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The Senior Development Test Engineer will oversee component and system level testing of mechanical and electromechanical systems, lead test campaigns, and mentor team members while ensuring safety and reliability in test execution.

Serve as primary technical interface for commercial payload integration across proposal, design, build, integration, test, launch, and on-orbit phases. Define and negotiate mechanical, electrical, software, power, and mission interfaces; develop interface control documentation and verification plans; coordinate cross-functional teams and represent K2 in customer design reviews and verification milestones.

Serve as the technical lead for payload integration across proposal, design, development, integration, test, launch, and on‑orbit operations. Define and negotiate mechanical, electrical, software, power, and mission interfaces, create verification/validation plans, coordinate cross-functional teams, and represent K2 in customer technical engagements and design reviews.

Lead payload integration across spacecraft lifecycle for national security programs: define/negoti ate interfaces, create verification plans, manage cross-functional integration, support proposals through on-orbit operations, and serve as primary customer technical interface.

Design, build, and run avionics and RF test hardware and automation to validate flight avionics. Develop modular test software, lead subsystem test campaigns, perform data acquisition and instrumentation, manage test assets and acceptance testing, and drive production improvements and root-cause investigations for satellite avionics.

Responsible for testing and measuring RF and microwave electronics for high-power satellites. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for design and validation.

Develop and verify software for spacecraft operations, manage propulsion and control systems, design software architecture, and ensure fault tolerance and reliability in demanding missions.

As a Senior Application Software Engineer, you will design and develop mission-critical software for satellite operations, collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve efficiency, scale, and support ambitious missions.

Develop and verify FPGA firmware for spacecraft systems, including payload and propulsion control. Requires ownership of architecture and integration of complex logic systems.

Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain to manage product costing, overhead allocation, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasts, and cost models. Drive corrective actions on manufacturing variances, support make/buy and capacity decisions, prepare financial analyses for pricing and bids, and maintain disciplined financial controls and reconciliations.