20 days ago
Denver, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$240k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority for enterprise software architecture across ATARS and future software-enabled products.
- Define the long-term software architecture roadmap and lead architecture across embedded, real-time, simulation, mission, networking, cloud, edge, AI/ML, and user applications.
- Establish architecture governance through review boards, design standards, reusable frameworks, and technical decision processes.
- Lead software modernization, containerization, cloud-native services, DevSecOps, software factories, and secure software development practices.
- Define enterprise development standards covering coding practices, architecture patterns, API governance, quality metrics, and secure lifecycle practices.
- Guide AI-enabled capabilities, autonomy, computer vision, machine learning integration, augmented and mixed reality, real-time visualization, and distributed simulation.
- Ensure architectures meet latency, determinism, scalability, cybersecurity, reliability, and maintainability requirements.
- Partner with systems engineering on Digital Engineering, MBSE, requirements traceability, interface management, and verification planning.
- Identify technical risks, conduct architecture trade studies, and establish mitigation strategies.
- Support staffing and mentor Principal Engineers, Software Architects, and Software Engineering Managers.
- Partner with business development and executives during customer engagements and proposal development, representing Red 6 with government customers and partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, or a related STEM discipline; a master’s degree is preferred and a PhD is a plus.
- 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including at least 8 years leading large-scale software architecture initiatives in aerospace, defense, simulation, avionics, autonomy, AR/VR, or related industries.
- Demonstrated experience defining enterprise architectures spanning embedded systems, distributed computing, cloud platforms, and real-time applications.
- Proven experience leading architecture across complex hardware/software integrated systems.
- Experience developing and certifying flight or safety-critical software for airborne platforms using DO-178 and/or AC-17-01.
- Deep understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, containerized applications, and edge computing.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps, CI/CD, software factories, and secure software development methodologies.
- Strong understanding of embedded Linux, RTOS, GPU computing, networking, and high-performance software architectures.
- Experience integrating software with avionics, mission systems, sensors, or defense communications architectures.
- Excellent executive communication and leadership skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include AR/VR/MR and advanced visualization experience, real-time graphics or rendering expertise, GPU programming, computer vision, AI/ML-enabled autonomy platforms, OMS, FACE, MOSA, CMOSS, Kubernetes, hybrid cloud, edge deployment, Digital Engineering, MBSE, RMF, Zero Trust, DoD cybersecurity frameworks, and leadership of software organizations in high-growth defense technology companies.
- Active DoD Secret or Top-Secret security clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time employee healthcare, dental, and vision coverage with 100% coverage for employees.
- Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity benefits.
- May be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to plan terms.
- Position is based in Louisville, Colorado, or Santa Monica, California.
Tech Stack
About Red 6
Red 6 is a veteran founded business that has re-defined the future of advanced training and interaction with digital content, by developing a revolutionary augmented reality technology that works outdoors, and in the most dynamic of environments.