Redwire Space Missions is hiring a Principal Test Engineer to serve as the Assembly, Integration & Test (AI&T) IPT Lead. In this critical role, you will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of all AI&T activities for a high-priority spacecraft program, ensuring successful integration, environmental testing, and delivery. You will be responsible for technical leadership and programmatic success.
What You'll Do
- Lead the AI&T IPT, ensuring all integration and test activities are executed on schedule, within budget, and to technical requirements.
- Develop and maintain the AI&T plan, including build flow, integration sequences, test campaigns, and resource allocation.
- Oversee spacecraft-level integration of subsystems and components, ensuring proper configuration control and interface compliance.
- Manage environmental and functional test campaigns (thermal vacuum, vibration, EMI/EMC, acoustic, deployment tests), including readiness reviews and anomaly resolution.
- Coordinate with systems engineering, hardware teams, and operations to ensure verification and validation closure.
- Drive risk management for integration and test activities, identifying and mitigating technical and schedule risks.
- Serve as the primary technical interface for AI&T with program leadership, customers, and suppliers.
- Ensure adherence to safety, quality, and mission assurance standards throughout all AI&T operations.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 12+ years of experience in spacecraft assembly, integration, and test.
- Experience supporting government space customers (NASA, Space Force, SDA, DARPA) and/or prime contractors.
- Experience leading AI&T execution for complex spacecraft programs through environmental test and delivery.
- Must have an active U.S. security clearance.
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with full spacecraft lifecycle from design through launch and on-orbit operations.
- Demonstrated ability to manage cost, schedule, and technical performance for AI&T scope.
- Expert understanding of spacecraft systems, test architectures, ground support equipment (GSE), and environmental testing.
- Deep expertise in environmental testing at the vehicle and unit level, including shock, vibration, thermal vacuum, and EMI/EMC.
- Proficient with digital test management, automated data collection, and configuration tracking tools.
- Experience with requirements and verification management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or equivalent.
- Experience with agile task execution tools, such as Jira or Confluence.
- Experience defining and satisfying success criteria in alignment to test and launch readiness.
- Experience with launch vehicle integration and pre-launch operations.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, interfacing with customers, suppliers, and internal leadership.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Ability to travel – 25% travel may be required.
Technical Stack
- DOORS
- Jama
- Jira
- Confluence
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary range: $173,267 - $200,000
- Highly competitive benefits package
Work Mode
This position is onsite in Littleton, CO.
Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
