Chief Systems Architect & Hands-On Tech Leader

Evolved Aerospace; City of Elmira (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolved Aerospace, based in Elmira, NY, seeks a CTO, Systems to own mission systems and the system architecture across the company. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, responsible for technical correctness, architectural coherence, and crucial system-level decisions.

You will also be a customer-facing technical leader, shaping solutions, setting expectations, and ensuring technical credibility with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven ownership of end-to-end system behaviour on complex platforms.
• Accountability for system-level requirements, interfaces, and guardrails.
• Made binding technical trade-offs under operational constraints.
• Comfortable performing day-to-day hands-on engineering work.

Responsibilities

• Own mission systems and system architecture across Evolved Aerospace.
• Ensure technical correctness and architectural coherence; lead system-level decisions.

Skills

End-to-end system ownership

System-level requirements & interfaces

Architectural trade-off decisioning

Hands-on engineering leadership

Job description

Evolved Aerospace, based in Elmira, NY, seeks a CTO, Systems to own mission systems and the system architecture across the company. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, responsible for technical correctness, architectural coherence, and crucial system-level decisions.

You will also be a customer-facing technical leader, shaping solutions, setting expectations, and ensuring technical credibility with stakeholders.