Chief Architect (Systems Engineer, Chief)
Chief Architect (Systems Engineer, Chief)
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07-09-2025
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07-09-2025
Job Description
Redwire via our Oakman LLC business unit is accelerating humanitys expansion into space by delivering reliable economical and sustainable infrastructure for future generations.
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 humanitys expansion into space.
We have a current opportunity for a Chief Architect HYBRID-Chantilly VA office.This role leverages your extensive mission and advanced systems design experience for end-to-end spacecraft systems and payloads. Youll serve as senior technical leader for new mission and systems concepts driving growth andguiding technology advancements to attract and win major new business as well as supporting programs with prompt start-up to ensure efficient execution.
Responsibilities
Serve as senior technical leader to the business to develop mission concepts for spacecraft and mission development
Leverage system design and modeling tools to support end-to-end systems engineering program plans schedules and costing
Provide thought leadership within Redwire with our partners and across industry
Generate quantifiable requirements based on customer objectives system planning and design and acquisition logistics
Ensure requirements comply with mission objectives and government standards through formal verification methods
Translate high-level customer objectives business cases architectures and spacecraft development strategies into system requirement specifications and work across engineering disciplines to develop lower-level detailed implementation requirements
Establish and coordinate development of standards practices and procedures as related to the overall system development.
Design interfaces and bring system elements together so they work as a whole meeting customer requirements while being competitive
Efficiently develop cost and schedule competitive technical solutions drawing on internal and partner expertise
Develop concepts in schedule budget and performance constrained environment
Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
Use MBSE tools and techniques to rapidly develop detailed mission concepts to bid for new business
Serve as customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements
Participate in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts
Mentor coach train guide direct and advise junior staff
Recognize and mitigate technical issues and risks while operating within budget and on schedule
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse community of engineers and managers to achieve the goals of the program team
Ideal Experience
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering or other space-related discipline
- Minimum of 18 years experience with a Bachelors withspace industry including design and development of spacecraft and/or space flight hardware.
- Demonstrated experience with Spacecraft development deployment and operations.
- Must have a well-rounded System Level approach with demonstrated technical leadership.
- Must have experience using design tools including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Extensive experience with space systems engineering including an understanding of space vehicle design space system / ground system architecture development and space missions and operations development.
- Extensive understanding of interdisciplinary systems engineering challenges with a strong ability to see the big picture in complex projects.
- Exceptional skill in analyzing requirements and data to quickly understand problems define solution spaces communicate actionable options and recommend clear paths forward.
- Proficient in managing competing requirements balancing trade-offs and optimizing solutions based on project-specific priorities.
- Ability to travel - an average of 30% travel may be required. Most of the travel is domestic but some international travel may be required.
- Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.
- Must have US Citizenship
Desired Skills
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering or other space-related discipline.
Demonstrated experience with Spacecraft development deployment and operations.
Recognized industry subject matter expert (SME) with a proven record of innovation and impact.
Experience in the full product development lifecycle including rapid design analysis fabrication and testing progressing concepts to flight-ready systems.
Proven success in building and leading multidisciplinary teams to define and plan complex projects.
Creator of innovative solutions to complex technical challenges drawing on broad experience and insight across diverse subject areas.
Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 including SharePoint and Teams. Microsoft Project experience a plus.
Proficient with MBSE tools.
Active TS/SCI Clearance.
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.
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 identitymarital 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
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