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The Solutions Architect will lead technical discovery sessions, translate customer requirements into architectures, prototype implementations, and collaborate with teams to address customer needs within space-ground systems.
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The SMX Space and Intelligence (S&I) Business Unit (BU) is on the ground floor across the future remote-sensing ecosystem for all orbital regimes (LEO, MEO, HEO, and GEO). We build, integrate, and operationally support our customers’ emerging space-ground systems to include real-time data processing frameworks, sensor data processing, analytics, and data visualization. We are teamed with the most passionate companies in industry, dedicated to bringing best-of-breed capabilities to address our customers’ most pressing needs.
 
SMX has an immediate opportunity for a Solutions Architect who is excited to apply their talents to our customers’ challenging needs and who will thrive in a collaborative environment. In this role, you will work alongside our growth and sales teams to shape technical solutions for prospective customers. The ideal candidate is a recognized professional with hands-on product expertise and an excellent understanding of requirements discovery, design iteration and technical communication. You will translate customer needs into credible, high-level architectures that demonstrate how those needs can be met using our platform and core capabilities. You will help define solution approaches that are both compelling to the customer and aligned with our company’s core and emerging capabilities.
 
This role sits at the intersection of customer outreach, technical and user-centric design, and meaningful prototyping, helping accelerate customer engagement into real engineering solutions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Work as part of our technical leadership team coordinating with our corporate growth teams to understand prospective customer requirements and their technical environments and constraints.
  • Lead technical discovery sessions to understand and translate customer desires into high-level architecture that demonstrates domain understanding, addresses customer needs, and aligns with S&I capabilities
  • Help refine how the organization communicates its technical capabilities to potential customers
  • Collaborate with software development staff to build targeted prototype implementations to address customer needs
  • Contribute to proposal submittals and request for information (RFI) responses
  • Work closely with software and systems engineering teams using an Agile development process
  • Own the product prototyping lifecycle, from discovery through design and implementation, to customer demonstration and presentation
  • Work with senior systems engineers to discover requirements and shape project execution kickoff

Required Skills & Experience 

  • Clearance Required: Active DoD Secret
  • BS or advanced degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, or similar relevant field
  • Experience with software based remote sensing systems including planning and scheduling, ground control, data processing, and command and control domains
  • 10+ years of experience with software product design or systems engineering and integration
  • General knowledge of Systems Engineering practices, Product Management, and Agile development methodologies
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Skills & Experience 

  • Experience with team productivity tools such as JIRA and Confluence, GitLab, or Microsoft equivalents (Azure DevOps, etc.)
  • Experience with software tools data analytics, prototyping, and/or production software
  • Working knowledge of AI/ML enabled technologies in both business use and/or production system use



Application Deadline:  March 30, 2026

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The SMX salary determination process takes into account a number of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories, relevant prior work experience, specific skills, education and certifications. At SMX, one of our Core Values is to Invest in Our People so we offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits. Some key components of our robust benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

The proposed salary for this position is:
$158,500$247,600 USD

At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is an Equal Opportunity employer including disabilities and veterans.

Selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.

SMX does not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).


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