Contractor: Spacecraft Power Electronics Test Engineer

Redwire; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwire Space Missions, LLC in Littleton, CO is seeking a Contractor – Electronics Test Engineer (all senior levels) for up to 6 months. You will lead bring-up, functional and design verification testing of spacecraft power electronics boards in a hands-on lab environment.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on PCB testing, strong root-cause analysis, and familiarity with standard bench instrumentation. Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience testing and troubleshooting complex electronic PCBs.
• Proven ability to isolate and diagnose hardware issues to component level.
• Direct experience testing power electronics (DC/DC, sequencing, protection).
• Familiar with bench instrumentation (oscilloscopes, SMUs, electronic loads, DMMs, power analyzers).
• Onsite lab work with flight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Perform board-level bring-up, functional and design verification testing on spacecraft power electronics boards.
• Troubleshoot issues using schematics, layouts, data, and design intent.
• Analyze anomalies and drive root-cause identification.
• Use bench instrumentation to validate rails, interfaces, and protection circuits.
• Document findings and provide feedback to design teams.
• Support failure analysis and RCCA as needed.
• Collaborate with software, systems, and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Troubleshooting hardware

Power electronics testing

PCB testing

FPGA/MCU interfaces

Lab instrumentation

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

SMU

Electronic loads

DMM

Power analyzers

Job description

Redwire Space Missions, LLC in Littleton, CO is seeking a Contractor – Electronics Test Engineer (all senior levels) for up to 6 months. You will lead bring-up, functional and design verification testing of spacecraft power electronics boards in a hands-on lab environment.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on PCB testing, strong root-cause analysis, and familiarity with standard bench instrumentation. Occasional travel may be required.