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Salary: USD 33 - 48 / hourly
K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price. With over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, K2 is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is scaling to 100 satellites per year with multiple launches planned for 2027.
As a Quality Inspector, CMM, you will be responsible for dimensional inspection and metrology of precision aerospace hardware supporting satellite manufacturing and integration. You will own complex dimensional inspection using Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) and other metrology equipment, working closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, and suppliers to ensure hardware meets engineering requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Perform dimensional inspection of complex machined and fabricated aerospace hardware using CMMs and conventional inspection equipment
- Develop, execute, and improve CMM inspection programs
- Interpret engineering drawings and GD&T requirements to establish appropriate inspection strategies
- Perform first article, receiving, in-process, and final dimensional inspections
- Support inspection of large structures and assemblies using laser tracker or other portable metrology equipment
- Analyze dimensional inspection results and communicate findings to Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Production, and suppliers
- Support machine shop process development through dimensional feedback
- Partner with Supply Chain and Quality Engineering to evaluate supplier inspection capability and performance
- Review supplier FAIRs and dimensional inspection reports to determine when incoming inspection can be reduced based on demonstrated supplier performance
- Maintain inspection equipment, programs, records, and calibration status
- Train other inspectors and technicians on dimensional inspection methods
You will help establish K2's internal dimensional inspection capability, evaluate supplier inspection capability, and use inspection data to improve supplier performance and optimize K2's receiving inspection process.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of dimensional inspection or metrology experience in aerospace, precision machining, or similar manufacturing
- Strong CMM inspection experience
- Strong understanding of GD&T and ASME Y14.5
- Experience inspecting tight-tolerance machined components
Note: This is a non-exempt (hourly) role. Export compliance requirement: Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or certain protected individuals) or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
