Technical Product Engineering Lead

Trusted Concepts, Inc.; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Two Six Technologies in Arlington, VA is seeking a Technical Product Engineering Lead to own end-to-end technical vision across hardware, FPGA, embedded firmware, and software. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive the technical roadmap, and transition prototypes into field-ready solutions for national security missions.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance, on-site Arlington presence with some remote/hybrid work, and occasional travel.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in technical lead or architect roles across hardware, FPGA, and software.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• Proficiency in Python or C/C++, and embedded Linux with Yocto.

Responsibilities

• Own system architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead cross-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable designs.
• Transition prototypes to field-ready solutions.
• Develop unit/integration and HIL testing strategies.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-disciplinary

Python

C/C++

Embedded C

Rust

Go

FPGA

Embedded Linux

Yocto

CI/CD

Networking

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Yocto-based builds

PCIe

NICs

Job description

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future. Two Six Technologies is looking for a Technical Product Engineering Lead to join our team in Arlington, Virginia. This person will serve as the technical team lead for one of our hardware security products. They will own the end-to-end technical vision and design decisions that span hardware, FPGA, embedded firmware, and software. In addition to setting technical direction, you will be a hands‑on team member working alongside other passionate, motivated engineers across hardware, FPGA, and software disciplines. You will help transition prototypes into field‑ready solutions in service of important national security missions. This position is based out of our Arlington, VA office with intermittent opportunities for remote and hybrid work, as mission requirements allow. Some travel (10-15%) might be required to interface with customers and perform field testing.

Responsibilities Include

• Technical Authority: Serve as the technical expert and decision‑maker by owning the system architecture. Oversee the technical roadmap and lead the engineering team across hardware, FPGA, embedded firmware, and software boundaries, ensuring a cohesive and secure system design.
• Technical Roadmap & Schedule Management: Oversee planning, execution, task prioritization, and scheduling to ensure timely delivery of technical tasks, managing prioritization and resource balance.
• Management, Mentorship & Guidance: Offer technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a collaborative culture of excellence and continuous learning. Manage a set of engineering team members, providing them support, advice, feedback, and career pathing.
• R&D Maturation: Transition proof‑of‑concept technologies into operational solutions ready for field deployment.
• Testing Strategy: Develop and implement unit, integration, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing to ensure product reliability, safety, and resilience.
• Scalable Engineering & Modular Design: Apply scalable, modular open‑systems design methodologies to reduce maintenance overhead as the product suite grows.
• Stakeholder & Partner Engagement: Conduct technical exchanges with transition partners and other stakeholders to align the product roadmap with mission requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead, architect, or similar role leading engineering work across one or more disciplines (e.g., hardware, FPGA, and software)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related technical domain
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with two or more of the following modern programming languages: Python, C , C++, Embedded C, Rust, Go
• Strong experience with Embedded Linux, including Yocto-based build systems
• Experience working alongside or leading FPGA and hardware teams
• Experience with testing, CI/CD pipelines, and virtual machine test ranges
• Experience with networking equipment, including network interface cards (NICs) and switches, as well as interfaces such as PCIe and Ethernet.
• Strong leadership and project management skills, with the ability to mentor junior engineers and drive technical execution.
• Ability to work on‑site when required in Arlington, VA

Nice To Haves

• Experience shipping and iterating on production software in customers' hands
• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related Scientific Domain
• Familiarity with validation and/or certification frameworks such as NIAP, CSfC, or others
• Experience directly managing, mentoring, and advancing teams of engineers

Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret Clearance is required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI

Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development.

Salary Range $189,353 - $245,000 USD

Two Six Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type and protective hair styles (e.g., braids, twists, locs and twists)), color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (40 and over), marital status, disability, genetic information, and protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information review the Two Six Technologies Equal Employment Opportunity and Affir‑mative Action Policy and the EEO Poster.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of our employment process, please send an email to [e-mail]. Information provided will be kept confidential and used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Additionally, please be advised that this business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices.