Senior Systems Architect

Job overview

The Senior Systems Architect role is onsite in Kirkland, WA. Compensation is not specified. The role is part of Echodyne's Advanced Technology Development team, which develops radar prototypes and technologies for future radar products. The architect defines system approaches that connect sensing, calibration, compute, power, packaging, software, testing, and field demonstrations. The role helps the engineering team make disciplined technical decisions, retire high-impact risks through experiments, and transition prototype results into product-development guidance.

What you'll do

• Develop mission needs, concepts of operation, success criteria, and system objectives
• translate product goals and use cases into architectures, requirements, interfaces, and technical budgets
• lead cross-disciplinary trade studies
• define prototype experiments, integration plans, and verification evidence
• maintain architecture baselines, assumptions, interfaces, decisions, and risks
• collaborate across engineering, product, research, manufacturing, suppliers, and stakeholders
• turn prototype results into architecture decisions and transition packages.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior systems architect

kirkland wa

echodyne

advanced technology development

radar prototypes

systems architecture

hardware and software

cross-disciplinary engineering

trade studies

rapid prototyping

export-controlled data

radar technology

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Restricted Stock Units
• fully paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
• virtual care
• mental health coverage
• travel assistance
• company-paid life and disability insurance
• flexible PTO
• 401(k) match
• pet insurance
• prepaid legal program
• commuter benefits
• paid company holidays.

Why this role

The posting states an expected annual salary range of $137,196–$205,382, although the structural salary fields specify no compensation; the role requires eligibility to handle export-controlled technical data.

About the employer

Echodyne Corp is hiring for this role. Industry: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. Sector: 33.