
Contractor, Eectrical Test Engineer (Willing to Consider all Levels)
Littleton, COContract / Temporary$56–96/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Redwire Space Missions seeks a contractor electrical test engineer for up to six months at its Littleton facility. The engineer will develop test plans, hardware, and scripts to validate space-grade hardware, including work on programs such as Orion. The posting considers candidates at all levels and accepts relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree. Some travel and occasional testing outside business hours may be required.
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Redwire is accelerating humanity's expansion into space by delivering reliable, economical and sustainable infrastructure for future generations. Redwire specializes in the development and delivery of spacecraft, aerospace structures, mechanisms, and thermal control solutions. The business unit performs design, analysis, testing, and fabrication of advanced technologies through the complete concept-to-flight development cycle. Summary Redwire Space Missions has a current opportunity for a Contractor, Sr. Electrical Test Engineer, for up to 6 months located at our facility in Littleton, CO. You will design the test plans, hardware and scripts required to validate deliverable space-grade hardware. Ensuring mission success by validating our hardware will work as intended in the extreme environmental conditions of outer space after a turbulent launch assent. You will have the opportunity to work on projects of all sizes including such high-profile programs as the human-rated Orion program. Responsibilities - Test procedure development for component and/or spacecraft I&T (Electrical Checkouts, Optical Testing, RF Comm, Prop, GN&C, Thermal, etc.) - Executes test procedures, to include safe to mate, power on and functional testing - Produces reports on each test activity and tracks test metrics - Preform trouble shooting of anomalies and failures and resolve through root cause corrective action - Reviewing electrical schematics, wiring interconnect diagrams, electrical component spec sheets - Operation of component/spacecraft EGSE: power supplies, electronic loads, DMM, O-Scopes, RF Test Equipment (VNA, Spec-A, Telem receiver, modems) - Some travel may be required (ABQ, LAX) Ideal Experience - Bachelor's degree with 5 or more years of experience. Willing to accept experience in lieu of degree - Previous experience with Spacecraft level test development and hands on testing. - Electrical/Electronics testing experience at unit and/or subsystem level. Troubleshooting as needed - Spacecraft Ground Systems (COSMOS/OpenC3, InControl, etc.) - Ability to support testing outside of business hours including overnight and weekends on occasion - Linux, scripting (Python, etc.) - Ability to travel on occasion (up to 25%) Desired Skills - Experience using Epsilon 3 for test procedure, development and execution - Experience with environmental testing, such as bench supplies and scopes with no support from more senior techs - Experience and understanding of AS9100 industry standard practices - Electronic testing at spacecraft level - FlatSat, hardware in the Loop (testbed) design and operations - Failure analysis experience such as Ishikawa (fishbone), "5-Why", etc. - Experienced with frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, and theories - Strong written and oral communication skills - Possess strong leadership skills and a resiliently positive attitude - Basic MS Word & MS Excel competency (advanced MS Office & Office 365 skills a plus) - Familiar with cleanroom operations for Spacecraft I&T - Requirements analysis and test methods 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. Pay range: $56.00 - $96.00/hour 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. 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 anner 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 Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/7B155C9109BF42EA.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,103 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$56–96/hr
- US median$40–57/hr185 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $76/hr, is 60% above the US median midpoint ($48/hr) — in the top quarter of Test Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 201 open Test Engineer jobs in Colorado and 3,103 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Lockheed Martin44 open
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- Experience
- Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,603 postings).
- Education
- 1,685 of the 3,103 open Test Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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