Contract RF Test Engineer

2 days ago

Longmont, Colorado, United States Redwire Space Full time
Accelerate Your Career in Space Exploration

Redwire Space is seeking a highly skilled Contract RF Test Engineer to join our team in Longmont, CO. As a key member of our Test Group, you will play a critical role in designing and deploying industry-leading satellite mechanisms, deployable structures, solar array systems, and space antennas to the global space market.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and manage high-value flight hardware test documents for multiple projects, from concept to execution.
  • Develop test requirements and verification methods through close collaboration with the Systems Engineering team.
  • Interface with the customer, negotiate test requirements and methods, jointly develop plans, and communicate and report on test progress.
  • Represent test engineering at major program milestones and act as expert reviewer at Test Readiness Reviews.
  • Identify testing methods and test fixturing for risk mitigation, prototype development, and requirement verification.
  • Plan and perform RF performance and environmental testing of hardware, including functional testing (deployment/stow of deployable structures), vibration testing, thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, and other qualification tests.
  • Develop and improve test capabilities of in-house facilities and interface with sister companies to leverage existing test capabilities across the business.
  • Collaborate with various areas of the business, such as technicians, product and technical leadership, and program managers.
  • Effectively lead team of test engineers on complex projects.
  • Ability to work mostly independently with minimal supervision.
Requirements:
  • B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical or Aerospace Engineering, physics, mathematics, or other space-related discipline with a minimum of 10+ years industry/related experience.
  • A Master's or PhD degree in a related field may substitute for 2 years of experience.
  • Hands-on experience in space, small satellites, and/or space-based deployable structures.
  • Experience assembling and/or testing hardware for space environments.
  • Experience in overseeing and processing data from RF performance and environmental tests such as vibration, shock, thermal cycling and/or thermal-vacuum testing.
  • Ability to write test documentation, such as test plans, procedures, and reports for highly complex, major projects.
  • Experience with preparing and leading project stage-gate meetings (such as CDR, TRR, etc.) and interfacing with customers.
Desired Skills:
  • Experience testing antennas/microwave communications systems.
  • Experience with rigging, off-loading, and testing of large structures is a strong plus.
  • Background/understanding in composites design, analysis and manufacturing.
  • Familiarity with NASA/SMC standards such as GSFC-STD-7000A (GEVS) or SMC-S-016.
  • Experience using CAD to design and fabricate mechanical systems, fixturing, and/or mechanisms.
  • Experience with structural and/or metrology test methods for characterizing structures.
  • Proficient with using manual and electronic test equipment to measure loads, dimensions, displacements, electrical parameters, etc.
  • Experience and training in safe handling protocols for flight hardware, including cleanroom and ESD standards.
  • Experience with test-analysis correlation, including the ability to understand, interpret, and validate analysis predictions through test methods.
  • Experience with generating requirements and establishing appropriate verification criteria.
  • Experience with data acquisition equipment, programming equipment, and LabVIEW.
  • Experience designing, building, operating and maintaining turbo- and cryo-pumped thermal vacuum chambers.
  • Experience with solar cell test methods is a plus, including electroluminescence, dark IV, LAPSS, and/or electrical testing.
  • Experience with rapid prototyping methods for fast proof-of-concept development.
  • Experience in supporting technical risk identification, mitigation planning and mitigation execution.
  • Comfortable suggesting internal process improvements.
  • Experience leading and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Previous work within an AS9100 or similar accredited environment.

We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence. If you're excited about this opportunity, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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.

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