Digital Architecture Lead
Job Category: Electrical
Location: California, United States
Employment Type: Permanent
Location Terms: On-site
Location: San Diego
Our client who are an innovative Space & Defense client are looking for a Digital Architecture Lead to oversee digital architecture, design, manufacturing and test for a broad portfolio of defense and space systems products.
The ideal candidate will have experience leading the development of aerospace and defense products through the full product development lifecycle. The candidate will apply DfX principles, including design for manufacturability, reliability, test, and cost. The candidate will evaluate existing designs, identify product improvements, support product development process improvements, the creation of product roadmaps, and strategic planning for future product development and maturation.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and product development subject matter expertise in digital architecture, design, manufacturing, integration and test.
- Evaluate existing designs, perform product gap assessments, and make recommendations for future product designs, features, capabilities, and upgrades.
- Support project planning, including the development of cost, schedule, and technical baselines for product development activities.
- Support the development of product requirements, specifications, and identification of applicable standards.
- Provide support for production, delivery, and post-delivery customer operations.
- Apply DfX principles, including design for manufacturability, reliability, test, and cost to improve product offerings.
- Develop clear solutions, provide in-depth technical assessments, and proactively identify, address, and resolve issues and risks to drive risk-informed decision-making and product lifecycle sustainability.
- Assists with technology readiness assessments; identifies risks and issues with proposed technologies while collaborating with other teams (i.e., Test & Evaluation, Integrated Logistics Support, etc.).
- Perform engineering analysis on organizational technical processes; suggests process improvements that increase efficiency and/or effectiveness of operations as required.
- Travel: 10-20% for an on-site candidate; up to 25% for remote candidate
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or equivalent technical discipline.
- 15+ years of experience working in the aerospace and defense industry.
- 10+ years of experience in product design, development and/or manufacturing.
- Ability to demonstrate engineering principles and concepts.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; able to sort through complex issues and develop clear solutions, provide in-depth technical assessments and identify, address, and resolve issues and risks.
- Expertise in PCB/PCBA, FPGA, microcontroller, embedded software design, development, integration and testing.
- Knowledgeable in industry standards such as IPC-2200, IPC-6010, IPC-610, and the NASA-STD-8739 series, as well as other critical aerospace and defense requirements.
- Experience in requirements development and analysis, and the development of systems engineering-related documents including requirements/specifications, interface control documents, and validation & verification plans.
- Ability to coordinate with numerous stakeholders/customers from NASA and DoD agencies to commercial industry.
Preferences:
- 10+ years of program or technical leadership experience.
- 10+ years of experience in architecture/requirements definition/analysis, acquisitions, engineering/design, fielding/integration, and verification or analysis.
- Demonstrated product development process improvement experience.
- Relevant experience engaging government and commercial customers to advance projects and initiatives at varying degrees of complexity through engineering management.
- Proficiency in various enterprise tools, including enterprise resource planning, product data management, product lifecycle management, quality management, manufacturing resource planning, and engineering design and analysis