Principal Build & Integration Engineer Verified today
The Role
As Principal Build Engineer, you'll lead K2's Mega-class satellite build campaign as we accelerate into high-rate production. You'll drive instrumental changes to the build flow, optimize build sequencing, and adapt to vehicle issues throughout integration to ensure on-schedule delivery. You'll become a vehicle systems expert, collaborating with teams across the company to turn complexity into clarity while pioneering industry-leading tools, techniques, and designs in satellite manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Develop integration planning and satellite build flows for the K2 Mega-class satellite at the system level
- Partner with production to define, create, and iterate on solutions that increase build efficiency
- Refine processes and create tools to reduce nonconformances at all stages of vehicle build
- Serve as an integration point of contact for vehicle and stacked vehicle level proto-qualification
- Drive electrical and mechanical design engineers to implement Design-For-Integration improvements
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, or other engineering discipline
- 10+ years of experience in an integration engineering role (includes internships and hardware-intensive extracurricular projects)
- Experience creating, improving, and deleting production processes and workflows in a high-rate production environment
- Experience interacting with CAD software and CAD models
- Experience working in a clean room and with ESD-sensitive equipment
- Experience leading lift operations
- Experience creating GSE, tooling, or shipping containers to support production operations
- Experience with qualification campaigns on large assemblies (proof, vibration, shock, TVAC, acoustic)
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
About K2 Space
K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. With over $1 billion in total funding and over $1 billion in signed contracts, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space. With multiple launches planned for 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're building the foundation for a Kardashev Type II civilization.