K2 Space
Senior Mechanisms Engineer – Turbomachinery
Los Angeles, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
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About the role
- Critical to achieving K2's vision is deploying our 20-kW high-power spacecraft platform at scale across MEO, GEO, cis-lunar, and deep space.
- Realizing that vision means actively controlling the heat generated by the high-power payloads our platform hosts.
- This requires active thermal control systems such as pumped fluid loops, built from fluid turbopumps, valves, accumulators, and pressure and temperature instrumentation.
Responsibilities
- Architectural down-selection, design, and tolerancing
- Partner with the thermal and platform architecture teams to scope the long-term K2 pumped-fluid-loop roadmap, and system performance requirements
- Collaborate with thermal, structures, avionics, and satellite bus teams to determine optimal operations and requirements for the pump, supporting mechanisms, and broader fluid loop
- Prepare design reviews to secure stakeholder buy-in and communicate expectations across hardware, software, test, and manufacturing teams
- Own and refine program deliverables and schedules throughout development and production
- Partner with production to develop work instructions, in-process checkouts, and end-of-line tests
- K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit.
- Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.
- With multiple launches planned through 2026 and 2027, we're Building Bigger to develop the solar system and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization.
- As Senior Mechanisms Engineer, Turbomachinery, you will define how K2 designs, analyzes, manufactures, tests, integrates, and deploys precision turbomachinery for integration into active thermal control systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical design and analysis
- 2+ years of experience design and analysis of turbomachinery in harsh environments
- Experience with CAD or FEA software packages
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