Senior Mission Architect & Systems Lead – Space

Redwire; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 171,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwire is seeking a Senior Principal Mission Architect to join our Littleton, CO team, leading mission architecture development and supporting business development and capture efforts. You will translate customer objectives into actionable mission concepts and system requirements.

You will mentor engineers, drive MBSE practices, and coordinate across propulsion, GNC/ADCS, power, avionics, and ground segments to deliver winning proposals and robust architectures.

Qualifications

• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or space-related field.
• 16+ years of space industry experience in design, development, integration, test, and operations.
• Deep mission and space vehicle architecture expertise across multiple orbital regimes.
• Proficient with mission modeling tools such as STK and MATLAB.
• Advanced MBSE experience (SysML/Cameo, DOORS/Jama).
• Proven capture/proposal experience including BOEs and oral presentations.
• Ability to travel – ~20% travel may be required; US citizenship with clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture development for new pursuits: CONOPS, functional flows, mission threads, and integrated design.
• Decompose objectives into mission-level and system-level requirements, budgets, and ICDs.
• Conduct and document architecture trades (design, orbit, payload, propulsion, comms).
• Develop capture artifacts: solution strategy, technical volumes, BOEs, and discriminator mapping.
• Coordinate with propulsion, GNC/ADCS, power, thermal, avionics, payloads, ground segment, autonomy, and FSW.
• Architect MBSE artifacts, requirements baselines, and traceability structures.
• Mentor engineering staff and maintain engineering excellence and transparency.
• Engage with customers to refine objectives, shape solutions, and support proposals and color team reviews.
• Travel and collaboration to ensure quality and compliance across teams.

Skills

Mission architecture

MBSE

Requirements engineering

System integration

Technical leadership

Education

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering

16+ years space industry experience

Tools

STK

MATLAB

SysML/Cameo

DOORS/Jama

Job description

Redwire is seeking a Senior Principal Mission Architect to join our Littleton, CO team, leading mission architecture development and supporting business development and capture efforts. You will translate customer objectives into actionable mission concepts and system requirements.

You will mentor engineers, drive MBSE practices, and coordinate across propulsion, GNC/ADCS, power, avionics, and ground segments to deliver winning proposals and robust architectures.