Lead Data Architect for Aerospace Digital Engineering

DCS Corporation; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corporation, through ARCTOS, seeks a technical leader to establish and lead the Integrated Data and Engineering Analytics (IDEA) team within the Aerospace Structures & Materials Department. You will define the 3–5 year vision, build a multidisciplinary team, and collaborate with engineers, scientists, software developers, PMs, and customers to deliver data-driven, decision-ready insights.

You will develop architectures, data integration, and analytics capabilities, and lead tools and

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, computational science, systems engineering, data science, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant technical experience with leadership.
• Experience developing data architecture, software environments, digital engineering capabilities, or analytics solutions.
• Experience with complex engineering data such as experimental measurements, materials characterization, sensor data, simulations, or model-generated information.
• Ability to understand relationships among performance, objectives, cost, schedule, uncertainty, and risk.
• Experience communicating and leading across engineering, software/data, program management, and customer organizations.
• Understanding of modern data architectures, metadata management, APIs, data pipelines, databases, cloud computing, and engineering data integration.
• Experience integrating engineering software, models, databases, and analytical workflows.

Responsibilities

• Establish a three-to-five-year vision and technical roadmap for Integrated Data and Engineering Analytics.
• Define scalable architectures for integrating engineering data, models, and analytical capabilities.
• Build and lead a multidisciplinary team to execute the IDEA capability.
• Engage engineers, scientists, software developers, PMs, and customers to solve problems.
• Develop engineering applications, dashboards, visualization environments, and decision-support tools.
• Translate customer challenges into executable programs and architecture.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

5+ years experience

Data architecture

Digital engineering

Analytical solutions

Engineering data integration

Communication leadership

Validation & uncertainty

Cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

DCS Corporation, through ARCTOS, seeks a technical leader to establish and lead the Integrated Data and Engineering Analytics (IDEA) team within the Aerospace Structures & Materials Department. You will define the 3–5 year vision, build a multidisciplinary team, and collaborate with engineers, scientists, software developers, PMs, and customers to deliver data-driven, decision-ready insights.

You will develop architectures, data integration, and analytics capabilities, and lead tools and