Redwire Space Missions is hiring a Test Engineer to lead a high-priority spacecraft program through its critical integration and test phase. You will be responsible for the successful execution of all assembly, integration, and test activities, ensuring delivery to the customer meets stringent technical, schedule, and budget requirements.
What You'll Do
- Lead the AI&T Integrated Product Team, 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, including thermal vacuum, vibration, EMI/EMC, acoustic, and 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, such as NASA, Space Force, SDA, or DARPA, and/or prime contractors.
- Experience leading AI&T execution for complex spacecraft programs through environmental test and delivery.
- US Citizenship is required.
- 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 the 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, 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 or Jama.
- Experience with agile task execution tools, such as Jira or Confluence.
- Experience defining and satisfying success criteria aligned 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.
Team & Environment
You will lead the AI&T Integrated Product Team, taking full ownership of integration and test outcomes for a major spacecraft program.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $173,267 – $200,000.
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.
