Project Engineer, Aerospace ​/ Aviation ​/ Avionics

Position: Project Engineer, Staff
Bring your passion for space! 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 on our mission to expand humanity's presence in space.
The talented innovators in Goleta, CA are a leading developer and provider of satellite mechanisms, deployable structures and booms and deployable solar array systems to the global space market. The team is revolutionizing spaceflight and are currently being utilized on missions with NASA, the Department of Defense, and commercial space companies. 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 a current opportunity for a Staff Project Engineer to join our team in Goleta, CA
. This role is responsible for project technical execution using a holistic approach to design, develop, evaluate, and modify products through their entire life cycle. Serves as Lead to the business unit in long-range planning concerning new or projected areas of technological research and advancements.
Responsibilities

• Lead project to ensure the scope, schedule, staffing and budget are well defined and maintained.
• Functions as technical lead of a program or project team.
• Technical customer liaison and support for business development activities.
• Responsible for the technical integrity of projects while providing technical guidance to clients, and departments at the brand, program, and project levels.
• Act as a point of technical escalation and resolution during a project's lifecycle.
• Non-conformance disposition authority.
• Leads in design reviews, test plans and procedures to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
• Generates system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
• Reduces high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed requirements.
• Establishes and coordinates development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development.
• Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
• Responsible for a projects technical/operational leadership within the programmatic guidelines set by the program manager and the customer.
• Controls project costs through close control of system intent, aligning resources to project phases, and approving expenditures.
• Defines, generates, reviews, presents project's required documentation.
• Some travel required - an average of 10-15% travel may be required. Most of the travel is local but some overnight travel may be necessary.

Ideal Experience

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 8+ years' experience, including developing, designing, manufacturing, and testing production hardware.
• Must have well-rounded System Level approach, with previous experience leading technical teams.
• Experience with space mechanism design and aerospace guidelines.
• Proficient in CAD and PDM Systems.
• Drafting knowledge with understanding of GD&T per ASME Y14.5 along with tolerance analysis capabilities.
• Prior experience preparing and presenting project / program updates to all levels and customers.
• Experience in the Root Cause Analysis process.

Desired Skills

• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or other space-related discipline.
• Experience with PDM Pro, Solid Works, Solid Works Simulation, Thermal Desktop, NASTRAN or ANSYS is a plus.
• Ideal experience with the following Aerospace guidelines: GSFC-STD-7000A (GEVS), AIAA S-114-2005, NASA-STD-5017, MMPDS, etc.
• Experience with Graphite and Fiberglass composites, Photovoltaics, flexible circuits and printed circuit board assemblies.
• Experience working with design, manufacturing and verification of PV systems and composite structures.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365, including SharePoint and Teams. Microsoft Project…