Director, Solutions Architect (C-UAS)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Solutions Architect (C-UAS) based in the United States. This senior leadership role will shape advanced counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) solutions supporting critical federal missions and national security priorities. You will combine technical expertise, operational insight, and business development experience to architect innovative, integrated defense capabilities. The role spans solution development, strategic proposals, technology partnerships, customer engagement, and growth initiatives. You will evaluate emerging technologies across sensing, tracking, identification, command and control, mitigation, and sustainment. Working closely with technical, account, and growth teams, you will translate mission requirements into scalable, competitive solutions. The environment is fast-paced and highly collaborative, with exposure to government customers, industry partners, and complex multi-domain programs. This remote position requires regular travel to the DC Metro area and other locations, typically 20–30% with occasional higher travel demands. Lead the development of innovative C-UAS and integrated defense solutions addressing mission requirements across C-UAS, force protection, layered defense, and mission integration. Drive technical solution development for strategic, highly competitive proposals, including defining technical approaches, architectures, and supporting documentation. Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies across C-UAS sensing, tracking, identification, command and control, electronic warfare, communications, mitigation, and sustainment. Develop scalable systems solutions incorporating systems engineering, networking and operations, open architectures, modeling and simulation, systems integration, and operational test and evaluation. Support business development and capture activities by shaping opportunities early, understanding customer priorities, assessing the competitive landscape, and aligning technical capabilities with growth objectives. Build and leverage relationships with federal customers, industry partners, technology providers, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities and strengthen solution positioning. Collaborate with account executives, technical leads, engineering teams, and growth professionals to develop integrated solutions for emerging mission requirements. Provide technical leadership and guidance to proposal teams from opportunity inception through completion, including development of technical approach volumes and proposal content. Apply knowledge of the evolving UAS threat environment, industry trends, and federal acquisition priorities to inform solution strategies. Support technical partnerships and initiatives while ensuring proposed capabilities align with operational requirements, customer needs, and business objectives. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, business, or related discipline; an engineering or technical degree is preferred. 10+ years of diversified experience spanning technology development, engineering management, business development, capture management, or related areas. Extensive experience delivering software and hardware capabilities within federal mission environments, ideally involving C-UAS, air defense, electronic warfare, force protection, or related domains. Strong understanding of C-UAS systems-of-systems integration, including multi-sensor and multi-effector capabilities such as radar, RF detection, EO/IR, command and control, electronic warfare, communications, and kinetic/non-kinetic defeat systems. Demonstrated experience with systems engineering, prototype development, tactical-edge communications and networking, open systems architectures, modeling and simulation, and operational test and evaluation. Deep understanding of the federal acquisition lifecy