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Chief Solutions Engineer

Washington, DC (DC-01)💼 Full-time💰 $220,000–$220,000🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead executive-level engagements and strategic growth opportunities for defense systems, shaping capabilities from concept through funded prototyping.

Role type

Senior IC Chief Solutions Engineer (Strategic Growth)

Builds

Unique, technically excellent, and affordable insights for military systems and command and control architectures

Domain

Defense technology / Aerospace / Systems Engineering

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Executive engagement and proposal strategy, systems engineering and trade analysis, cross-functional team leadership, full product lifecycle management, government program knowledge, stakeholder briefing

Preferred skills

Government business development, military or contracting experience, mission critical DoW systems experience

Technologies

Lattice OS, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, networking

Responsibilities

Initiate and sustain executive-level engagements with customers; lead technical and programmatic opportunities in capture and design stages; manage multi-business line collaborations for interoperability; manage detailed design of systems and subsystems; set up trade analysis for conceptual designs; coordinate with manufacturing for prototype production; work with senior leadership on resource planning

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic growth leadership

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