What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineering Manager position at Redwire Space?
Our team in Marlborough, MA has been actively accelerating humanity’s expansion into space for multiple decades. During that time, our innovative team has been designing and manufacturing mission-critical, high reliability optical sensors for satellites providing guidance, navigation, situational awareness, and control capabilities. With many more exciting projects on the horizon, our team could use your curiosity, passion, talent and experience to help us Build Above.
Redwire Space Components, LLC, has an immediate opening for an Engineering Manager to lead our Mechanical Engineering efforts at the Marlborough, MA facility. In this role, you will serve as the primary mechanical engineer for our sensor products and oversee a small team of mechanical designers. Your team will be responsible for the mechanical design, manufacturing readiness, and production support of Redwire’s newest sun sensor, flight camera, and star tracker systems. This position requires not only strong mechanical design and leadership, but also a deep capability in manufacturing engineering—ensuring that designs transition cleanly into production and that our build, test, and configuration control processes are robust, efficient, and scalable.
You will oversee mechanical design execution, manufacturing planning, ERP-driven configuration management, and cross-functional coordination with operations, supply chain, and quality. This is a prominent opportunity to drive both engineering excellence and manufacturability for Redwire’s space navigation sensor product line.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop the mechanical engineering team while ensuring strong technical execution, manufacturability, and balanced workloads.
- Drive high-quality mechanical design output—including CAD models, drawings, BOMs, and documentation—optimized for production efficiency and repeatability.
- Collaborate closely with manufacturing, operations, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure mechanical designs meet performance, cost, manufacturability, and assembly requirements.
- Oversee and improve ERP-related engineering workflows such as BOM creation, change control, documentation management, and production configuration accuracy.
- Guide component selection, structural and thermal analyses, tolerance studies, and design verification activities, with a strong emphasis on producibility and assembly robustness.
- Support first-article builds, participate in design-for-manufacturing (DFM) reviews, and ensure smooth, well-controlled transitions from prototype to production.
- Maintain design specifications, mechanical design verification plans, engineering reports, and project schedules.
- Partner with project managers and manufacturing leadership to ensure alignment on cost, schedule, process readiness, and overall manufacturing maturity.
Ideal Experience
- BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field. With 8 or more years of experience developing machined or other precision enclosures for electronics or similar applications; advanced degrees or internships may be considered.
- Previous experience leading small teams or projects
- Strong understanding of mechanical design fundamentals, material selection, and manufacturing processes for (e.g., machining, finishing, assembly).
- Experience with manufacturing engineering principles, including DFM/DFA, process definition, and support of production floor activities.
- Experience with additive manufacturing (3D printing, SLA, etc.).
- Proficiency in SolidWorks.
- Experience with version-controlled mechanical assemblies and structured engineering documentation practices.
- Experience working within or alongside ERP systems (BOMs, ECOs, configuration control, routing/document workflows) is highly valued.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
- Some limited travel may be required (rare for this role).
Desired Skills
- Two or more years’ experience in a functional leadership role
- Ability to perform structural and thermal analysis using first-order methods or FEM tools.
- Experience with workflow management and requirements traceability tools (e.g., Jira).
- Hands-on familiarity with manufacturing environments, build processes, and production troubleshooting.
- Willingness to learn, accept feedback, and support both team and project success.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly document, present, and align technical decisions across teams.
Pay Range
$130,000/yr. – $190,000/yr.
$130,000/yr. – $190,000/yr.
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
Salary : $130,000 - $190,000