Hiring: Mission Engineer Company: K2 Space Corporation Location: Los Angeles, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 07:42:51 About the job Experience: •2+ Years of experience working in the aerospace or space industry, working with spacecraft or space systems •5+ Years of experience working in the aerospace or space industry, working with spacecraft, launch vehicles, airborne systems, or payloads Required Skills: •Work closely with Program Managers and key engineering disciplines to define and architect missions (mechanical, software, power, avionics, etc.) and ensure alignment to K2 Space’s technology and capabilities. You will also represent K2 Space in critical customer engagements, study reviews, and technical negotiations. •The ideal candidate has strong multi-disciplinary engineering skills, hands-on experience, and excellent communication abilities to effectively collaborate with National Security customers and stakeholders. •Define, mature, and negotiate mission concepts. Support initial payload integration studies, mission analysis, system architecture trades, system integration designs, and concept of operations development. •Develop and maintain technical documentation for system architecture, payload interface designs, spacecraft design capabilities and requirements, and concepts of operations to ensure customer requirements and architectures align with K2 Space’s technology offerings. •Serve as the primary technical interface for early customer engagement. Lead technical discussions, represent K2 Space in TEMs and study reviews, ensure customer requirements are understood, and ensure the customer understands the extent of K2 Space’s capabilities. •Coordinate cross-functional early study efforts. Work closely with vehicle engineering, avionics, software, propulsion, thermal, and AI&T teams to ensure solutions are practical and executable. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline. •Direct experience designing, developing, integrating or testing spacecraft or space systems. •In-depth knowledge of spacecraft subsystems, space system architectures, and mission modeling and simulation. •Exceptional written and verbal communication skills •Master’s degree or above in an engineering discipline. •Satellite constellation modeling, simulation and analysis experience and intuitive understanding of multibody dynamics •Payload performance modeling and analysis (Electro Optical, Radio Frequency, Infrared, Communications, Networking, Position Navigation and timing etc) •Comprehensive expertise in national security enterprise ground systems and architectures including command and control, networking, tasking, planning, scheduling, processing, dissemination, and tracking software architectures •Demonstrated capacity to travel up to 25% of the time Compensation: •$115,000 - $165,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Base salary range for this role is $115,000 - $165,000 + equity in the company Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!