Onsite Solutions Architect – Hardware & Systems

Talentify; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent seeks a Solutions Architect to work onsite in Chantilly, VA, bridging engineering execution and customer engagement with a strong hardware background. You will help define technical solutions, craft proposals, and lead engineering discussions from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities include leading technical discovery, creating architectures and SOWs, and collaborating across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams while interfacing with customers and internal

Qualifications

• 4+ years in hardware product development or embedded/electromechanical systems.
• Experience writing technical sections of proposals.
• Proven ability to run technical customer meetings and interactions.
• Ability to partner with business development teams and engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery meetings to understand system requirements and objectives.
• Develop solution concepts, architectures, SOWs, and technical proposals.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor through sales and project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams.
• Translate customer requirements into work packages, cost estimates, schedules.
• Support BD through presentations, white papers, proposals, and demos.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical oversight.
• Drive manufacturability discussions, prototypes, and production readiness.
• Act as primary technical interface between customers and internal teams.

Skills

Hardware engineering

Proposal writing

Customer meetings

Business development collaboration

Systems engineering

Clear communication

Education

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Job description

Actalent seeks a Solutions Architect to work onsite in Chantilly, VA, bridging engineering execution and customer engagement with a strong hardware background. You will help define technical solutions, craft proposals, and lead engineering discussions from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities include leading technical discovery, creating architectures and SOWs, and collaborating across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams while interfacing with customers and internal