Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Technical Architect who can bridge strategy and execution, translating leadership vision into actionable engineering programs. This role requires a combination of deep technical expertise, systems thinking, cross-functional leadership, and stakeholder management.
The ideal candidate has a strong pedigree in engineering, has scaled technology organizations from inception to maturity, and has worked extensively in hardware-centric technology environments such as aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, UAVs, or other deep-tech domains.
This individual will act as the critical liaison between business leadership, product management, engineering teams, program management, and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of strategic technology initiatives.
- Translate organizational and product vision into clear technology roadmaps, system architectures, and execution plans.
- Break down strategic objectives into actionable engineering workstreams.
- Drive alignment between business priorities, product strategy, and engineering execution.
- Ensure architectural decisions support long-term scalability, reliability, manufacturability, and business objectives.
- Define and govern system-level architecture across hardware, software, embedded systems, autonomy, communications, payloads, and ground systems.
- Lead architecture reviews and technical decision-making for complex multidisciplinary products.
- Identify technology risks early and establish mitigation strategies.
- Drive innovation while maintaining execution discipline.
- Serve as the primary interface between leadership, engineering, product, operations, manufacturing, quality, and customer-facing teams.
- Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Coordinate execution across multiple engineering disciplines and external partners.
- Support customer discussions, technology evaluations, and strategic collaborations.
- Drive execution of large-scale technology programs from concept through deployment.
- Establish engineering processes, governance frameworks, and execution mechanisms.
- Mentor engineering leaders and technical teams.
- Build high-performance engineering cultures focused on accountability, innovation, and speed.
- Evaluate emerging technologies relevant to UAVs, aerospace, robotics, AI, autonomy, sensors, communications, and defense systems.
- Shape long-term technology strategy and capability development.
- Champion engineering excellence and continuous innovation.
- 18–20 years of overall experience in technology product development.
- Proven experience in co-founding or building technology startups, preferably hardware or deep-tech ventures.
- Demonstrated success scaling engineering organizations from:
0- 10
10- 100+
- Experience leading complex multidisciplinary engineering programs.
- Strong exposure to aerospace, UAVs, robotics, aerial robotics, autonomous systems, defense technology, or related domains.
- Strong systems engineering and architecture expertise.
- Experience across hardware, embedded systems, software, electronics, controls, autonomy, and integration.
- Ability to understand and connect multiple technology domains into a cohesive product architecture.
- Experience with product lifecycle from concept, prototyping, validation, certification (where applicable), manufacturing, and deployment.
- Exceptional ability to convert ambiguous vision into structured execution.
- Strong program management and organizational leadership skills.
- Proven stakeholder management and influencing ability.
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-growing, entrepreneurial environments.
- Strong communication and executive presentation skills.
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Engineering from a premier institution; advanced technical qualifications preferred.
- Experience in UAV, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, defense, or advanced mobility sectors.
- Exposure to product commercialization and scaling of technology businesses.
- Track record of driving innovation while delivering commercially successful products.
- Successful translation of strategic vision into executable technology programs.
- Timely delivery of critical engineering milestones.
- Improved cross-functional alignment and execution efficiency.
- Scalable architecture supporting future product growth.
- Development of strong engineering teams and technical leadership bench strength.
- Contribution to technology differentiation and innovation roadmap.
