Senior Product Architect – RF Systems (Remote)

Technology Service Corporation Defense Services; 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 currently seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead the architecture and technical direction of integrated RF-based solutions for unmanned ISR and weapon systems across development, integration, test, and production. The role supports Aurora, CO; Arlington, VA; Huntsville, AL; or remote work.

The ideal candidate will drive architectural coherence, reuse, and cross-platform consistency, balancing technical elegance with schedule and cost realities while maintaining DoD security

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
• Able to prioritize work and maximize productivity
• 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 how to implement 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

Architectural leadership

Cross-platform design

Technical trade studies

Modular open systems

Requirements governance

Technical leadership

Stakeholder communication

Roadmap planning

DoD clearance

U.S. Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or applied sciences

Job description

FALCATA is currently seeking a Senior Product Architect to lead the architecture and technical direction of integrated RF-based solutions for unmanned ISR and weapon systems across development, integration, test, and production. The role supports Aurora, CO; Arlington, VA; Huntsville, AL; or remote work.

The ideal candidate will drive architectural coherence, reuse, and cross-platform consistency, balancing technical elegance with schedule and cost realities while maintaining DoD security