K2 Space
Stealth startup founded by ex-SpaceX engineers developing giant spacecraft for a post-Starship world51-200 EmployeesActively Hiring
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Principal Crypto Engineer (TS//SCI)
NewPosted 3 days ago
Principal Crypto Engineer (TS//SCI)
- Own the end-to-end technical architecture of Type-1 cryptographic integrations across the spacecraft, payload, and ground segment
- Lead crypto designs from concept and trade studies through implementation, integration, and test
In office • Los Angeles
$160k – $245kEngineering
Principal Security Engineer, Operations
NewPosted 4 days ago
Principal Security Engineer, Operations
- Own day-to-day detection and response across the corporate environment, from alert triage and investigation through containment and remediation
- Administer and mature the SIEM, including log source onboarding, parsing and normalization, telemetry enrichment, rule tuning, and platform health, retention, and cost
In office • Los Angeles
$180k – $250kEngineering
Senior Network Integration Engineer, Top Secret Clearance
NewPosted 4 days ago
Senior Network Integration Engineer, Top Secret Clearance
- Define and execute the long-term vision for K2 Space’s end to end ground systems integration, focusing on network protocols and connections
- Drive integration implementation between in-house ground systems and external vendor systems while supporting the business development team
In office • Los Angeles
$160k – $200kOther Engineering
Platform Engineering Intern – Summer 2027
NewPosted 2 weeks ago
Platform Engineering Intern – Summer 2027
- Support bus-level design integration efforts, helping track vehicle design status and technical readiness across subsystems
- Assist in developing and maintaining engineering schedules, milestones, and requirements documentation for the satellite platform
In office • Los Angeles • Torrance
Engineering
Platform Engineer (DevX)
NewPosted 3 weeks ago
Platform Engineer (DevX)
- Build and maintain golden-path deployment patterns for Amazon EKS, with built-in guardrails that get applications to production faster.
- Help drive secure, consistent AI adoption across software development, including guardrails, governance, observability, and operational support for AI-assisted workflows.
In office • Los Angeles
$123k – $160kOperations
Facility Security Manager (TS/SCI)
NewPosted 4 weeks ago
Facility Security Manager (TS/SCI)
- Submit and maintain Facility Clearance (FCL) sponsorship packages; ensure ongoing FOCI compliance
- Keep business lines informed of upcoming security requirements; update SF312s and work with Legal to keep DCSA organizational records current
In office • Los Angeles
$120k – $170kOther Engineering
Principal Turbomachinery Engineer
NewPosted 4 weeks ago
Principal Turbomachinery Engineer
- Responsible for turbomachinery mechanisms in the spacecraft active thermal control system, including:
- Architectural down-selection, design, and tolerancing
In office • Los Angeles
$175k – $200kOther Engineering
Principal Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Principal Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
- Own end-to-end manufacturing strategy for subsystems from concept through production ramp
- Lead DFM efforts with design engineering, influencing architecture decisions to optimize for cost, quality, scalability and integration risk
In office • Los Angeles
$175k – $200kOther Engineering
Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
- 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
In office • Los Angeles
$100k – $140kOther Engineering
Senior Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
- Own end-to-end manufacturing strategy for subsystems from concept through production ramp
- Lead DFM efforts with design engineering, influencing architecture decisions to optimize for cost, quality, scalability and integration risk
In office • Los Angeles
$140k – $175kOther Engineering
Senior Electro-Mechanical Test Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior Electro-Mechanical Test Engineer
- Own kickoff, design, fabrication, build, activation, data collection, and conclusion/results for both development tests and production testing at rate
- Design test hardware, fixturing, and tooling using CAD, schematic tools, electrical analysis, and hand calculations
In office • Los Angeles
$140k – $175kOther Engineering
Senior MMIC Design Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior MMIC Design Engineer
- Design and develop power amplifiers (PAs), low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), and RF switches in GaAs and GaN technologies.
- Own designs from architecture and topology selection through schematic design, layout, EM simulation, tapeout, and silicon/MMIC characterization.
Remote only • United States
$170k – $250kOther Engineering
Senior Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer
- Lead design-for-excellence (DFX) guidance to design teams with the Mechanisms Engineering team providing design guidance for mechanisms, machined components, and assemblies for initial design, flight hardware, and tooling
- Lead the development of innovative manufacturing systems for spacecraft mechanisms, including r...
In office • Los Angeles
$140k – $170kOther Engineering
Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer
- 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
In office • Los Angeles
$100k – $140kOther Engineering
Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer: National Security Missions
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer: National Security Missions
- Develop mission-level modeling and simulation of national security space missions, capturing operational objectives, environments, and constraints.
- Model and analyze constellation-level capability and performance against mission requirements, including network coverage, beam planning, and resilience in contested environments.
In office • Los Angeles
$160k – $200kEngineering
Senior Platform Engineer (DevX)
NewPosted 1 month ago
Senior Platform Engineer (DevX)
- 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
In office • Los Angeles
$165k – $200kEngineering
Simulation Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2027
NewPosted 1 month ago
Simulation Software Engineering Intern - Summer 2027
- 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
In office • Los Angeles • Torrance
Other Engineering
Principal Tooling Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Principal Tooling Engineer
- 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
In office • Los Angeles
$175k – $200kOther Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Intern – Summer 2027
NewPosted 1 month ago
Mechanical Engineering Intern – Summer 2027
- 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
In office • Torrance
Other Engineering
Mission Engineer
NewPosted 1 month ago
Mission Engineer
- 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...
In office • Los Angeles
$115k – $165k