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Overview

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, with significant funding and contracts from various investors and customers. The company is looking for a motivated Spacecraft Fluids Systems Technician to support the assembly, integration, and testing of pressurized systems in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Perform hands-on assembly of pressurized system hardware and sub-assemblies to engineering drawings, BOMs, and work instructions.
  • Support system integration and high-pressure operations following released procedures and safety protocols; leak checks, proof testing, pressure system functional verification.
  • Fabricate, bend, fit, and install precision tubing and fluid lines; perform orbital welding and fitting operations to required standards.
  • Fabricate wire harnesses from assembly drawings and electrical schematics.
  • Collaborate closely with manufacturing, test, quality, and design engineering to resolve hardware issues in real time.
  • Follow detailed work instructions and manufacturing procedures, performing all work in the MES system.
  • Support setup of vacuum chamber for acceptance and performance testing.
  • Occasionally support COPV pressure testing and handling at vehicle level.
  • Practice 5S principles of organizing and sustaining an efficient and presentable workspace.
  • Provide consistent process improvement feedback to engineering and production leadership.
  • Support vehicle integration operations and other related departments as needed.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on aerospace assembly and test experience in propulsion, pressure systems, fluid systems, or high-reliability hardware.
  • Experience with pressure testing, leak checking, proof/burst testing, or COPV handling.
  • Hands-on experience with tube fabrication, bending, and fitting.
  • Familiarity with MES/MRP software.
  • Familiar with calibrated tools including multi-meters, torque wrenches, safety cable guns, and crimpers.
  • Demonstrated high level of ownership and problem-solving abilities.
  • Experience working with FOD, ESD sensitive hardware and clean room requirements.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Must be able to perform repetitive tasks such as bending or twisting, grasping, standing, lifting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, carrying, and use hands to operate tools or machine controls.
  • Must be able to lift and carry parts or equipment up to 50 lbs. unassisted.
  • Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.
  • Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Los Angeles, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting comes in about 11% below the $45/hr median for welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA, where the middle half runs $36–$63/hr across 60 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 35% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 87 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 58 different employers. 34 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 553 other active welding openings from 252 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

K2 Space Corporation currently has 2 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (34), Honeywell Aerospace (21), and Aerotek (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $72/hr, El Segundo at $58/hr, and Torrance at $47/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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