Principal Architect, Technical Solutions, DZMG

At our Day & Zimmermann Munitions Plants, we ensure the nation’s front lines have safe, high-quality ammunition. As a trusted premier manufacturer of ammunition to the U.S. Military, our capabilities include production of direct and indirect fire, components, special projects, warheads, demilitarization, precision products, area denial systems, fuzing, Counter-UAS/UAS, loitering munitions, electronics, payloads, and related components. With over 120 years of experience, our teams consistently exceed expectations. Join us in our mission to put people to work, protect American freedoms, and help our customers power and improve the world.

About the role

The Principal Architect, Technical Solutions provides senior individual-contributor technical leadership for DZMG business development efforts by translating customer mission needs into executable munitions solution concepts and architectures. This role shapes competitive technical approaches across early market engagement, capture, proposal, demonstrations, and execution handoff for munitions and related technologies. The position influences customers, partners, suppliers, universities, and internal engineering and execution teams to advance differentiated solutions and reduce technical, cost, and transition risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of principal-level technical solution architectures, concepts of operation, approaches, and implementation strategies that translate customer mission needs into executable and differentiated DZMG offerings across munitions and related technologies.
• Provide technical leadership for capture, white papers, Sources Sought, RFIs, proposals, presentations, demonstrations, and other customer-facing technical content.
• Ensure technical approaches are clear, competitive, compliant with customer requirements, and aligned with execution capabilities.
• Engage customer technical organizations, laboratories, engineering communities, operational users, and other stakeholders to understand mission priorities, emerging requirements, operational constraints, and potential solution pathways.
• Develop and maintain relationships with commercial technology companies, suppliers, universities, industry partners, and trade associations to identify emerging capabilities, teaming opportunities, and technologies that can strengthen DZMG pursuits.
• Evaluate technical feasibility, cost drivers, schedule considerations, integration risks, and execution handoff requirements for proposed solutions.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, program, and proposal teams to support realistic solution development and successful transition after award.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, computer science, physical sciences, or a related technical discipline; equivalent combination of education and related technical experience may be considered.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering, systems architecture, technical solution development, or related technical experience, including at least 5 years supporting complex government, defense, or munitions business development pursuits such as capture, white papers, RFIs/Sources Sought, competitive proposals, demonstrations, or customer-facing technical solution development.

Skills

• Advanced ability to translate complex customer mission needs and technical requirements into integrated solution architectures, concepts of operation, implementation approaches, and differentiated customer-facing value propositions.
• Expert knowledge of engineering, systems architecture, and technical solution development methods sufficient to evaluate feasibility, integration complexity, cost drivers, technical risk, and execution handoff needs for complex munitions-related solutions.
• Working knowledge of government or defense business development, capture, proposal, and customer engagement processes sufficient to shape compliant and competitive technical responses.
• Advanced technical communication capability sufficient to develop persuasive white papers, RFIs/Sources Sought responses, proposal content, presentations, diagrams, and demonstrations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build credibility with customer technical communities, operational users, commercial technology providers, suppliers, universities, and industry partners to identify requirements, emerging technologies, and teaming opportunities.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary solution efforts through influence, align internal and external stakeholders, and integrate engineering, operations, program, supplier, and partner inputs without direct supervisory authority.

Essential Functions

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery).
• Manual dexterity (e.g., picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses the fingers).
• Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 0 pounds.
• Walking.
• Hearing.
• Repetitive motions of any part of the body.
• Talking.
• Capacity to think, concentrate, and focus over long periods of time.
• Ability to write complex documents in the English language.
• Ability to read complex documents in English.
• Capacity to express thoughts orally (e.g., accurately, quickly, and loudly convey spoken instructions to workers).
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions.
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at the company’s office or work site.
• Ability to travel up to 30% to customer, partner, supplier, industry, and company locations as business needs require.

Pay

The wage range for this role is $107,200 - $160,800. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as the final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, and other paid time off.
• Voluntary benefits and discount programs, including pet insurance.