Senior Engineering Manager, Solutions Engineering
NODA AIDefense Tech company
Austin, United StatesManager
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bloomberg Beta
Booz Allen Ventures
Alumni Ventures Group
Draper Associates
Outlander VC
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead Solutions Engineering team for customer-facing software deployments.
- •Lead, coach, and performance-manage Solution Engineers and Architects across levels; own hiring, promotions, and the calibrated hiring bar.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, and performance-manage Solution Engineers and Architects across levels; own hiring, promotions, and the calibrated hiring bar.
- •Own engagement staffing and delivery quality across active customer programs.
- •Lead the Solutions Engineering team through the full deployment lifecycle: ConOps and deployment design → field execution → customer handoff → After Action Review (AAR).
- •Maintain exceptional technical standards on all customer-facing deliverables: deployment runbooks, ConOps documentation, and post-engagement debriefs.
- •Partner with Product Management, Mission Leads, Field Operations, Business Dev, and engineering counterparts on cross-functional delivery.
- •Requirements 6+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years directly managing engineers.
- •Track record leading customer-facing or forward-deployed engineering teams in defense, autonomy, or comparable high-stakes B2B environments.
- •Strong technical credibility, can read Python, C++, or Rust and evaluate integration architecture decisions.
- •Excellent written communication.
- •U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain a security clearance.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementPythonC++RustCI/CDDockerKubernetes
Domain expertise
defense
Tech stack
PythonC++RustCI/CDDockerKubernetes