About The Position
K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by $450M from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alpine Space Ventures, and others – with an additional $500M in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers – we’re mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space. The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft. 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. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series C space startup, we’d love for you to apply.
Requirements
- Experience with GNC actuator or sensor sizing, selection, and system design
- Experience with implementing attitude control and/or estimation algorithms on spacecraft
- Experience with verification and validation of GNC flight software in an integrated environment, leveraging 6-DOF simulation and HITL testing.
- Experience with Python, Julia, C/C++, or Matlab for algorithm development, implementation, and simulation
Nice To Haves
- Experience with early-stage spacecraft conceptual design, i.e. “clean sheet” design work
- Experience with control algorithm development
- Experience with reaction wheel, control moment gyroscope, or thruster sizing and algorithm implementation
- Experience with navigation, specifically Extended Kalman Filters
- Experience with trajectory analysis, modeling, and mission design
- Experience with Rust software development
Responsibilities
- Work with other engineering leads to develop and validate a novel high level vehicle architecture
- Develop novel algorithms for precise pointing of very large, flexible structures in earth orbit and beyond
- Develop novel slewing algorithms of very large, flexible structures in earth orbit and beyond
- Develop simulation and modeling tools to support vehicle and GNC trade studies. This includes mission design, controls analysis, and 6-DOF simulation development.
- Contribute to building the GNC organization by recruiting, hiring, and mentoring other engineers
Benefits
- paid time off
- medical/dental/vision coverage
- life insurance
- paid parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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