About the position
Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented, curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanity's expansion into space. Our innovative team in Longmont, CO are designing and deploying industry leading RF systems to the global space market. With many more exciting projects on the horizon, our team could use your curiosity, passion, talent and experience to help us Build Above. We have an opportunity for an Project Lead, RF (Will consider all Senior levels) at our facility in Longmont, CO. In this role you will lead teams through concept, development, and delivery of new space-based RF components, systems, and communications architectures. As the technical point of contact for customers, you will ensure the Redwire solutions and products excel in their end-use application. The products you create will be used to advance both commercial and defense capabilities around the world.
Responsibilities
- Lead interdisciplinary project teams to develop and build RF products for satellites.
- Guide technical definition, design, maturation, and qualification of products through strong communication and team collaboration.
- Define work packages and review work products from the team.
- Communicate directly with customers and subcontractors as the primary technical representative.
- Support business development activities with proposal writing and review.
- Assist program management with team organization, resource demands, and project execution.
- Ensure a smooth program transition from engineering development into flight production.
Requirements
- BS in Engineering, (Aerospace or Electrical Engineering preferred) with experience designing, building, and testing RF systems with 5+ years of professional experience.
- Experience developing & building hardware from concept through product verification.
- Experience with EEE component selection and PCB manufacturing.
- Experience leading a team and developing technical work plans, including estimation of required resources.
- Background working/communicating with customers to manage expectations and project scope.
- Experience with RF modeling or ECAD software (HFSS, Altium, etc.).
- US Citizen (Green Card holder and Visa sponsorship not accepted).
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with spacecraft and/or satellite RF hardware requirements and components.
- Strongly desire experience with RF testing and test equipment.
- Background in translating system architectures into requirements and verification plans.
- Understanding of risk management activities.
- Background managing technical baselines and product configurations.
- Experiencing generating content for and presenting at standard technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.).
Benefits
- Highly competitive benefits package.
- Commitment to core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.
