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K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, backed by $450M in funding from top-tier investors including Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price. The company is mass-producing advanced satellite platforms for missions across LEO to deep space, capitalizing on the new era of heavy-lift launch vehicles and mass abundance.
In this role, you will spearhead the clean-sheet manufacturing effort for K2's first Pumped Fluid Loop (PFL)—a critical thermal management system enabling the highest-powered payloads ever deployed to space. You will partner closely with design engineers to ensure manufacturability, build the first prototype, design the manufacturing flow and tooling, and transition components and assemblies from design to rate production.
Key responsibilities include:
- Standing up the work center for manufacturing, assembly, and testing of fluid components
- Leading Design for Manufacturability (DFM) efforts with design engineering teams, influencing architecture decisions to optimize for cost, quality, and producibility
- Building the first prototype and iterating on design, tooling, and station setup
- Designing and implementing the build flow, work instructions, and test protocols
- Transitioning the PFL system to production-ready state within the first year
- Establishing quality standards and manufacturing processes for rate production
This is a high-impact individual contributor role at a Series C space startup with multiple launches planned through 2026–2027. You will own the manufacturing strategy for a mission-critical subsystem and directly influence K2's ability to deliver next-generation satellite capability.
