Director of Engineering - Spacecraft AI&T

Bring your passion for space!

Redwire is accelerating humanity's expansion into space by delivering reliable, economical and sustainable infrastructure for future generations. Redwire - Albuquerque specializes in the development and delivery of aerospace structures, mechanisms, and thermal control solutions. The business unit performs design, analysis, testing, and fabrication to advanced technologies through the complete concept-to-flight development cycle.

Summary

Redwire Space Missions has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Engineering, Spacecraft Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) at our Albuquerque, NM facility. In this role, you will lead and scale the AI&T organization within the Space Missions Engineering organization, responsible for developing and executing spacecraft integration, test, and verification activities across multiple programs. This role combines functional leadership-driving process discipline, capability growth, and workforce development-with direct program support, ensuring successful system integration and delivery of space flight hardware.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and grow the AI&T functional organization in alignment to business needs.
• Lead hiring efforts, performance management, and mentorship for AI&T staff.
• Establish and maintain AI&T best practices, standards, and infrastructure to ensure repeatable, efficient, and high-quality execution across all programs.
• Provide direct technical and execution leadership on key Space Missions programs, supporting integration planning, test readiness, anomaly resolution, and launch campaign activities.
• Collaborate with other Engineering functions and Program Management to define and execute integration and test campaigns aligned with program cost, schedule, and performance objectives.
• Oversee test facility planning, equipment readiness, and test article configuration control, ensuring compliance with safety and quality requirements.
• Serve as the technical authority for system-level environmental test campaigns, including vibration, thermal vacuum, EMI / EMC, and end-to-end functional testing.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve integration flow, reduce cycle time, and increase test efficiency through process optimization and tool adoption.
• Participate in proposal development, customer engagements, and planning activities, representing AI&T.

Ideal Experience

Desired Skills

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.

Don't meet every single requirement above? No worries. We want people who can grow, collaborate and build a stronger team. We strive to build a diverse and inclusive culture, so if you're excited about this job posting, 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