Verification and Validation; V&V) Lead; Systems Engineer

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Redwire Space Missions has an exciting opportunity for a Requirements Verification and Validation (V&V) Lead in our Littleton facility. This role is critical to the success of our satellite programs and requires a highly skilled, independent, and proactive leader who can lead and own requirements V&V efforts through the program lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have deep experience across all phases of the space systems development lifecycle and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Manage JAMA requirements projects for programs, ensuring requirements baselines are maintained throughout the program lifecycle.
• Define and create requirements specification trees for programs
• Define, allocate, trace, decompose system requirements throughout various levels of the system of interest (SOI)
• Define verification roadmaps and strategies; ensuring verification events are aligned and coincide with AI&T campaigns.
• Support the implementation of RV&V process and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide direct technical leadership to programs ensuring traceable, testable, and verifiable requirements.
• Collaborate with Software, Avionics, Mechanical, Electrical, Integration & Test, and other functional teams to ensure requirements traceability and verification alignment from unit-level through system-level qualification and acceptance.
• Support formal reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and Mission Readiness Reviews with clear verification status and technical rationale.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers in best practices, promoting technical excellence, rigor, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Drive continuous improvement in SE tools, methodologies, and metrics to enhance efficiency and quality of engineering execution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, Software, Electrical or related STEM field.
• 5-10 years of engineering experience in the aerospace/space industry
• Experience supporting government or commercial spacecraft programs.
• Experience with requirements and verification management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or equivalent.
• Experience leading teams and/or large engineering efforts
• Ability to obtain a U.S. DoD security clearance.

• Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience working satellite programs with DoD customers
• Strong understanding of spacecraft systems engineering lifecycle, including subsystem design, architecture development, integration & test, and mission operations preparation.
• Experience owning, planning, maintaining, executing V&V efforts throughout the system lifecycle.
• Experience defining, writing, and releasing V&V reports/artifacts to the customer.
• Experience establishing a requirements baseline, governing changes, and assessing impacts.
• Experience as a Responsible Systems Engineer (RSE), IPT Lead, and/or Team Lead
• Experience with agile task execution tools, such as Jira or Confluence.
• Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across programs and disciplines.
• Ability to travel - an average of 5% travel may be required.
• Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, or equivalent.