Systems Engineer; Systems Engineer, Level 1

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.

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.

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.

Redwire Space Solutions has an opportunity for a Systems Engineer at our facility in Longmont, CO. In this role, you will be responsible for the development of architectures, designing new systems and see them through the development life cycle. You will interface with customers, subcontractors, and the project team to guide the technical development of the hardware systems. You will lead risk management, integrated test planning, technical performance measurement management, and lifecycle baseline.

You will learn and be supported by a great Systems team and you will collaborate with other amazing engineers with a wide breadth of experiences.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team of engineers, technicians and specialists, you will develop cutting edge hardware solutions. Many projects are innovative and have a short development lifecycle enabling you to see the outcome of your design work. You will bring your systems engineering experience and help the team develop innovative RF systems.

• 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.
• Have the desire to build trust and respect within the team and with the customer and contribute to an inclusive culture.
• Help generate products for gated design and operational reviews.
• Interface with customers to develop and mature 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.
• Work with senior engineers to assist with the establishment of architectures based on customer requirements.

• BS in Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent, master's degree may substitute for two years less of applicable experience.
• Experience designing and manufacturing hardware systems ideally those for space applications or air-based platforms.
• Experience developing RF hardware or aerospace hardware systems.
• Experience with systems engineering tools such as Jama, DOORS, or other requirement management methods.
• Familiarity with current systems engineering and integration tools and methodologies
• Good communication skills, ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams, demonstrated execution and coordination skills

• Experience performing space system level analysis…