Spacecraft Avionics Lead — Senior Systems Architect

Redwire; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwire Space Missions in Littleton, CO seeks a Spacecraft Avionics Lead (all senior levels) to provide technical leadership across spacecraft command/telemetry, GNC, and onboard data handling. You will serve as Responsible Engineer, shaping architecture, requirements, ICDs, and verification for avionics subsystems.

The role spans concept development to on-orbit operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in spacecraft avionics, experience with flight hardware artifacts, and is capable of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in spacecraft avionics or embedded systems development.
• Experience architecting, developing, and integrating avionics subsystem for space platforms.
• Experience developing specifications, ICDs, and other engineering artifacts for flight hardware.
• Experience analyzing data throughput, latency, timing and synchronization.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Responsible Engineer and technical lead for spacecraft avionics subsystem(s) across one or more programs.
• Conduct technical trade studies and define avionics architecture, including flight computers, GNC hardware, data buses, time distribution, payload processing, redundancy schemes, and interface definitions.
• Develop subsystem and unit-level requirements, ICDs, and verification plans aligned to system-level requirements.
• Perform data throughput, latency, and timing analysis.
• Support avionics hardware and software integration and test activities.
• Oversee selection, qualification, and acceptance of spacecraft avionics hardware.
• Support anomaly resolution during environmental testing and integrated test campaigns.
• Participate in and support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, Launch Readiness).
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to Electrical Engineering best practices across programs.

Skills

Technical leadership

Spacecraft avionics

Embedded systems

System architecture

Data throughput analysis

Security clearance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

SpaceWire

RS-422/485

CAN

Ethernet

OpenVPX

SpaceVPX

VITA standards

FPGA

DDR/MRAM storage tech

Job description

Redwire Space Missions in Littleton, CO seeks a Spacecraft Avionics Lead (all senior levels) to provide technical leadership across spacecraft command/telemetry, GNC, and onboard data handling. You will serve as Responsible Engineer, shaping architecture, requirements, ICDs, and verification for avionics subsystems.

The role spans concept development to on-orbit operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in spacecraft avionics, experience with flight hardware artifacts, and is capable of