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Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer

K2 Space· Vehicle Operations
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Los Angeles, CA$100k - $140kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Manufacturing engineer focused on ensuring manufacturability and scaling production for large satellite assemblies, harnessing, mechanisms, and integrated electronics systems at a fast-growing satellite company.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with design engineers to ensure design for manufacturability for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling
  • Develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft assemblies, 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

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
  • Experience setting up a manufacturing/production floor for first article builds
  • Experience designing and implementing technologies for avionics subassembly manufacturing including wire harness manufacturing and PCBA/mechanical enclosure assembly

Skills

Required:Design for manufacturabilityManufacturing system development
Nice to have:Tooling design

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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