Staff Solutions Engineer

Aerostar (Aerostar International LLC); Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off (PTO)

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in Sioux Falls is seeking a Staff Solutions Engineer. The role involves understanding customer missions, developing technical solutions, and collaborating closely with the Business Development team. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in a related field, 10+ years of relevant experience, and proven leadership in engineering projects. The position offers a range of benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) match.

Qualifications

• 10+ years related experience required with 4+ years leading technical projects.
• Experience with engineering project leadership or systems engineering required.
• DOD or Gov’t experience preferred (prior military or civilian experience).

Responsibilities

• Understand customer needs and customer missions.
• Develop technical solutions for larger programs.
• Coordinate long-term technical roadmap for a customer or stakeholder group.

Skills

Technical Solutions Development

Customer Engagement

Engineering Project Leadership

Proposal Development

Team Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field

Master's preferred

Master of Business Administration (MBA) desired

Job description

Aerostar, a business unit of TCOM, and a leader in the Aerospace & Defense industry, is dedicated to connecting, protecting, and saving lives with its cutting‑edge solutions. Specializing in stratospheric platforms, radar and perception sensors, technical services, and protective wear, Aerostar provides innovative and comprehensive solutions. The company leverages expertise in engineering, mission planning, research, and advanced product development. With a commitment to excellence, Aerostar supports a wide range of successful operations through tailored turnkey offerings.

Role Description

Aerostar, a business unit of TCOM, is seeking a Staff Solutions Engineer to be responsible for understanding customer missions and requirements, translating into a concept, and presenting technical concept and business case to customer. Along with the Business Development team, is a primary interface with customers and internal management, especially as it relates to technical solutions to customer problems. Integrates and aligns technical solutions with solid business cases, contractual language, and bids, and helps drive program capture activities for Stratospheric Balloon and Radar products and related engineering and flight/field services.

Essential Functions

• Understand customer needs and customer missions.
• Work with customers and other Aerostar engineers to identify and develop technical solutions for a customer problem.
• Identify Aerostar product(s) and service(s) that will meet customer needs.
• Balance technical trade‑offs against schedule and cost risks and present these decision points to the management team.
• Define and maintain product level feature specifications, system layout, and documentation.
• Coordinate with BD team and other engineers to support ROMs and bids for customer programs (product deliveries, customer installations, services).
• Attend Customer IPRs, IPTs, TEMs, etc. and provide after‑action reports and track to completion.
• Provide technical subject matter support to business development team during initial customer engagements.
• Provide perspective to less experienced solutions engineers regarding impact of technical decisions on product architecture.
• Develop technical solutions for larger programs.
• Develop proposals and bids for larger programs.
• Escalate key product/feature trades to management for discussion and then influence customer direction based on feedback.
• Coordinate long‑term technical roadmap for a customer or stakeholder group.
• Highlight new business model(s), new product lines, or new business ideas for TCOM.
• Participate with engineering as a key contributor in the development of technical and product roadmap, as well as product internal architecture.
• Serve as product evangelist and subject matter expert.
• Promote development of best practices within Solutions Engineering.
• Maintain close connection to the product market(s) to provide valuable input in the new product development process.
• Learning, understanding, continuously improving, and promoting the division’s quality management system in accordance with ISO standards.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field. Masters preferred.
• Experience with engineering project leadership or systems engineering required.
• Experience with engineering team management preferred.
• DOD or Gov’t experience preferred (prior military or civilian experience).
• 10+ years related experience required with 4+ years leading technical projects.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) desired.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Physical Requirements: Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and reach. Reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities.
• Working Conditions: Primarily in a standard office environment, with occasional exposure to production areas, including noise, fumes, moving machinery, and varying temperatures.

TCOM offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts/HSAs, EAP, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, paid time off (PTO), and company‑paid holidays. The specific programs, options and eligibility may vary depending on date of hire, classification, and schedule type.

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