Solutions Architect: Autonomous Systems & Defense Platforms

Defense Unicorns; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Company Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Solutions Architect to work with autonomous systems manufacturers, Federal Systems Integrators, and commercial tech firms delivering capabilities to the Federal defense market.

You will bridge executive discussions, system architecture, and hands-on discovery to translate mission needs into practical cloud-native architectures for drones, satellites, weapons systems, and edge devices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing distributed, cloud-native software systems.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containers, software supply chains, and deployment.
• Ability to operate in bandwidth-limited, disconnected environments.
• Experience with defense, aerospace, autonomous systems, or federal programs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and architecture conversations with autonomous systems manufacturers, DoD entities, and partners.
• Translate mission requirements into practical cloud-native architectures.
• Design reference architectures for edge and distributed deployments.
• Support Federal Systems Integrators and defense customers with technical guidance.

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Solutions Architect to work with autonomous systems manufacturers, Federal Systems Integrators, and commercial tech firms delivering capabilities to the Federal defense market.

You will bridge executive discussions, system architecture, and hands-on discovery to translate mission needs into practical cloud-native architectures for drones, satellites, weapons systems, and edge devices.