Technical Director, Air and Space

About the role

The Technical Director, Air and Space operates at the intersection of engineering and product deployment to our customers and end users. It requires a combination of high technical acumen, problem-solving skills, and strong interpersonal skills. As the internal-facing spokesperson for our customers, you will be responsible for ensuring our products and services fully meet customer requirements and capability needs. As the external-facing technical spokesperson for our products and services, you will advise our customers on the application of Parry Labs offerings to meet their emerging needs.

Responsibilities

• Market & Customer Strategy
  • Lead technical engagements with Government and prime contractor customers to understand their requirements and expectations
  • Support the customer in identification, planning, and management of their capability initiatives
  • Gain insight into future needs and scope growth opportunities
  • Serve as the company’s subject matter expert in aviation and space technical and operational domains, analyzing and summarizing mission needs across platforms
  • Support determination of product market position within the defense and national security sector, informing development of the product roadmap
• Pursuit & Capture
  • Support the Growth organization in developing opportunity pipelines and capture strategies for specific pursuits
  • Develop and describe design approaches that can aid customer missions
  • Advise customers and business partners on the application of Parry Labs offerings to meet their emerging needs
  • Develop SOW/PWS requirements and corresponding technical estimates that are executable within product and organizational capabilities
• Product Design & Roadmap Alignment
  • Guide solution design based on original design approach, refined for project constraints
  • Support alignment of engineering, product management, growth, and delivery where conflicting
  • Ensure technical approaches across programs and products align with customer requirements and expectations
• Product Development, Delivery, & Deployment
  • Develop a delivery strategy aligned with customer feature set and timeline needs
  • Oversee project-specific customization of products to meet customer tailored needs
  • Maintain disciplined product governance through enforcement of organizational standards and other applicable engineering directives, policies, processes, and procedures
  • Support integration of our products into the customer’s environment, providing onsite technical guidance and troubleshooting
  • Support Technical Project Managers in identification, assessment, and mitigation of technical risks
  • Review, advise, and approve technical work products
  • Champion actions and initiatives that improve customer satisfaction

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or another related STEM field.
• 10+ years of experience in the defense or aerospace industry.
• Experience in requirements development, integration and test, and customer delivery.
• Experience integrating hardware and software systems in a lab and field test environments.
• Experience collecting requirements and developing work estimates for proposals and projects.
• Proficiency in relevant software tools: requirement analysis tools, CI/CD pipelines, Agile management tools, and test management tools.
• Skilled in incremental software delivery aligned with government-defined drops (e.g., MVP, Code Lock, 0.9).
• Leadership in establishing architecture baselines, conducting design reviews, and managing interface compliance.
• Proficiency with container orchestration, DevSecOps pipelines, and open-source hypervisors.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and government-secured OS baselines.
• Knowledge of safety regulations and quality control procedures.
• Experience deploying modular software to edge compute environments (e.g., M2C2, ARM/GPU SBCs).
• Familiarity with RMF, ATO, Fortify, and FIPS 140-3 cybersecurity requirements.
• Strong grasp of government rights models (e.g., GPR) and technical data delivery requirements.
• Understanding of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles.
• Background in certification strategies for modular safety software.
• Experience with Open Architecture Standards (e.g. FACE, OMS).
• Expertise in hardware/software abstraction layers (HALs) and interface control documents (ICDs).
• Familiarity with hardware interfaces (e.g. 1553, serial).
• Familiarity with software interfaces (e.g. STANAG 4586, FACE TSS, OMS CAL).
• Familiarity with configuring networks (e.g. VLANs, SDN).
• US Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.