Senior Solutions Engineer - Remote, Defense Tech Lead

OKSI; Canada; Remote; CAD 199,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision fully paid

Three weeks vacation

401K contribution – 5% of wages

Educational assistance

Job summary

OKSI is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to lead the technical side of business development. You will translate warfighter needs into concrete technical requirements, lead demonstrations, and steer technical pursuits from inquiry to award.

You will mentor the Solutions Engineering team, develop reusable content, and ensure alignment with customer needs across services while operating in a fully remote setup with travel up to 30%.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience combining a technical or engineering background with customer-facing, operational, or requirements work for defense customers.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Optical, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, or in Physics, required.
• Strong technical understanding of EO/IR sensors, precision weapons and guidance, and small UAS and autonomous platforms.
• Working understanding of military CONOPS and current warfare, including small UAS, counter-UAS, loitering munitions, and precision fires.
• Ability to speak programmatics, including how requirements, SBIR/STTR, OTAs, programs of record, budgets, technology readiness levels, and test events fit together.
• Proven ability to translate warfighter needs into technical requirements for engineers and acquisition organizations, and to explain complex technical concepts to nontechnical audiences.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience authoring technical content such as proposals, white papers, or requirements packages.
• Working knowledge of DoD requirements, acquisition processes, and government contracting.

Responsibilities

• Technical Pursuit Leadership: Serve as the senior technical voice for the business development team on major pursuits, from first contact through award.
• Requirements & CONOPS Translation: Turn mission needs, CONOPS, and requirements into solutions OKSI engineering can build on schedule and at a cost the company can stand behind.
• Demonstrations & Customer Engagement: Plan and deliver live demonstrations, proofs of concept, and technical briefings at customer sites and events.
• Proposals & Technical Writing: Lead the technical volumes of proposals, including SBIR/STTR, OTA, white papers, and RFI/RFP responses.
• Test & Evaluation Support: Help shape test events so they prove what the customer needs proven, and translate test results into findings for decision makers.
• Market & Competitive Insight: Track competitor products and emerging technologies to position OKSI and inform roadmaps.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Requirements Translation

Customer Engagement

Proposals & Writing

Test & Evaluation

Market Insight

DoD Knowledge

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Optical/Aerospace/Mechanical/CS or Physics

Tools

CRM software

Proposal Software

Job description

OKSI is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to lead the technical side of business development. You will translate warfighter needs into concrete technical requirements, lead demonstrations, and steer technical pursuits from inquiry to award.

You will mentor the Solutions Engineering team, develop reusable content, and ensure alignment with customer needs across services while operating in a fully remote setup with travel up to 30%.