Joblaze summary

In this role, the Harness Design Engineer at K2 Space focuses on the design, analysis, and integration of harness and wiring systems for advanced satellite platforms. Key skills include electrical harness design, CAD proficiency, and experience with environmental testing, all crucial for ensuring high reliability in space missions. This position is ideal for engineers with a couple of years of relevant experience who thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. K2 Space is rapidly scaling its operations, aiming to produce a significant number of satellites annually.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on K2 Space's careers page October 27, 2026.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$130,000).
Starts above 90% of 58 comparable mid other roles that list CAD we track (median $100,000 across 8 companies).
CAD appears in 3% of 4738 comparable mid other roles; Electrical Test Equipment appears in 0.1% of 4738 comparable mid other roles.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?: K2 Space lists $120,000–$160,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Harness Design Engineer role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CAD, EMI/EMC testing, Electrical Test Equipment, Environmental Testing, Multimeters, Network Analyzers.
What seniority level is this role?: K2 Space targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Harness Design Engineer role at K2 Space.

From the original posting

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. 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 — and with over $1 billion 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 Role

You will be responsible for harness and wiring system design, analysis, testing and integration on some of the largest, most powerful, rapidly designed and manufactured satellites. You will have the unique opportunity to collaborate with a cross functional team of engineers and own trades to reduce cost, increase integration rate, and decrease mass of bus and payload harnessing. You will be the Responsible Engineer for harness system design and components such as connectors, wire and cable, instrumentation, and heaters. You will help establish production test requirements and support vehicle avionics integration to enable high-rate production and constellation launch cadence. In your first two years, you will have qualified hardware for flight, completed avionics integration on the satellite bus, and flown your hardware through intense LEO, MEO and GEO environments.

Responsibilities

Serve as Responsible Engineer for harness system design for bus avionics, mechanisms, RF systems, and payloads across the Mega and Giga satellites
Define interface control documents for avionics boxes and bulkheads to optimize system diagrams and schematics
Design, analyze, and release harnessing and secondary mounting hardware in CAD and production drawings based on system schematics and vehicle layout
Drive design trades to reduce cost and select harness components such as connectors, contacts, wire/cables, shield braid, heaters, RTDs and more
Collaborate closely with the manufacturing engineering and technicians on the harness and electro-mechanical subassembly teams to solve in process issues and ensure high reliability
Execute development and qualification testing of harness components and assemblies for critical space missions in MEO and GEO orbits
Collaborate closely with the cross functional engineering teams to capture requirements, lead design trades, and integrate the design into the spacecraft systems
Effectively manage and communicate project plan, milestones, and schedule execution

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering or any equivalent combination of education and experience
2+ years of experience in electrical harness design, routing, production, and system integration
Ability to work in a fast-paced and high velocity start-up atmosphere
Creative problem solver that can assess risk and make collaborative design and development decisions

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience with environmental testing for space harnessing such as thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, radiation, and EMI/EMC testing per SMC-S-016
Competence with electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, network analyzers, etc.)
Strong presentation experience in highly technical design forums and reviews (Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, Flight Readiness Reviews, etc.)
Proficient with NX or similar CAD software including electrical harness routing
Experience with practical application of GD&T and FEA

Compensation and Benefits:

Base salary range for this role is $120,000 - $160,000 + equity in the company
Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
Comprehensive benefits package paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks

If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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Harness Design Engineer

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