Jobs at K2 Space

• Distills application development best practices into repeatable low friction patterns to enable users from multiple backgrounds to build high-quality applications and services
• Practices surgical precision in feature development, delivering high value while avoiding complexity that delays or bloats

• Develop physics-based software models for testing control of spacecraft subsystems, including propulsion, guidance/attitude control, thermal, power, and communications systems
• Author drivers for simulation hardware

• Design and fabricate tooling and material handling systems for K2 Space satellite bus and associated systems and subsystems
• Lead development of satellite subsystem production fixtures from project kickoff through production and beyond

• Design, analyze, test, and build mechanical systems and structures
• Own and execute on a project that significantly impacts K2’s mission with the support of a mentor

• Define, mature, and negotiate mission concepts. Support initial payload integration studies, mission analysis, system architecture trades, system integration designs, and concept of operations development.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for system architecture, payload interface designs...

• Serve as Responsible Engineer for avionics system design, performance, hardware, and test across the satellite bus
• Collaborate closely within the cross functional Engineering teams to capture requirements, lead design trades, build avionics test systems, and integrate flight hardware into the spacecraft

• Create software architecture for real-time, fault-tolerant control of a 20kW+ spacecraft
• Develop software applications for control of spacecraft subsystems, including propulsion, guidance/attitude control, thermal, power, and communications systems

• Manage payload integration across the full satellite lifecycle. Support initial proposals, design, development, integration, testing, launch and on-orbit commissioning.
• Serve as the primary customer interface for payload integration. Lead technical discussions, represent K2 Space in design reviews, and ensure customer requirements are understood and met.

• Design optomechanical assemblies - optical benches, mirror mounts, lens cells, and support structures - from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations, in support of internal and external customer needs
• Own mounting and alignment of lenses and mirrors, selecting and designing mounting schemes (kin...

• Compensation Strategy & Administration

Own end-to-end compensation processes, including offer reviews, promotion and merit recommendations, and market benchmarking across all job families
Manage compensation survey participation (e.g., Radford), including data submission, job mapping, and results interpretation
Build and maintain compensation frameworks — pay bands, leveling, and specialized frameworks (e.g., clearance premiums, hard-to-fill technical roles)
Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to validate offer memos against internal equity, peer set data, and compensation floors ahead of founder approval

• Own the development and maintenance of top-level reliability requirements, models, and allocations across the full spacecraft and constellation portfolio to meet vehicle and constellation-level targets for probability of success and availability
• Define and drive HALT/HASS strategies, accelerated testing plans, and reliability growth progra...

• Drive the definition and execution of dynamic testing at the component, subsystem, vehicle, and stack level, including test planning and coordination, test analysis, and model correlation
• Lead innovation on cross-disciplinary analysis and test methodologies

• Own the financial forecast for assigned customer programs, partnering with program managers and engineering leads to ensure forecasts reflect current schedules, scope, and risk, including labor, headcount allocation, capital expenditures, and development spend
• Translate engineering and production resource requirements (Bill of Material (BOM), staffing pl...

• Drive the definition and execution of dynamic testing at the component, subsystem, and vehicle level, including test planning and coordination, test analysis, and model correlation
• Innovate on cross-disciplinary analysis and test methodologies

• Execute cradle-to-grave radiation test campaigns (SEE, TID, DDD and materials) through coordinating test facilities/dates, designing electrical test setups, writing test procedures, executing tests, and documenting results
• Design, fabricate, and assemble production quality test racks, test PCBAs, and cable harnesses

• Own the mechanical design of propulsion system hardware including propulsion modules, critical thruster components, the propellant management system, avionics box design, propulsion secondary structures, and potentially tank development
• Validate your designs through the entire lifecycle from concept to production, and successful f...

• Own the mechanical design of propulsion system hardware including propulsion modules, critical thruster components, the propellant management system, avionics box design, propulsion secondary structures, and potentially tank development
• Validate your designs through the entire lifecycle from concept to production, and successful f...

• Assess supplier capabilities, technologies, and their ability to successfully execute manufacturing requirements.
• Manage Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), rate, and reliability campaigns to enable production.

• Take satellite mechanical and optical hardware from conceptual design through analysis, prototyping, flight manufacturing, and qualification to on-orbit operations in order to support internal and external customer needs.
• Own structural, electronics thermal heatsinking, and lens mounting design and implementation fo...

• Own and mature the enterprise identity platform, including the identity provider, single sign-on, federation, and directory services across corporate, engineering, and mission environments
• Design and implement authentication standards using modern protocols such as SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and SCIM, and drive adoption of phishing-resistant MFA including FIDO2 and WebAuthn