current and future spacecraft products
  • Build test articles and support the Mechanisms Engineering team’s development and qualification test campaigns, iterating on hardware and processes as test results come in
  • In first 6 months: develop manufacturing methods and tooling for mechanisms, define manufacturing flows for mechanisms subsystems, build test articles, and provide DFX guidance across mechanisms, machined components, and higher-level assemblies
  • In first year: implement advanced manufacturing techniques on flight hardware and transition the technology to high-rate production

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 manufacturing, integration, and/or design engineering role
  • Experience with NASA-STD-5017 and AIAA S-114, familiarity with environmental qualification standards (SMC-S-016, GSFC-STD-7000)
  • Experience providing DFX guidance across mechanisms, machined components, and mechanical assemblies
  • Demonstrated results with product development and/or process improvements
  • Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds
  • Experience designing and implementing technologies for mechanisms manufacturing including wire harness manufacturing and complex mechanical assembly
  • Experience with GD&T and mechanical assembly drawings, with the ability to review and provide feedback on electrical and mechanical designs

Skills

Required:Design-for-excellence (DFX)Mechanisms manufacturingManufacturing Execution System (MES)Prototype developmentDFX guidanceGD&T

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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