RF Business Development Manager

Position:

RF Business Development Manager

Location:

2602 Clover Basin Drive

Unit D

Longmont, CO

Job :

3271

# of Openings:

1

Made for the Mission At Redwire Defense Tech, we are committed to advancing RF technologies that support critical defense and commercial missions. Our vision is to set the standard in multi‑domain RF systems, ensuring trusted spectrum dominance and seamless connectivity for defense and commercial leaders worldwide. Our focus is on delivering scalable, mission‑ready RF technologies that balance performance, cost, and speed, enabling customers to operate confidently in increasingly contested and dynamic environments.

Innovate with Our RF Systems Group in Longmont, Colorado Join Redwire’s RF Systems group in Longmont, Colorado, and play a key role in developing next‑generation RF products that support multi‑domain operations across space, air, land, and sea. Whether advancing resilient communications, sophisticated sensing, or directed‑energy technologies, our teams deliver cutting‑edge solutions that enhance mission readiness from orbit to the tactical edge.

Join a Team Driven by Purpose, Expertise, and Impact When you join Redwire Defense Tech, you become part of a collaborative and agile environment where technical excellence and mission impact drive how we operate. We are a team recognized for deep expertise, trusted execution, and unwavering ownership of our commitments. Your contributions directly support our customers and strengthen national security priorities through the delivery of scalable, mission‑ready RF technologies.

Redwire is seeking a business development leader with a proven record of selling RF payload systems and components into airborne, ground, and maritime mission portfolios across major DoD prime contractors.

Lead the development and execution of business-development strategies that create new revenue, expand existing programs, and position an emerging RF payload systems / products company as a trusted partner across key mission areas.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Identify, shape, and pursue new business opportunities with prime contractors across airborne, ground, and maritime markets for communications, PNT, DSP, or EW applications. Products include antennas / antenna arrays, RF payloads and RF systems

Develop capture strategies, pursuit priorities, and customer engagement plans that advance opportunities toward award at competitive margins.

Build and maintain strong relationships with customer decision-makers, influencers, and industry partners.

Assess customer needs, competitive landscapes, and mission requirements to inform bid strategy and solution positioning.

Collaborate with engineering teams to create affordable solution concepts and articulate RF product value propositions.

Maintain a healthy opportunity pipeline aligned with long-range growth objectives.

Prepare and deliver executive-level and customer briefings; support capture and proposal activities.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 8 years of experience in the aerospace or DoD sector.

Active TS/SCI clearance at time of application.

Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Well-established DoD network across legacy and emerging prime contractors.

Strong track record of contract wins and successful program execution with a broad range of primes.

Proven ability to close deals for RF payload-level systems and components at competitive and sustainable margins.

Experience selling RF components, subassemblies, or payloads to major DoD primes.

Ownership of pipeline development, opportunity qualification, and revenue forecasting.

Deep working relationships with capture leads, IPTs, subcontract managers, and engineering decision-makers within…