Sr Principal Spacecraft Systems Engineer / Mission Architect (Systems Engineer, Sr. Principal)

Sr Principal Spacecraft Systems Engineer / Mission Architect

Job Title: Sr Principal Spacecraft Systems Engineer / Mission Architect Location: 2912 Hybrid Littleton, Colorado, United States Research & Development

Bring your passion for space! 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. We have a current opportunity for Sr Principal Spacecraft Systems Engineer / Mission Architect - Littleton CO, Chantilly VA or Albuquerque NM to join our team.

Job Description:

This role leverages your extensive mission and advanced systems design, manufacturing, and operations experience for end-to-end spacecraft systems and payloads. You'll serve as senior technical leader for new mission and systems concepts, driving growth and guiding technology advancements to attract and win major new business.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as senior technical leader to the business to develop mission concepts for spacecraft and mission development • Leverage mission design tools to support end-to-end systems engineering, program plans, schedules, and costing • Provide thought leadership within Redwire, with our partners, and across the industry • Generates quantifiable requirements based on customer description, system planning and design, and acquisition logistics • Ensures requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods • Translates high level customer objectives, business cases, architectures, and spacecraft development strategies into system requirement specifications and work across engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements • Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall system development • Designs interfaces and brings system elements together, so they work as a whole, meeting customer requirements while being competitive • Efficiently develop cost and schedule competitive technical solutions - drawing on internal and partner expertise • Develop concepts in schedule, budget, and performance constrained environment • Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures • Use MBSE tools and techniques to rapidly develop detailed mission concepts to bid for new business • Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements • Participates in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts • Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures • Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participates in the testing process to validate requirements • Technical management of program elements • Plan and conduct of technical reviews and technical baseline • Write status and technical performance reviews and reports • Mentor, coach, train, guide, direct and advise junior staff • Must be able to recognize and mitigate technical issues and risks while operating within budget and on schedule

Ideal Candidate:

The candidate will work with cross-discipline team members and must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse community of engineers and managers to achieve the goals of the program team.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or other space-related discipline
• Minimum of 20 years' experience in space industry, including developing, designing, manufacturing, testing, and operating spacecraft and space flight hardware
• Demonstrated experience with Spacecraft development, deployment and operations
• Must have a well-rounded System Level approach with demonstrated technical leadership
• Must have experience using design tools, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Extensive experience with space systems engineering including an understanding of space vehicle design, space system / ground system architecture development, and space missions and operations development
• Extensive understanding of interdisciplinary systems engineering challenges, with a strong ability to see the "big picture" in complex projects
• Demonstrated capability to quickly grasp new technology domains and apply them effectively to solve challenging problems
• Deep appreciation for the history of space technology and missions, with a commitment to applying lessons learned to new initiatives
• Recognized industry subject matter expert (SME) with a proven record of innovation and impact
• Experience in the full product development lifecycle, including rapid design, analysis, fabrication, and testing, progressing concepts to flight-ready systems
• Proven success in building and leading multidisciplinary teams to define and plan complex projects
• Exceptional skill in analyzing requirements and data to quickly understand problems, define solution spaces, communicate actionable options, and recommend clear paths forward
• Creator of innovative solutions to complex technical challenges, drawing on broad experience and insight across diverse subject areas
• Proficient in managing competing requirements, balancing trade-offs, and optimizing solutions based on project-specific priorities
• Ability to travel - an average of 20% travel may be required
• Must have US Citizenship

Desired Skills:

• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or other space-related discipline
• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365, including SharePoint and Teams
• Microsoft Project experience a plus
• DoD TS/SCI Clearance

Benefits and Compensation:

We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence. Salary Range $170,690-$250,000 per year

How We Determine What We Pay:

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

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 US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.