Solutions Architect (Radar Range Focus)

Overview

About Us

Working across the globe, V2X builds smart solutions designed to integrate physical and digital infrastructure from base to battlefield. We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $3.9B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Shape the total solution (technical and management) direction, feasibility, and competitive positioning of V2X opportunities to enable business growth and successful transition to execution

• Translate customer needs into viable, compelling, and executable solution approaches that are forward-facing and that win work while strengthening long-term customer relationships

• Provide a connective tissue for BD, CI, Capture, engineering, pricing, and proposal teams to deliver technically credible, operationally feasible, and customer-aligned solutions that ensure mission success across enterprise, tactical, radar, and range portfolios.

Key Responsibilities:

Solution Design & Architecture

• Architect technical solutions suited for both enterprise systems and tactical deployments, leveraging advanced technologies such as AI/ML, predictive analytics, C5ISR systems, and edge computing architectures

• Collaborate across all technical domains to develop scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions aligned with defense and commercial missions

Strategic Capture Participation

• Embed into all BD phases, Gate Reviews, technical solution development, operations assessments, and proposal reviews to ensure consistency and compliance

• Support capture and proposal efforts by developing compliant technical approaches, creating architecture diagrams, and ensuring solution alignment with evaluation criteria

Technical Innovation Across Domains

• Expertise in mission-critical technologies (C5ISR systems, AI/ML, tactical platforms, cloud computing, advanced data fusion), with working knowledge of radar and range-related data processing and integration.

Compliance & Security Responsibility

• Ensure all solutions meet DoD cybersecurity standards, export control regulations (ITAR, TINA), and location-specific Offset/Industrial Cooperation standards

• Support global execution strategies including Offset requirements and localization models

Qualifications

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field (Master's preferred)

• 10+ years of experience designing secure, responsive solutions for enterprise and tactical systems within defense, aerospace, or federal sectors

• Ability to obtain DoW Secret Clearance

• Experience architecting solutions in alignment with DoD frameworks (RMF, NIST, MIL-STDs, or CMMC) and acquisition lifecycles

• Expertise in mission-critical technologies (C5ISR systems, AI/ML, tactical platforms, cloud computing, advanced data fusion), with working knowledge of radar and range-related data processing and integration.

• Demonstrated business development and capture lifecycle insights, including technical solutioning for RFIs/RFPs at various acquisition phases

Preferred Certifications & Competencies:

• Certifications: TOGAF, DoDAF, Google/AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, CISSP, PMP

• Prior experience with U.S. test and training ranges (e.g., Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), Service-specific test ranges, or similar).

• Familiarity with radar theory, RF systems, signal processing, tracking algorithms, or test range instrumentation and control systems.

• Certifications in cloud-native solutions

Skills:

Customer Discovery & Technical Understanding

• Engage early in pipeline shaping and customer-facing conversations to influence acquisition scope, requirements, and evaluation criteria

• Partner with Business Development (BD), customers, and key stakeholders to identify technical needs across the spectrum of enterprise and tactical systems

• Analyze evolving technical requirements for mission-critical environments (both DoD and allied defense) and match them to V2X capabilities and competitive solutions

Solution Approach & Positioning

• Design and articulate integrated technical and management solutions spanning enterprise command and control, tactical systems, logistical support, AI/ML-enabled platforms, advanced data fusion architectures, and edge/computing environments

• Develop win themes and discriminators connecting solution approaches to customer priorities, requirements, and care-abouts, ensuring alignment with V2X's market positioning

• Maintain competitive solution positioning through collaboration with BD, Capture, and Competitive Intelligence teams

Vendor & Partner Technical Evaluation

• Evaluate critical emerging technologies, partners, subcontractors, and vendors to integrate into technical baselines for competitive solutions

• Conduct technical assessments of third-party technologies for inclusion in enterprise-to-tactical systems, ensuring feasibility, scalability, and mission impact

Feasibility & Risk Gatekeeping

• Serve as a gatekeeper for technical feasibility and risk throughout the proposal lifecycle, balancing innovation with operational effectiveness in achievable designs

• Lead risk mitigation planning during solution maturity phases, ensuring that solutions meet cost, performance, and compliance standards during transition to execution

Solution Content for BD & Proposals

• Engage early within pipeline shaping: Participate in customer discovery and pre-acquisition shaping discussions, ensuring alignment with V2X capabilities prior to RFP release, with specific focus on Radar Modernization and Range support solicitations.

• Lead conceptual solutioning activities: Work closely with BD and Capture teams to define preliminary technical approaches that optimize competitive positioning and feasibility

• Contribute to RFIs/RFPs with innovative technical strategies, compliant solution explanations, and cost-effective approaches

• Support proposal development by embedding win themes and differentiators aligned to customer requirements and operational priorities while emphasizing maturity and executable approaches

Mature Solution Architect Competency for V2X

• Mentor cross-functional teams across BD, Engineering, Capture, Competitive Intelligence, and pricing functions to drive world-class solution architecture practices

• Promote a forward-facing strategy that positions V2X solutions for long-term customer relationships and sustained success

What We Bring:

• At V2X we strive to be market competitive in our total reward offerings.

• The successful candidate's starting pay will be based on, but not limited to, their job related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

• The following salary range is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation and may be modified at the discretion of the company.

• USD $ 165,000 -235,000

• Provided salary range minimum and maximum values correspond to variances between regional/geographic locations across the United States.

• Please speak with a recruiter for additional information.

• Employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage

• Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits

• Retirement plan

• Wellness programs

• Paid time off, including holidays

• Learning and Development resources

• Employee assistance resources

• Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time and may be modified at the discretion of the company, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

At V2X, we are deeply committed to both equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We ensure all individuals are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, recognizing the strength that comes from a workforce rich in diverse experiences, perspectives, and skills. This commitment, aligned with our core Vision and Values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, allows us to leverage differences, encourage innovation, and expand our success in the global marketplace, ultimately enabling us to best serve our clients.