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Redwire Systems Engineer Salary

Redwire's 11 open roles for systems engineers post a median $143k/yr, typically $117k–$190k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Redwire role
median $138k/yr
Redwire's systems engineers: 4% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Redwire: 6% below it
Highest posted top
$204k/yr
Spacecraft Architect (Systems Engineer) (willing to consider all Levels)

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Redwire systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior1Too few figures
Lead1Too few figures
Staff4$148k/yr$147k–$176k/yr
Title names no level5$112k/yr$109k–$182k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Redwire hires systems engineers

  • Littleton, CO5 roles, median $148k/yr
  • Chantilly, VA3 roles, median $122k/yr
  • Goleta, CA2 roles
  • Albuquerque, NM1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 12:02 UTC

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Questions about Redwire pay for systems engineers

How much does Redwire pay systems engineers?

Redwire's open roles for systems engineers post a median $143k/yr, typically $117k–$190k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 11 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $204k/yr, for Spacecraft Architect (Systems Engineer) (willing to consider all Levels).

What does Redwire pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: staff: a median $148k/yr (4 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Redwire pay systems engineers more than other space companies?

Redwire's median, $143k/yr, is 6% below the $152k/yr median of the 1,441 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Redwire's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Redwire?

Redwire's roles for systems engineers post a median $143k/yr, 4% above the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Redwire salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Redwire hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Littleton, CO (5), Chantilly, VA (3), Goleta, CA (2) and Albuquerque, NM (1). By place, they post a median of $148k/yr in Littleton, CO and $122k/yr in Chantilly, VA.