Jobs at K2 Space

• 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

• Responsible for turbomachinery mechanisms in the spacecraft active thermal control system, including:
• Architectural down-selection, design, and tolerancing

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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...

• 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

• 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.

• 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