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Head of Solar

4 days ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Operations Manager
Operations
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K2 Space Corporation

K2 Space builds high-powered satellite platforms and satellite buses for missions across LEO, MEO, and GEO, emphasizing higher payload power, large payload mass, vertical integration, and in-house manufacturing.

Defense and Space Manufacturing
51-200
Founded 2022
$180M raised
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Description

  • Build, scale, and lead the Solar Engineering organization across design, manufacturing, process, and automation disciplines.
  • Own the solar hardware technical baseline end-to-end, from array and module design through process qualification, tooling and automation infrastructure, and flight-ready production delivery.
  • Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations, including hands-on testing, analysis, and iterative design refinement.
  • Identify and invest in transformative technologies that improve rate, reliability, and unit economics.
  • Set the strategic direction for how solar hardware is designed and manufactured at scale, establishing the systems, processes, and standards that enable high-rate production.
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team to establish product requirements, company processes, and best practices for hardware design and manufacturing.
  • Represent Solar Engineering at the executive level and drive alignment on technical direction, risk, and program execution.
  • Lead the team and operating cadence needed to meet ambitious cost, schedule, and reliability targets.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, or another relevant engineering discipline.
  • 8+ years of experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical design and analysis in solar or electromechanical systems.
  • 4+ years of experience building and leading large, multi-disciplinary engineering teams, including managing managers and developing senior individual contributors across multiple functional areas.
  • Demonstrated ability to own a complex engineering function end-to-end through major program phases, from development and design iteration through production ramp and sustained delivery.
  • Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience with CAD or FEA software packages.
  • Direct experience leading solar array engineering for space applications, including design, module interconnect processes, module lamination, integrated PVA construction, and flight array integration (preferred).
  • Experience scaling a multi-disciplinary engineering organization from early-stage development to full-rate production in a high-reliability or aerospace environment (preferred).
  • Hands-on background in robotics, vision-guided assembly, or electromechanical controls for manufacturing applications (preferred).
  • Experience designing, building, and testing moving mechanical assemblies for aerospace applications, such as satellite mechanical systems, payloads, launch vehicles, propulsion systems, or aircraft structures and mechanisms (preferred).
  • Experience with NASA-STD-5017, SMC-S-016, and GSFC-STD-7000 for the design and qualification of in-space Moving Mechanism Assemblies (preferred).
  • Experience with the practical application of GD&T (preferred).
  • Independent, self-motivated mindset with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills across disciplines (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. person or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license due to ITAR requirements.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $200,000 to $250,000 plus equity.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Paid time off.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Additional perks.
  • Flexible encouragement to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the preferred qualifications.

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