Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering – National Security (Defense)
Core
Lead the Solutions Engineering team supporting US Department of War, Special Operations Command, and Intelligence Community with upstream requirements development, evaluations, field trials, and system integration for end-to-end UAS solutions.
Role type
Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering (Defense/National Security)
Builds
UAS solutions for federal defense agencies and special operations units
Domain
Defense, National Security, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Team leadership and hiring, technical strategy for defense pursuits, requirements development and upstream shaping, defense acquisition process expertise, UAS platform and sensor payload knowledge, secure tactical comms and integration, airworthiness and airspace management, contested environment operations, customer voice translation to product
Preferred skills
SOCOM component support experience, military UAS operator certification, maritime UAS employment, MANET and secure comms familiarity, RMF/ATO navigation, foreign disclosure and ITAR processes
Technologies
TAK, MANET, TrellisWare, Silvus, Persistent Systems, Salesforce, Palantir, Databricks
Responsibilities
Hire, onboard, coach, and retain the team; set technical quality standards for demos and documentation; own capacity and operating rhythm; drive technical wins through evaluation strategy and proof of concept; shape upstream requirements with program offices; build team fluency in accreditation and NDAA compliance; guide integration with existing tactical systems; own airworthiness and airspace approvals; represent customer needs to Product and Engineering
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC with team leadership