Engineering Data Architect

Job Description

Job Description

ARCTOS Technology Solutions, LLC

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OVERVIEW

Reach New Heights!

ARCTOS Technology Solutions, LLC (ARCTOS) is a fast-growing, technology-oriented small business providing aerospace, defense, and digital solutions, with offices and work sites across the United States. We’re looking for team-oriented innovators eager to tackle interesting challenges, work on important problems, and receive great benefits and employee support.

REQUIREMENT

ARCTOS is seeking an experienced and highly motivated engineer to join our team supporting AFRL’s Air Platform Division. This position will lead the development of a next-generation Digital Engineering Environment that integrates experimental test data, computational models, and engineering workflows into a scalable digital thread to support the development of reusable hypersonic systems. 

The successful candidate will work alongside experimentalists and modeling personnel and will translate engineering workflows into a robust digital ecosystem that enables data traceability, model validation, reproducibility, and engineering decision support.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Data Architect will work with Government customers, other ARCTOS personnel, and other Government organizations and contractors in the performance of the following duties:

• Develop the overall architecture for a layered Digital Engineering Environment integrating test data, simulation models, metadata, workflows, and engineering knowledge.
• Work directly with modeling and experimental engineers to understand existing workflows, data products, and engineering processes.
• Design and implement the initial engineering data model, metadata schema, naming conventions, and version-control strategy.
• Develop automated pipelines for ingesting, organizing, processing, and managing experimental and simulation data.
• Establish interfaces between test data, finite element models, computational workflows, and engineering applications.
• Design digital threads that preserve relationships between requirements, configurations, tests, analyses, engineering findings, and future certification evidence.
• Develop prototype dashboards and engineering applications that allow users to visualize, search, and correlate engineering data.
• Evaluate commercial technologies (Azure, Teamcenter, Aras, Palantir, etc.) and recommend implementation strategies aligned with long-term program objectives.
• Document architecture decisions, standards, and best practices to support future system growth.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The well-qualified candidate will have expertise in several of the following. 

Engineering

• Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems, or Computational Engineering background
• Understanding of experimental mechanics and structural testing
• Familiarity with finite element modeling and simulation workflows
• Knowledge of thermal, structural, or multiphysics analyses
• Appreciation for uncertainty quantification, model validation, and verification

Software & Data Engineering

• Python programming
• SQL and database design
• REST APIs and data integration
• Version control (Git)
• Data pipelines and workflow automation
• Experience working with large engineering datasets
• Familiarity with structured and unstructured data management

Cloud & Digital Engineering

Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:

• Microsoft Azure
• AWS or Google Cloud
• Siemens Teamcenter
• Aras Innovator
• Digital Thread / Digital Engineering concepts
• Engineering workflow orchestration
• Knowledge graph technologies
• Data lake architectures

Desired Personal Attributes

The successful candidate should be:

• Equally comfortable discussing finite element models and database schemas.
• Curious and motivated to understand how engineers perform analyses and experiments.
• Able to translate complex engineering workflows into scalable software architectures.
• Comfortable working in an agile research environment where requirements evolve rapidly.
• A strong communicator capable of bridging experimental, modeling, software, and program management communities.
• Comfortable building prototype solutions while maintaining a long-term architectural vision.

EDUCATIONAL, CLEARANCE AND CERTIFICATION

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5–10 years of experience supporting engineering analysis, scientific computing, digital engineering, simulation data management, or engineering software development.
• Experience integrating experimental data with computational models.
• Experience designing engineering data architectures or digital engineering environments.
• Experience supporting DoD, aerospace, or other configuration-controlled engineering programs is highly desirable.

PHYSICAL/WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• Primary work environment is a standard office setting.

TRAVEL

• Occasional travel is anticipated and will be performed will be under the guidelines of Federal Travel Regulations and/or Joint Travel Regulations.

BENEFITS

401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Matching; Health Insurance & HSA; Dental & Vision Insurance; Company Paid Life Insurance, AD&D and Short-Term Disability; Paid Time Off, Volunteer Time Off; Employee Assistance Program

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

ARCTOS and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.  We look forward to reviewing your application!