Director, Space Systems Architecture & Solutions

CesiumAstro; El Segundo (CA); Presencial; USD 228.000 - 279.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

CesiumAstro in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Director, Solutions/Conceptual Design to lead the team that defines end-to-end technical solutions for new customer opportunities and strategic pursuits. You will work with Product, Business Development, customers and Engineering to translate mission needs into complete system architectures, from early concept through proposal and transition to execution.

The role balances performance, cost, risk, and schedule across antennas, RF, DSP, and software,

Formación

• 11–15 years of related experience in communication systems engineering or system architecture.
• 5+ years of progressive technical leadership or management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and owning end-to-end system architectures.
• Advanced technical expertise in at least one communications domain such as RF/microwave, antennas, DSP, or comms software.
• Experience leading technical solutions for customer pursuits, proposals, or new business opportunities.

Responsabilidades

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Communication Systems Architects responsible for defining complete technical solutions for customer opportunities and strategic pursuits.
• Ensure each pursuit has a clearly identified technical architect accountable for the end-to-end solution from customer need and CONOPS through architecture, requirements, proposal, and transition to execution.
• Partner with customers and Business Development to understand mission objectives, operational needs, CONOPS, performance requirements, and constraints and translate them into differentiated system solutions.
• Lead and review architecture-level trades across antennas, RF, digital processing, communications algorithms, firmware, software, networking, and system interfaces to optimize overall mission performance.
• Partner with Business Development and Product leadership to assess opportunities, support pursue/no-pursue decisions, identify technical discriminators, and establish the technical strategy required to win.
• Ensure proposed architectures, requirements, technical approaches, performance analyses, risks, assumptions, and development strategies form a credible and compelling technical solution.
• Drive development of system requirements, interfaces, performance allocations, CONOPS, architecture definitions, verification approaches, and key analyses necessary to establish a technically sound baseline.
• Identify recurring customer needs and architectural capabilities that should influence product roadmaps, technology investments, and future product development.
• Drive reuse of existing and in-development products where they provide the best system solution.
• Ensure architectures appropriately balance performance and differentiation with technical maturity, cost, schedule, risk, manufacturability, and the company’s ability to execute.
• Work closely with Product Development & Assurance to translate technical architectures into executable program plans, including scope, requirements, development activities, Make/Buy decisions, risks, assumptions, cost, and schedule.
• Ensure technical solutions are transitioned cleanly from pursuit into the engineering and program execution organizations with clear requirements, architecture, interfaces, key trades, risks, assumptions, and customer commitments.
• Establish architecture standards, technical review practices, analysis methods, and decision frameworks that drive consistency and technical excellence across pursuits.
• Mentor architects and senior technical leaders to develop both deep technical expertise and the system-level breadth, customer engagement skills, and business judgment required to own complete solutions.

Descripción del empleo

CesiumAstro in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Director, Solutions/Conceptual Design to lead the team that defines end-to-end technical solutions for new customer opportunities and strategic pursuits. You will work with Product, Business Development, customers and Engineering to translate mission needs into complete system architectures, from early concept through proposal and transition to execution.

The role balances performance, cost, risk, and schedule across antennas, RF, DSP, and software,