Senior Product Architect - Remote RF Systems & Platforms

TSC; Arlington (VA); Remote; USD 157,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan

Flexible Work Schedules

Tuition Reimbursement

Co‑Sponsored Health Plan

Paid Leave

Job summary

FALCATA is seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead the architecture and technical direction of RF-based solutions for unmanned ISR and weapon systems across development, integration, test, and production. You will define the product-line architecture and govern interfaces to ensure scalability and interoperability.

Requires a BS in engineering or applied science, 12+ years in industry, and the ability to obtain TOP SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum BS in an engineering discipline (electrical, mechanical, software, etc.) or applied science (physics, mathematics).
• Minimum 12 years of experience in industry.
• Deep experience in system architecture for complex defense or aerospace systems.
• Ability to think across hardware, software, interfaces, mission behaviors, and lifecycle constraints.
• Demonstrated success creating reusable, modular architectures across more than one platform or product.
• Strong understanding of integrated sensing, mission software, autonomy interfaces, and platform constraints.
• Ability to balance technical elegance with practical implementation, schedule, and cost realities.
• Ability to lead through influence across multiple teams rather than direct line authority alone.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially 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 that affect more than one platform or product variant.
• Guide platform teams on implementing product‑line capabilities while preserving commonality where it matters.
• Partner with System Architects and engineering leads to ensure platform‑specific designs align with product‑line architecture.
• Identify where architectural flexibility is needed to support different sensors, host platforms, autonomy engines, or mission packages.
• Lead technical trade studies related to modularity, common interfaces, performance, scalability, and future growth.
• Help shape roadmaps by identifying enabling architectural investments and technical debt reduction priorities.
• Support proposal and capture activities with technical strategies that maximize reuse and reduce future fragmentation.
• Coordinate with Product Engineering Services to ensure architecture can be implemented, tested, and sustained realistically.
• Maintain visibility into technical risks, obsolescence, and divergence across the product line

Skills

System architecture

Cross-platform integration

Technical leadership

Clear communication

Decision making

Trade studies

Influence without authority

Education

BS in engineering or applied science

Job description

FALCATA is seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead the architecture and technical direction of RF-based solutions for unmanned ISR and weapon systems across development, integration, test, and production. You will define the product-line architecture and govern interfaces to ensure scalability and interoperability.

Requires a BS in engineering or applied science, 12+ years in industry, and the ability to obtain TOP SECRET clearance.