Building the largest satellites in orbit. Ultra-powerful, scalable platforms engineered for LEO, MEO, GEO and cislunar missions. Explore the next-generation of satellites. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, First Round and ICONIQ.
About the role
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. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a high-growth Series D-funded company, we'd love for you to apply. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Set the optical I/O requirements (coupling loss, alignment tolerance, polarization, and I/O placement on the die) and work them into the floorplan with chip designers and into the link budget with systems engineers
- Carry the high-speed electrical path through the package (wirebond or flip-chip transitions and RF interconnects to the drive electronics) and present designs at preliminary and critical design reviews
- PhD or MS in electrical engineering, optics, physics, or a related field, or a Bachelor's degree with equivalent experience
- Hands-on work at the chip boundary: optical I/O design with fiber attach or packaging, or high-speed modulator and RF design measured with a VNA (S-parameters, electro-optic bandwidth)
- Photonic device simulation (Meep, Tidy3D, Lumerical FDTD, FEM, or EME), layout tools (e.g., KLayout, gdsfactory, Cadence), and Python for automation and data analysis
- 3D mechanical CAD (e.g., SolidWorks, Inventor, Fusion) for package parts or fixtures, including drawings that a machine shop can build from
More about this role
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. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a...
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