Experience with spacecraft build, integration, and test environments
Familiarity with NASA standards, range safety, and launch vehicle user guides
Highly proficient with Solidworks (5000+ hours), Solidworks PDM a plus
Cradle-to-grave mechanical ownership experience on flight hardware
Finite Element Analysis experience
Ability to mass-optimize components based on strength, stiffness, and manufacturability
Understanding of design-for-manufacture and design-for-assembly principles
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Full description
Where dreams and reality collide and the output is, out of this world. At Redwire Space, we are a team of dreamers and doers. Where the impossible becomes possible, and every day is an opportunity to learn and get one step closer to knowing the unknown. Join us as we pioneer next-generation space and defense technologies.
Redwire Space Missions, LLC has a current opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer (willing to consider all senior levels) to join our Spacecraft design team located at our facility in Littleton, CO. If you excel at what you do, we would like to talk to you! We are a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team that that designs spacecraft structures across both flight‑proven platforms and clean‑sheet architectures, adapts quickly to changing program needs, and owns structural solutions from concept through integration. With many more exciting projects on the horizon, our team could use your curiosity, passion, talent and experience to help us build the future of aerospace infrastructure, autonomous systems, and multi-domain operations.
Summary
It is expected that you may not know all the answers at first, but that you are eager to find them! This includes a desire to learn new skills and concepts and apply your prowess to solve our customers’ most difficult problems and invent new solutions. (If it were easy, they would do it themselves.) This is typically done by drawing on your fundamental understanding of the mechanical world and then exercising your artistic creativity to rearrange existing technology into novel applications and sometimes inventing entirely new technology.
This position will focus on developing state-of-the-art structures and mechanisms for satellites, launch vehicles, and missile defense applications. Some examples include but are not limited to spacecraft primary structure, lightweight and high‑stiffness assemblies, deployment and release mechanisms, avionics and payload mounting architectures, and tailored structural solutions enabling reliable mission performance from launch through end-of-life.
Responsibilities
Functionally own specific mechanical systems and coordinate cross team interactions for those systems
Own spacecraft configuration and mechanical architecture from concept through integration
Operate in a dynamic, fast paced, and multidisciplinary environment
Develop 3D spacecraft structure designs primarily in SolidWorks
Create manufacturing drawings using GD&T in accordance with ASME Y14.5
Perform first-order structural analyses and sanity‑checks to support design trades
Create design review packages typically using Microsoft Power Point
Create and maintain requirements compliance matrixes in Microsoft Excel or Jama
Create assembly and build documentation
Present and justify design decisions to internal teams and customers
Directly assemble prototype hardware in a laboratory environment
Follow internal Quality Assurance (QA) processes and procedures in compliance with AS9100 standards
Interface with customers, subcontractors, and manufacturers
Make decisions independently with limited oversight and drive clarity in ambiguous or fast‑changing requirements
Develop and track schedules and meet deadlines
Communicate professionally and effectively with teammates, leadership, and external partners
Ideal Experience
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
5 or more years of related work experience in aerospace, space, defense, or other high reliability industries
Experienced with SolidWorks
Experience generating engineering drawings and using GD&T
Familiarity with materials, coatings, lubricants, and space-rated hardware considerations
Experienced with mechanical design principles and engineering fundamentals
Ability to travel occasionally based on program needs
Desired Skills
Master’s degree in engineering preferred
Experience with spacecraft build, integration, and test environments
Familiarity with NASA standards, range safety, and launch vehicle user guides
Highly proficient with Solidworks (5000+ hours), Solidworks PDM a plus
Cradle-to-grave mechanical ownership experience on flight hardware
Finite Element Analysis experience
Ability to mass-optimize components based on strength, stiffness, and manufacturability
Understanding of design-for-manufacture and design-for-assembly principles
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Pay Range:
$107,000 - $190,000/annually
Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence. It may not be the end if you don’t meet every single requirement above. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team, so if you’re excited about this job posting and are good at what you do, then we encourage you to apply! You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
How We Determine What We Pay (Compensation Philosophy)
Redwire determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data, for our locations throughout the US. We will evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index, in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company.
For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will receive higher pay.
Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US. Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR Click Here
EXPORT CONTROL REQUIREMENTS:
This position may require access to information, materials, or technology subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR") and/or the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). To comply with these regulations, applicants may be asked to provide documentation to verify their status as a "U.S. person" as defined under the ITAR and EAR, or their eligibility to obtain any required U.S. Government export authorization. Redwire complies with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act, and does not discriminate on the basis of citizenship status or national origin except as required by law.