Unlock the Future of Space at Redwire Space Do you thrive on turning the impossible into reality? At Redwire Space, every day presents an opportunity to innovate, tackle fascinating challenges, and directly shape future technologies for multiple domains (space and terrestrial). Redwire is where groundbreaking ideas take flight, and the results are truly out of this world.
Innovate with Our RF Systems Group in Longmont, Colorado Join Redwire's RF Systems group in Longmont, Colorado, and become an integral part of engineering the next generation of RF products. These enable mission-critical capabilities across space, air, land, and beyond. Whether it's advanced communications, sophisticated sensing, electronic warfare, or directed energy, our team delivers cutting-edge solutions - from orbital deployments to the tactical edge - in support of one force, every front.
Join a Team Driven by Curiosity, Purpose, and Impact Decide today to become a part of our engineering team and you'll find yourself in a collaborative, agile environment where curiosity, purpose, and impact guide every decision. We are not just a company; we are a collective renowned for our technical expertise, leadership in engineering, and unwavering commitment to project ownership. Come experience a place where your contributions truly matter.
Summary: Redwire Space Solutions has an opportunity for an
Associate Systems Engineer at our Longmont, CO facility. In this role, you will be responsible for developing system architectures, designing new systems, and guiding them through the entire development lifecycle. You will interface with customers, subcontractors, and project teams to drive the technical development of hardware systems. Key responsibilities include developing requirement architectures, integrated test planning, technical performance measurement, and lifecycle baseline management. You will be supported by an experienced Systems team and collaborate with talented engineers across a wide range of disciplines.
As part of a diverse and dedicated team of engineers, technicians, and specialists, you will help develop cutting-edge hardware solutions. Many projects are highly innovative with short development cycles, allowing you to see the results of your design work quickly. You will leverage your systems engineering expertise to help the team create advanced RF systems and deliver groundbreaking solutions.
Responsibilities - Participate in the design, assembly, and test of space or air-based hardware systems.
- Ensure the delivered hardware meets internal and external stakeholder expectations and requirements.
- Foster trust, respect, and an inclusive team culture with colleagues and customers.
- Help generate products for gated design and operational reviews.
- Collaborate with customers to develop and refine the Concept of Operations.
- Develop, review, and assess verification artifacts such as test plans, requirement verification matrices, test reports, analysis reports, inspection reports, and help provide input on the appropriateness to the system goals.
- Act as a creative problem solver between multiple and sometimes conflicting interests in order to make sure the system as a whole is optimized, while ensuring internal and external stakeholders' needs are being represented.
- Dynamically work with interdisciplinary teams and have the desire and ability to learn new systems.
- Support senior engineers in developing architectures based on customer requirements.
Ideal Experience - Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering (or equivalent); a master's degree may substitute for two years of experience.
- 2+ years of experience designing and manufacturing hardware systems, ideally for space or air-based platforms.
- Experience developing RF hardware or aerospace hardware systems.
- Proficiency with systems engineering tools such as Jama, DOORS, or other requirements management methods.
- Familiarity with modern systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies.
- Strong communication skills with proven ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and coordinate complex tasks.
Desired Skills - Experience performing space and airborne platform system-level analysis and presenting technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, etc.).
- Hands-on experience developing flight hardware with knowledge of space and airborne design best practices.
- Proven ability to work with customers to manage expectations and project scope.
- Skilled in collaborating with subcontractors to define and refine subsystem requirements.
- Familiarity with creating technical work plans for new or ongoing product development, including resource estimation.
- Strong big-picture mindset with the ability to maintain and communicate a clear technical vision of the end product.
Don't meet every single requirement above? No worries. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team. We strive to build a diverse and inclusive culture, so if you're excited about this job posting, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence. Pay Range
$80,000 - $100,000/year
How We Determine What We Pay (Compensation Philosophy)
Redwire determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data, for our locations throughout the US. We will evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index, in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company.
For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant's level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will be considered for higher pay.
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.
All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require ship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.
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