Principal Architecture Engineer

Avion Solutions, Inc.
Huntsville, AL

Avion Solutions Inc., an employee-owned company, seeks candidates for a Principal Architecture Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency. This position is based in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

  • Define and evaluate Missile Defense System (MDS) trade capability space envelope, architectural performance metrics, and other high-level performance metrics as applicable.
  • Provide technical expertise on missile defense activities to include adversary capabilities, systems engineering, and evaluation. Remain cognizant of intelligence updates of new threat systems that affect future missile defense architectures.
  • Evaluate the adequacy of the current MDS to include ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defensive architecture to counter the threat and recommend courses of action for concept of operations, system improvements. Identify alternate strategies for affordable, cost effective and technically advanced systems.
  • Evaluate and adapt analysis of Allied Missile Defense systems in defense of the Unified Command Theaters; assess how to incorporate those allied missile defense systems into U.S. missile defense systems to provide a more robust defense.
  • Provide reach-back for consulting services for key MDS development expertise, facilitating efforts across internal/external stakeholders such as Services and Combatant Commanders providing strategic advice, guidance, and direction.
  • Support, evaluate, analyze, and develop technical recommendations through exchanges with FFRDCs, UARCs, and OGAs to provide input on program process and technical improvement opportunities.
  • Support Defense Architecture evolution strategy and development through assessment of interim and final results of Analysis of Alternatives and other analysis activities to include top-level requirements.
  • Assist in the analysis, demonstrations, and tests to support early milestones and feasibility assessments and to collect data to verify that architecture analysis assumptions are credible.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

  • Master’s in a STEM field.
  • Minimum of 12+ years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD programs/projects.
  • Missile Defense experience.
  • Be able to accomplish the duties by working with minimal guidance.
  • Active Secret clearance.
  • Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time. US travel only.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of hypersonic weapons and their capabilities and limitations.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) with emphasis on PowerPoint.
  • Working knowledge of MDS components, architectures, and concepts.
  • Familiarity and past experience with MDA and/or other complex MDS Elements.
  • Experience in a military operational environment.
  • Preferred Navy veteran that held a position such as an Aegis Weapon System EDO or Joint Interface Control Officer, or alternatively an Army/Air Force veteran that understands MDS Elements such as THAAD/LTAMDS/Sentinel/ PATRIOT/GMD.

Equal Opportunity: Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor who affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin or any other reason prohibited by law.

Posted 2025-08-06

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