Director of IoT & Partner Solutions Architecture

nrg Energy; Washington; On-site; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

NNRG Energy is seeking a Director of Solutions Architecture to own partner ecosystem integrations and end-to-end system design. This role focuses on bridging Vivint-like external hardware and internal platforms with secure, low-latency connections at scale.

You will develop architectural blueprints, supervise integration contracts with world-class partners, and ensure security, latency, and reliability across the host platform.

Qualifications

• Autonomous ability to drive architecture across multi-company initiatives without direct reports.
• End-to-End IoT systems architecture including cloud-to-cloud and edge patterns.
• Ecosystem thinking: data pipelines, identity management, OAuth/mTLS, edge-to-cloud state management.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year technical architecture and integration blueprints for third-party brand integrations.
• Evaluate partner technologies and define integration patterns before development begins.
• Set architectural baselines, payload schemas, and security guardrails for performance and availability.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering, Embedded Firmware, Cloud, and InfoSec to design scalable SDKs, APIs, and edge/cloud pathways.
• Drive integration standards with Matter, Thread, and cloud-to-cloud/local APIs for future-proofing the platform.
• Author System Architecture Documents (SADs), API specs, data flow diagrams, and RFCs.
• Serve as architectural liaison to partner product teams and align roadmaps with internal infrastructure.
• Guide internal squads and security reviewers to ensure architecture governance and telemetry.
• Lead cross-functional execution on large-scale hardware/software integrations across distributed teams.

Skills

Autonomous IC

IoT architectures

Ecosystem thinking

Executive presence

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/CE/EE or related

Job description

NNRG Energy is seeking a Director of Solutions Architecture to own partner ecosystem integrations and end-to-end system design. This role focuses on bridging Vivint-like external hardware and internal platforms with secure, low-latency connections at scale.

You will develop architectural blueprints, supervise integration contracts with world-class partners, and ensure security, latency, and reliability across the host platform.