Solutions Architect

Job description

Advanced Space | Full-time | Onsite **We’re going to the Moon. Think you’ve got what it takes?** **About the Role** At Advanced Space, we're enabling humanity's return to the Moon and building the technologies that will take us to Mars and beyond. We're looking for a **Solutions Architect** to lead the technical vision and strategic growth of one of our innovation portfolios while helping shape the next generation of space technologies. In this role, you'll work closely with the CTO, Business Development, engineering teams, and executive leadership to define technology roadmaps, identify new opportunities, and transform innovative concepts into funded programs and flight-ready capabilities. You'll bridge technical strategy with business growth, ensuring our portfolio continues to advance the state of the art while supporting NASA, commercial, civil, and national security missions. We're looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering, strategy, and customer engagement—someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing the future direction of space technology, and helping turn ambitious ideas into reality. **This position is open to U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents) only. Visa sponsorship is not available.** **About Advanced Space** Advanced Space exists to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space through innovative software, mission services, and technology solutions. As the owner and operator of NASA's CAPSTONE™ mission and the Prime Contractor for AFRL's Oracle mission, we're helping shape the future of cislunar exploration while supporting commercial, civil, and national security customers. Our team combines deep technical expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset. We move quickly, collaborate across disciplines, and empower every engineer to make meaningful contributions. If you're passionate about solving challenging problems and seeing your work fly in space, you'll fit right in. **What You'll Actually Do** **Shape the technology roadmap.** Partner with the CTO to define and evolve the long-term technology strategy for your portfolio. Identify capability gaps, evaluate emerging technologies, and develop roadmaps that align technical innovation with company objectives and customer needs. **Lead technical strategy and solution development.** Develop high-level mission concepts and technical architectures that position Advanced Space for future growth. Support proposal efforts by shaping winning technical solutions, evaluating feasibility, and ensuring alignment with portfolio strategy. **Drive business growth.** Work closely with Business Development to identify new opportunities, engage customers and partners, and expand Advanced Space's presence within your technology portfolio. Help prioritize investments, evaluate return on investment, and guide technology maturation efforts through funded programs and IRAD initiatives. **Be the technical expert.** Maintain a deep understanding of Advanced Space's technologies, ongoing programs, customer priorities, industry trends, and competitive landscape. Represent the company at conferences, technical meetings, and customer engagements while serving as a trusted subject matter expert. **Connect innovation across the company.** Partner with engineering, systems engineering, program management, marketing, and leadership teams to ensure technology development remains aligned across projects. Track portfolio progress, communicate key metrics to leadership, and help preserve organizational knowledge as technologies mature. **Who Thrives Here** - You have **8–12 years of experience** in spacecraft systems, mission architecture, systems engineering, mission design, navigation, or a related aerospace discipline. - You have experience developing technology roadmaps, technical strategies, or solution architectures for complex engineering programs. - You understand spacecraft mission concepts, systems engineering, mission design, spacecraft subsystem trades, or mission-critical technologies. - You have experience leading technical trade studies and translating mission objectives into system requirements and operational concepts (ConOps). - You're comfortable engaging with customers, partners, executive leadership, and multidisciplinary engineering teams. - You have experience supporting proposals, business development efforts, or strategic technology planning. - You communicate complex technical concepts clearly through presentations, technical papers, and customer discussions. - You're naturally curious, continuously learning, and passionate about advancing the state of the art. - You take ownership. When you see a challenge, you work with the team to solve it. **Bonus Points if You Have Experience With** - Spacecraft mission design or mission architecture - Spacecraft navigation or astrodynamics - Systems engineering for space missions - Spacecraft communications or subsystem design - Technology roadmapping or portfolio management - Proposal leadership and capture strategy - IRAD planning and technology maturation - Conference presentations or technical publications - Master's or Ph.D. in Engineering or a related technical discipline **Success is Measured By** - Developing technology roadmaps that align with company strategy and customer needs. - Advancing innovative technologies from concept through funded development. - Helping secure new business opportunities through compelling technical solutions. - Building strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders. - Providing strategic technical leadership that strengthens Advanced Space's competitive position. - Successfully communicating portfolio progress, technical achievements, and future opportunities to company leadership. **Why Join Advanced Space** - Help define the technologies that will shape the future of lunar and deep-space exploration. - Influence the technical direction of programs supporting NASA, commercial, civil, and national security customers. - Collaborate with world-class engineers, scientists, and business leaders solving some of aerospace's most exciting challenges. - Play a pivotal role in growing a rapidly expanding space company where innovation drives every mission. - Join a team that's passionate about delivering innovation to orbit—and beyond. **Compensation & Benefits** - Base Salary: **$134,000–$174,000** (based on experience, qualifications, and location) - Signing bonus - Quarterly performance bonuses - Company-sponsored medical benefits and 401(k) - Flexible time off - Relocation assistance **Advanced Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer.** We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.