Vehicle Operations Engineering Intern – Summer

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 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 in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization.

We’relooking for a stellar

Vehicle Operations Engineering Intern to join our team for a3monthinternship.

You’lljoin the team responsible for building, testing,andflying the vehicle,working with

Design and Responsible Engineers to develop manufacturing methods, tooling, and build flows for spacecraft components, as well as support the integration and test of K2’s Mega class satellite systems. In this roleyou’llgainhands-on experience developing and testing manufacturing techniques for large satellite structures, mechanisms, and integrated electronics; designing ground support equipment; expanding HITL tables; and executing test campaigns.

This role offers broad exposure across subsystems, opportunities to improve manufacturability, efficiency, and reliability, and the chance to own impactful projects in K2’s highly collaborative environment.

• Support HITL table maintenance and operations
• Develop test procedures used to confirm spacecraft hardware and software flight worthiness
• Investigate and troubleshoot vehicle issues and driver further actions to reduce future failures
• Design, build, and rollout ground support equipment to enable new test components and capabilities
• Develop innovative manufacturing systems for large spacecraft assemblies, including welded/bolted structures, mechanisms, and electrical subassemblies
• Create custom tools and processes that integrate with our Manufacturing Execution Systemto support the manufacturing technologies you create
• Demonstrate the advanced manufacturing techniques on prototypes, working with the design teams to iterate onthe manufacturability of those parts
• Develop the subassembly build flow and implementing on the production flow for the satellite
• Get hands-on to build and integrate flight parts using your tooling
• Partner with a team of advanced manufacturing engineers to perform R&D of novel manufacturing technologies for current and future spacecraft products

• Must be currently enrolled in aBachelor’s or Master’sdegree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or other relevant engineering discipline
• 6+ months experience of technical engineering skills outside of the university setting classroom (eg: laboratory, research, extracurricular project teams, volunteering, personal projectsor prior internship/work experience)

• Available for a minimum 12-week internship in person at our HQ in Torrance

• Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment, including frequent interactions with technicians,engineers, and managers
• Experience testing and troubleshooting spacecraft…