Space Systems V&V Lead: Requirements Mastery

Redwire; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Redwire Space Missions seeks a Requirements Verification and Validation Lead in Littleton, CO to own and drive V&V across satellite programs. You will oversee requirements baselines, traceability, and verification strategies in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in aerospace, experience with DOORS/Jama, and the ability to obtain a DoD clearance. Strong leadership and cross-discipline collaboration are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, Software, Electrical or related STEM field.
• 5-10 years of engineering experience in the aerospace/space industry; government or commercial spacecraft programs preferred.
• Experience with requirements and verification management tools such as DOORS, Jama, or equivalent.
• Experience leading teams and/or large engineering efforts.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage JAMA requirements projects for programs, ensuring requirements baselines are maintained throughout the program lifecycle.
• Define and create requirements specification trees for programs.
• Define, allocate, trace, decompose system requirements throughout various levels of the system of interest (SOI).
• Define verification roadmaps and strategies; ensuring verification events are aligned and coincide with AI&T campaigns.
• Support the implementation of RV&V process and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide direct technical leadership to programs ensuring traceable, testable, and verifiable requirements.
• Collaborate with Software, Avionics, Mechanical, Electrical, Integration & Test, and other functional teams to ensure requirements traceability and verification alignment from unit-level through system-level qualification and acceptance.
• Support formal reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and Mission Readiness Reviews with clear verification status and technical rationale.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers in best practices, promoting technical excellence, rigor, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Drive continuous improvement in SE tools, methodologies, and metrics to enhance efficiency and quality of engineering execution.

Skills

Jama

DOORS

MBSE

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Jira/Confluence

DoD security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems/Aerospace/Mechanical/Software/Electrical STEM

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Cameo

Rhapsody

Job description

Redwire Space Missions seeks a Requirements Verification and Validation Lead in Littleton, CO to own and drive V&V across satellite programs. You will oversee requirements baselines, traceability, and verification strategies in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 5–10 years in aerospace, experience with DOORS/Jama, and the ability to obtain a DoD clearance. Strong leadership and cross-discipline collaboration are essential for success.