Technical Architect - Professional Services

Aptiv
Washington, DC, United States
28 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Computer Engineering Virtualization Technology VxWorks Delivery Pipeline SC Clearance Information Technology DO-178B

Job description

Lead Technical Delivery for Mission-Critical Projects

  • Serve as the senior technical contributor across architecture, implementation, integration, and troubleshooting.

  • Work directly with customer engineering teams to align mission requirements with achievable system designs.

  • Develop integration strategies, operating concepts, and technical roadmaps.

  • Identify technical risks early, define mitigation strategies, and drive resolution.

  • Produce technical artifacts including integration plans, diagrams, and configuration guides.

  • Support multiple active engagements with flexibility for shifting customer priorities.

Support Pre-Sales & Scoping

  • Collaborate with WRX leadership to scope engagements, define architectural approaches, and estimate technical effort.

  • Participate in customer calls to present technical concepts and validate requirements.

  • Contribute to Statements of Work (SOWs), proposals, resource estimates, and feasibility assessments.

Mentor and Elevate Technical Talent

  • As WRX scales, the Technical Architect may also support mentoring, coaching, and elevating technical contributors across the team.

Core Wind River Product Expertise (Required)

  • VxWorks

  • Helix Virtualization Platform (HVP) / Helix Suite

Additional Wind River Products (Supported as Needed)

  • Support pre-sales and delivery engagements involving additional Wind River products such as WRLinux/eLxR, WRCP, Simics, BSPs, DevOps pipelines, and related tools.

Requirements

  • US Citizenship (mandatory).

  • SECRET clearance or ability to obtain and maintain.

  • Minimum 7-10 years of experience with Wind River products.

  • Federal experience delivering technical solutions.

  • Experience with safety- or security-critical standards such as DO-178C, FACE, IEC61508, IEC62304, ISO26262.

  • Strong communication skills with confidence engaging technical and program stakeholders.

  • Demonstrated ability to deliver complex engineering solutions.

  • Ability to work within a FOCI-mitigated operational environment and comply with associated controls.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.

  • Ability to support multiple priorities including delivery and pre-sales activities.

  • Willingness to travel approximately 10% (may vary based on customer program requirements).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience mentoring or guiding engineers.

  • Experience working in high-security or FOCI-mitigated environments.

  • Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs., Successful candidates must engage in a security clearance process in regard to their citizenship in order to perform fundamental job duties, as per applicable law. In particular, candidates with certain citizenship may not be able to perform such fundamental job duties. Currently, this includes citizens of the following countries: Belarus; Burma; China; Cuba; Iran; North Korea; Syria; Venezuela; Afghanistan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Cyprus; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Haiti; Iraq; Lebanon; Libya; Russia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Zimbabwe. The security clearance process may take a significant amount of time to complete, and any offer of employment will be contingent on the candidate’s legal ability to perform the fundamental job duties. Wind River is committed to meeting its obligations to candidates under applicable human rights law and privacy law in this regard.

About the company

Wind RiverX (WRX) is a mission-driven software company focused on delivering advanced, secure, and resilient solutions that support U.S. defense and national security missions. As a subsidiary of Wind River, a global leader in intelligent systems software with over four decades of proven success in aerospace and defense, WRX builds upon a trusted legacy of innovation, reliability, and mission assurance.

Wind River’s software has powered some of the world’s most critical systems - from the Mars rovers and commercial aircraft to advanced military platforms and autonomous defense technologies. Building on this heritage, WRX extends that technical excellence to accelerate innovation at the edge, combining agility, security, and modern software practices tailored to the unique needs of defense customers.

At WRX, we partner closely with government, defense, and industry leaders to provide secure and reliable systems to the most critical missions, enhance interoperability, and strengthen digital resilience.

Our team brings deep expertise in systems integration, open architecture, customer needs, and software-defined solutions that empower our warfighters and critical partners across air, land, sea, and cyber domains.

We are a fast-growing organization that values collaboration, integrity, and technical mastery. Our culture is rooted in innovation and purpose - we move quickly, think boldly, and take pride in delivering solutions that matter. If you believe you would be an asset to a high-powered team with an energetic culture where you will contribute to reducing the definition of impossible, we would like to talk to you.

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