Senior Systems Engineer: Spacecraft Subsystems Lead

Redwire Corporation; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwire Space in Goleta, CA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Systems and Test Engineering team. You will lead a range of tasks from requirements management and verification planning to test campaign execution and radiation/PMPL analyses for satellite subsystems.

Ideal candidates have a STEM degree with 5+ years of experience (or a related Master’s with 3+ years) and can work across design, analysis, manufacturing, and quality teams in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong foundation in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, or systems engineering.
• US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Visa sponsorship not available).

Responsibilities

• Act as the Lead S&T Engineer on a project team for satellite subsystems and components.
• Perform Requirements and Verification Management, including customer collaboration, requirements decomposition and flowdown.
• Create and maintain verification matrices (Requirements Verification Compliance Matrices).
• Lead technical content and present at Systems Requirements Reviews (SRR) and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR).
• Communicate decomposed requirements to team functional roles (Design, Analysis, Manufacturing, Quality, etc).
• Develop program-level verification plans and coordinate with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Develop solar array subassembly acceptance and qualification test plans based on requirements verification strategies and Acceptance Campaign scope.
• Manage Systems Engineering documentation including Specs, SOWs, SDRLs, Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Reports.
• Support hardware integration and testing across all levels of assembly (component, EDU, Qual, and Flight).
• Evaluate test data, assess compliance, and generate verification reports.
• Serve as technical point of contact for external / offsite test facilities.
• Perform EEE component selection, derating, lifetime, and failure analysis.
• Conduct reliability, FMECA, lifecycle, and PMPL analyses.
• Perform radiation analysis and coordinate radiation test activities.
• Prepare technical review packages and present results to management and customers.
• Collaborate with Program Management on risk, schedule, and verification status.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements mgmt

Verification

Test planning

Solar array

Education

BSc in STEM

MS in STEM (optional)

Tools

JAMA/DOORS

CAD tools

MATLAB/Python

Job description

Redwire Space in Goleta, CA is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the Systems and Test Engineering team. You will lead a range of tasks from requirements management and verification planning to test campaign execution and radiation/PMPL analyses for satellite subsystems.

Ideal candidates have a STEM degree with 5+ years of experience (or a related Master’s with 3+ years) and can work across design, analysis, manufacturing, and quality teams in a fast-paced aerospace environment.