Lead Product Engineer/Architect - Information Technology - Analysts

MassGenics, Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

401(k) plan

HSA & FSA

Life Insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Innova Solutions is seeking a Lead Product Engineer / Architect to drive the technical vision and architecture for cyber-resilient solutions serving space, satellite, and defense-related clients. The role acts as a senior technical authority working alongside the Lead Product Manager.

The position is a 6+ month contract (W2) based in Arlington, VA with remote optics. Requires 10+ years in complex product engineering and proven leadership across cyber/space domains, secure architectures, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years in product engineering, solution/ systems architect, or similar roles.
• Proven leadership delivering cyber/space systems to production and operations.
• Designing secure architectures across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and space/embedded constraints.
• Authorship of reference architectures or platforms adopted across multiple clients/environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for the offering.
• Shape the technical vision, architecture, and engineering standards.
• Define delivery roadmap across cyber, software, hardware, AI, space, ground, and user segments.
• Translate complex mission and security requirements into scalable, repeatable designs for clients.
• Collaborate with Lead Product Manager as a peer on product direction.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems architecture

Cyber & space systems

Secure architecture design

Cloud/on-prem hybrid

Reference architectures

Cross-domain depth

Security architecture

Compliance (NIST/CMMC)

Leadership under uncertainty

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

C (embedded)

POSIX

RTOS

Python

PyTorch

Docker

Grafana

MQTT

Node.js

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job ID: 1022794 Arlington , Virginia Job Type: Contract Added - 08/18/26

Job Description

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Lead Product Engineer / Architect.

Position type: Full-Time Contract (W2)

Role: Lead Product Engineer / Architect

Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Location: Arlington VA (Remote Role)

This role will help scale cyber-resilient solutions for emerging space companies, satellite operators, primes, and large constellation operators. The Lead Product Engineer / Architect will serve as the senior technical authority for the offering, working as a peer to the Lead Product Manager.

This role will shape the technical vision, architecture, engineering standards, and delivery roadmap across cyber, software, hardware, AI, space, ground, and user segments. The ideal candidate can translate complex mission and security requirements into scalable, commercially viable solutions that can be deployed repeatably across clients.

This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of experience as a product engineer, solution architect, systems architect, technical product leader, or similar role delivering complex cyber, aerospace, space, embedded, or mission-critical systems.
• Proven leadership delivering complex, multidisciplinary cyber and/or space systems to production and operations.
• Deep experience designing secure architectures across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and space/embedded constraints, with strong systems-thinking and an integration background (interfaces, constraints, failure modes).
• Demonstrated authorship of reference architectures, patterns, or platforms adopted by multiple teams, ideally productized offerings deployed across more than one client or environment.
• Sufficient cross-domain depth (embedded/space, AI/ML, ground segment, cloud/DevOps) to serve as the senior technical sounding board for the specialist workstream leads, pressure-testing the tradeoffs each otherwise makes in isolation.
• Strong grasp of security architecture: identity, key management, secure boot and update, segmentation, data protection, logging and telemetry, and supply chain.
• Experience operating under compliance constraints (NIST, ATO, STIGs, CMMC, as applicable) and translating them into executable delivery controls and compliance-ready designs.
• Calm, decisive leadership under uncertainty, with strong incident- and risk-management discipline.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority, with excellent written and verbal communication across technical and executive audiences.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience taking a product or platform to market commercially — pilots, co-development, or first-of-kind deployments with external clients.
• Experience with satellite mission operations or aerospace delivery environments.
• Background in embedded and real-time systems integration.
• Familiarity with AI/ML model deployment pipelines in constrained environments.
• Background in SPARTA (Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis) threat frameworks.
• Working fluency across the platform tech stack, enough to guide design decisions in each domain: embedded/space (C, POSIX, real-time OS); AI/ML (Python, PyTorch); ground segment (Docker, Grafana, MQTT, Node.js); CI/CD and DevOps (GitHub Actions, automated security scanning, containerized deployments).

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range*: $65 - $70/- per hour

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:

• Named One of America’s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024 )
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Website : https://www.innovasolutions.com/

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at [e-mail] or [phone]. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.