Senior Product Architect - Remote Defense Platforms

TSC; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan

Flexible Work Schedule

Tuition Reimbursement

Co-Sponsored Health Plan

Paid Leave

Job summary

FALCATA is seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead architectural coherence and technical direction for RF-based ISR and weapon system solutions across development, integration, test, and production. The role spans Aurora, CO; Arlington, VA; Huntsville, AL, or remote work, requiring 12+ years in defense/aerospace system architecture and top-tier cross-functional collaboration.

The candidate will establish standards, drive reuse, and act as the primary technical authority for decisions

Qualifications

• BS in an engineering discipline or applied science.
• 12+ years of industry experience.
• Deep experience in system architecture for complex defense/aerospace systems.
• Ability to think across hardware, software, interfaces, mission behaviors, and lifecycle constraints.
• Proven track record of reusable, modular architectures across multiple platforms.
• Strong understanding of integrated sensing, mission software, autonomy interfaces, and platform constraints.
• Ability to balance technical elegance with schedule and cost realities.
• Ability to lead through influence across multiple teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical decision-making and trade studies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET DoD Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the technical architecture for a product line spanning multiple platform integrations.
• Establish common interface standards, data products, performance assumptions, and architectural design rules.
• Drive technical reuse across platforms, sensors, software components, and integration patterns.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for decisions affecting multiple platforms or variants.
• Guide platform teams on implementing product-line capabilities while preserving commonality.
• Coordinate with System Architects and engineering leads to align designs with product-line architecture.
• Identify where architectural flexibility is needed to support different sensors, host platforms, or mission packages.
• Lead technical trade studies on modularity, interfaces, performance, scalability, and future growth.
• Help shape roadmaps by identifying enabling architectural investments and debt reduction priorities.
• Support proposal and capture activities with technical strategies that maximize reuse and reduce fragmentation.
• Coordinate with Product Engineering Services to ensure architecture can be implemented, tested, and sustained.

Skills

System architecture

Cross-team leadership

Defense/aerospace systems

RF systems experience

Technical decision making

Education

BS in engineering or applied science

Job description

FALCATA is seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead architectural coherence and technical direction for RF-based ISR and weapon system solutions across development, integration, test, and production. The role spans Aurora, CO; Arlington, VA; Huntsville, AL, or remote work, requiring 12+ years in defense/aerospace system architecture and top-tier cross-functional collaboration.

The candidate will establish standards, drive reuse, and act as the primary technical authority for decisions