Executive Director, System Architecture Lead

4 days ago


Chandler, Arizona, United States Iridium Satellite Full time
About Iridium Satellite

Iridium is a leading provider of satellite communications solutions, renowned for its innovative and reliable network that connects individuals and organizations worldwide. With a strong commitment to excellence, we strive to empower our employees to make a meaningful impact in the world.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Executive Director, System Architecture to lead our team of senior architects in defining, designing, and guiding Iridium's space and ground network solution. As a key member of our engineering leadership team, you will be responsible for driving strategic technology initiatives, managing the creation and evolution of service roadmaps, and ensuring the technical integrity of our network.

Key Responsibilities
  • Take ownership of and evolve Iridium's space and ground network architecture, defining and driving strategic technology initiatives to support our 5-10 year business plans.
  • Lead a team of senior architects who act as system design authority (SDA) for the company, responsible for managing the creation and evolution of all service roadmaps, interfacing with Product Line Management, and generating ROM estimates and assisting with project planning.
  • Provide technical support to Marketing and Lines of Business (LOBs), take an active role in the ground network evolution alignment with terrestrial wireless advancements, and contribute to international standards efforts.
  • Ensure the right skills are in place on your team to support the breadth and depth of current and future technology investments, both through internal development and bringing in new skills and ideas from the outside.
  • Establish the architecture team as a center of excellence within Iridium by formalizing and systemizing its functions and collaborating with leaders across the company.
  • Evolving and modernizing the network architecture by incorporating best of breed industry solutions, technologies, and practices, ensuring new programs and capabilities do not compromise the reliability, scalability, robustness, serviceability, and performance of the network.
  • Identifying opportunities to improve these attributes and leading and supporting internal product, project, operations, and other process forums.
Requirements
  • Consistency of guidance and vision across internal product, project, operations, and other process touch points to effectively align present efforts with future direction.
  • Be a strong motivator and source of direction for your team and exemplify commitment to your team's goals.
  • Demonstrated technical depth and breadth in wireless networks.
  • A people-oriented mentality and the initiative to actively promote cross-functional team-building.
  • The ability to confidently drive discussions, raise support for key ideas, and tailor your communication style to a wide range of audiences, from engineers to executive leadership.
  • Creativity, resourcefulness, and decisiveness to successfully manage risks and respond to critical situations.
  • A strong sense of urgency in driving projects to completion and the motivation to achieve outcomes and results.
  • Top-notch prioritization skills and the ability to effectively coordinate the activities of multiple groups.
Education and Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent; master's degree preferred.
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in satellite or terrestrial networks and telecommunications industries.
  • 10+ years' experience working in technical development leadership roles, ideally at the solution level.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrated experience as a technical authority or chief engineer on a large-scale, multi-year, multi-million-dollar program.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and align distributed teams to achieve results.
  • Strong technical experience in satellite, radio, and communications development with demonstrated track record of achieving deliverables.
  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills, including experience drafting and conducting presentations to executive management.
  • Specific experience in the following is highly desired: hardware and software architecture of satellite, gateway, or terminal hardware or software, comprehensive technical knowledge of communications systems and protocols such as 4G/5G cellular, IP networking, cloud services, etc., product or service development in satellite or cellular communications.
Security Clearance

This position requires a security clearance, which will be verified during the hiring process.



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