Senior Space Solutions Architect & Strategy Lead

Quantum Space; Rockville (MD); Sur place; USD 125 000 - 175 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Quantum Space in Rockville, MD (and Hawthorne, CA) seeks a seasoned Solution Engineering Lead to shape technical strategies for national security, civil, and commercial space missions. You will craft mission architectures, CONOPS, and discriminators, guiding collaborations across engineering, business development, and government stakeholders.

You will translate customer needs into executable concepts, lead trade studies, and guide proposal content and reviews.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing space systems, mission architectures, or advanced aerospace solutions.
• Experience with spacecraft design, mission architecture development, satellite systems, communications systems, remote sensing, or national security space missions.
• Strong systems engineering background with demonstrated technical leadership experience.
• Experience conducting technical trade studies, requirements analysis, and solution development activities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop customer-focused technical solutions for complex government programs.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical organizations.

Responsabilités

• Lead technical solution development for strategic business pursuits across defense, intelligence, civil, and commercial space markets.
• Translate customer requirements into executable mission concepts, architectures, and technical approaches.
• Develop mission architectures, CONOPS, and system-level solution strategies.
• Establish technical discriminators that clearly differentiate Quantum Space capabilities and offerings.
• Evaluate alternative approaches through technical trade studies and architecture assessments.
• Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies that improve solution credibility and execution confidence.
• Partner with Capture Managers and Proposal Leaders to develop winning technical strategies.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the proposal lifecycle.
• Develop technical content, engineering approaches, and solution narratives for strategic pursuits.
• Participate in proposal reviews, color team reviews, and executive decision gates.
• Ensure proposed solutions are compliant, executable, innovative, and aligned with customer priorities.
• Support customer engagements, technical interchange meetings, and solution discussions.
• Present technical concepts, mission architectures, and solution strategies to government and commercial stakeholders.
• Help shape opportunities through early customer engagement and technical positioning activities.
• Maintain awareness of evolving mission needs, customer priorities, industry trends, and emerging technologies.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams during solution development activities.
• Collaborate across engineering, program management, business development, and executive leadership.
• Support multiple high-priority pursuits simultaneously in a fast-paced growth environment.
• Contribute to the development of repeatable solution engineering processes and best practices.

Connaissances

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Solution architecture

Proposal leadership

Trade studies

Customer-focused solutions

Formation

Bachelors/Masters in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or Physics

Description du poste

Quantum Space in Rockville, MD (and Hawthorne, CA) seeks a seasoned Solution Engineering Lead to shape technical strategies for national security, civil, and commercial space missions. You will craft mission architectures, CONOPS, and discriminators, guiding collaborations across engineering, business development, and government stakeholders.

You will translate customer needs into executable concepts, lead trade studies, and guide proposal content and reviews.