Lead Solution/Systems Architect

About the position

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world. As part of Detection and Measurement, TCI is a global leader in innovative spectrum monitoring and signals intelligence systems. With solutions to ensure the efficient use of frequencies, long distance communications, monitoring and security communications intelligence applications, we improve communications and protect military forces and infrastructure around the world. This role will directly support, shadow and learn from our current CTO opening the door to decades of knowledge and experience. When taking this role you will be preparing and laying the foundations to become the successor for this critical leadership position. This is a vital role which forms part of our strategic succession plan, designed to ensure we build for the future whilst ensuring success for all involved.

Responsibilities

• Learn from and support the current CTO, preparing and laying foundations for future succession.
• Own and lead major Engineering KPIs as agreed by CTO and Director of Engineering.
• Key engineering presence in the Fremont office supporting the CTO, Director of Engineering and Chief Engineer.
• Supporting our CTO on customer visits for key opportunities and projects.
• Travel to meet with key commercial and technical customer representatives.
• Gather, understand and influence customer requirements.
• Define system solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Costing of proposed solutions.
• Contribute to proposals and statements of work.
• Realising proposed system solutions by collaborating with the wider Engineering design team.
• Supporting the CTO and Director of Engineering to realize proposed system solutions.
• Defining and communicating requirements or solutions to the different areas of engineering.
• Technical review and design input for the software, embedded, hardware and system engineers.
• Lead the architecture and design of roadmap products and new technologies.
• Understand and implement the latest industry techniques.
• Support the creation of the company technology roadmap.
• Produce requirements for roadmap products.
• Lead design and system architecture for roadmap products.
• Support lower-level design for roadmap products.
• Support testing and QA for roadmap products.
• Key contributor in the full Engineering lifecycle (cradle to grave).
• Ensure company technical problems are resolved creatively, independently and in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Competitive and market analysis. Evaluate and understand the products and offerings from leading companies in our marketplace.
• Conduct research to remain knowledgeable with regards to industry trends and emerging technologies in anticipation of new business process and products.

Requirements

• Experience in equivalent industries including but not limited to Spectrum Monitoring Systems, HFDF, tactical COMINT, RF Spectrum management or Electronic Warfare.
• 10+ years experience in software and hardware development.
• 10+ years experience in low level and system design.
• Proven experience in technology planning, organization and development.
• Experience applying technology solutions to business problems.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of RF design and techniques.
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and signal processing techniques.
• Software Defined Radio and FPGA platform development experience.
• Understanding of spectrum and cellular standards.
• Knowledge of direction finding, Geolocation, Angle of Arrival, Time Difference of Arrival and hybrid systems.
• Knowledge of the ITU and Spectrum Monitoring handbook.

Benefits

• Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave.
• Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one.
• Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans.
• Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs.