Systems Engineer

Redwire is accelerating humanity’s expansion into space by delivering reliable, economical and sustainable infrastructure for future generations.

Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented, curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanity’s expansion into space.

Redwire Space Missions LLC is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team in Littleton, CO. In this role, you will support the development of a new spacecraft designed for very‑low Earth orbit (VLEO) missions. You will work closely with lead systems engineers on requirements management, interface management, customer deliverables, and cross-functional coordination. The ideal candidate has a strong systems-thinking mindset, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is comfortable supporting complex technical decision-making across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• Support lead systems engineers in managing system and subsystem requirements, including requirements decomposition, flow-down, verification method identification, and customer coordination.
• Drive interface management activities, ensuring clear definition, communication, and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and data interfaces across engineering teams.
• Contribute to customer deliverables such as requirements documents, interface control documents, verification plans, and milestone review artifacts.
• Collaborate across engineering functional groups to evaluate design decisions, support down‑selection of COTS components, and ensure physical implementations meet functional and performance requirements.
• Support development of a new spacecraft bus and payload accommodations optimized for VLEO environments, including consideration of environmental constraints, system-level performance drivers, and operational needs.
• Participate in cross-functional engineering trades, risk assessments, and technical reviews to ensure coherent system architecture and traceability.
• Assist in planning and tracking verification and validation activities aligned to system requirements and program milestones.
• Contribute to integration and test readiness by supporting the creation of test plans, reviewing test setups, and ensuring alignment with verification objectives.
• Communicate effectively with program leadership, engineering teams, and customers to convey technical status, risks, and mitigation strategies.

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with 2–4 years of experience, or a Master’s with 0–2 years of experience.
• Proven experience within an engineering discipline, including requirements development, subsystem design, and integration & test.
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to solve complex problems.
• Self‑motivated in applying engineering principles, concepts, and practices of mechanical/aerospace engineering to independently perform assignments.
• Familiarity with NASA or DoD lifecycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR).
• U.S. Citizenship required, with ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance.

• M.S. degree in Systems Engineering.
• Experience working on spacecraft systems and subsystems.
• Experience developing, managing, and decomposing requirements and identifying verification methods/approaches.
• Experience developing test plans and managing hardware test campaigns.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as JAMA or DOORS.
• Experience with interface management and control within complex systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and Visio.
• Active DoD Security Clearance preferred.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).