Senior Solution Engineer / Solution Architect

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid) or Washington, DC metro (Hybrid) Travel: ~30–40% to customer sites, partner facilities, test ranges, and live exercises Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance required About NODA NODA is a veteran-owned Series A defense technology company building the orchestration layer for autonomous unmanned systems. Our platform — URZA — coordinates fleets of heterogeneous vehicles across air, sea, and land for defense and intelligence customers. We expect every hire to be mission-driven with strong agency. The Role We are seeking a senior full-stack engineer to lead URZA deployment and customer-facing technical delivery across active customer programs. This req can land at either Senior Solution Engineer (L5) or Solution Architect (L6) depending on demonstrated depth — see leveling below. You will own URZA deployments end-to-end at customer sites — primarily in DoW and military operating environments. You will lead engagements as the senior engineering presence on the ground, partner directly with Mission Leads and Field Operations, and represent NODA in customer technical reviews. Expect significant time on-site and significant time writing — runbooks, deployment guides, ConOps documents, after-action reports. What you'll do Lead URZA deployments end-to-end at customer sites in DoW and military operating environments. [... source excerpt omitted ...] h customer's mission and ConOps. Integrate URZA with third-party C2 systems, sensors, software APIs, and external data sources (weather, reconnaissance, intelligence feeds). Run customer technical reviews and operator training; partner with Mission Leads on engagement coordination. Build reusable engagement scaffolding (runbooks, ConOps templates, integration playbooks); mentor mid-level Solution Engineers. Required Qualifications 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, with significant customer-facing or forward-deployed work. Strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust; advanced Linux fluency. Networking depth (TCP/IP, UDP, multicast, routing) and field debugging a [... source excerpt omitted ...] ple system layers. Demonstrated deployment experience in DoW, military, or comparable operational environments. U.S. citizenship; able to obtain a security clearance. Preferred Qualifications Hands-on with autonomous systems or unmanned vehicles (UAS, UGV, USV, UUV). Tactical C2 systems (TAK, Cursor-on-Target, Link 16) or pub-sub middleware (Zenoh, DDS). Experience integrating sensors, third-party APIs, or external data feeds (weather, reconnaissance, intelligence). Prior defense, autonomy, or robotics company experience; classified / ITAR / CMMC environment exposure. Active security clearance. Leveling — Senior SE (L5) vs. Solution Architect (L6) Senior Solution Engineer (L5