Principal Solutions Architect - Aerospace & Defense at PhysicsX | United States | Rezi

Principal Solutions Architect - Aerospace & Defense at PhysicsX

Principal Solutions Architect - Aerospace & Defense

PhysicsX · United States

2 weeks ago

Principal Solutions Architect - Aerospace & Defense

PhysicsX · United States

19 days ago
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About the Role

This is a high-profile leadership role in our US Delivery organization, blending business development and execution. You will lead business development conversations with engineering and manufacturing leaders at Aerospace & Defense (A&D) players, close deals, and own commercial outcomes, customer relationships, and delivery results. Internally, this role is called a Delivery Engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Drive new business development across A&D by identifying and qualifying opportunities through your network, industry events, and direct engagement.
  • Shape our A&D go-to-market strategy, including events, content, customer references, and relevant capabilities.
  • Lead initial proposal and discovery conversations with senior engineering, manufacturing, and program leaders.
  • Lead proposal development and scoping in partnership with commercial stakeholders.
  • Lead delivery projects at enterprise customers, establishing and executing technical plans, overseeing teams, and focusing on customer outcomes and adoption.
  • Own strategic relationships with senior customer stakeholders, creating and executing account plans, and driving customer retention and footprint expansion.
  • Synthesize customer needs into actionable product feedback for the Product team to shape the PX Platform's evolution.
  • Maintain a visible presence at major A&D industry events to build PhysicsX's reputation.
  • Travel to customer sites and industry events, averaging 1-2 weeks per month.

Requirements

  • Spent career inside aerospace and defense in engineering programs, advanced development, or technical consulting.
  • Ability to hold substantive conversations with chief engineers or VPs.
  • Energized by turning customer relationships into growing programs by identifying next steps, building coalitions, and delivering.
  • Understand aircraft development, defense acquisition, and advanced manufacturing processes, decision-making, challenges, and priorities.
  • Sufficient ML and data science depth to lead customer conversations, scope work with technical experts, and lead cross-functional delivery teams.
  • Strong knowledge of the simulation domain, ideally with hands-on experience.
  • Clear communication and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Highly self-directed with the ability to determine priorities and own follow-through.
  • May have a visible presence in the A&D community (technical conferences, professional networks, published work) or be building one.
  • 8+ years of experience in A&D in commercial, product, program, or engineering roles.
  • May require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations (EAR, ITAR).
  • Offer of employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.

Skills

  • ML
  • Data Science
  • Simulation Domain Knowledge
  • Business Development
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Project Delivery
  • Account Planning
  • Product Feedback Synthesis
  • Technical Scoping
  • Proposal Development

Location

  • New York
  • Hybrid

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 8+ years of experience in A&D

Salary/Compensations

  • $175,000 - $250,000 depending on experience

Benefits

  • Equity options
  • 5% contribution to 401(k)
  • Free team lunch 1x/week
  • Private health insurance
  • Enhanced parental leave (3 months full pay paternity, 6 months full pay maternity)
  • 20 days of Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays)
  • Personal development support
  • Subsidized Gympass / Wellhub for employee and up to 3 family members
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

About the Company

  • PhysicsX is a deep-tech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software.
  • We are building an AI-driven simulation software stack for engineering and manufacturing across advanced industries.
  • PhysicsX unlocks new levels of optimization and automation in design, manufacturing, and operations by enabling high-fidelity, multi-physics simulation through AI inference across the entire engineering lifecycle.
  • Our customers include leading innovators in Aerospace & Defense, Materials, Energy, Semiconductors, and Automotive.

Equal Opportunity

  • We value diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply.
  • We sponsor bright women from disadvantaged backgrounds through their university degrees in science and mathematics.
  • We collect diversity and inclusion data solely for the purpose of monitoring the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policies and ensuring compliance with UK employment and equality legislation.
  • This information is confidential, used only in aggregate form, and will not influence the outcome of your application.