VIAVI Solutions · 5 months ago
Embedded Systems Architect/Lead
Lenexa, KS, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expVIAVI Solutions is a company with over 90 years of technical innovations, focusing on test and measurement technologies for Aerospace and Defense. They are seeking a Software Systems Architect to develop avionics test and certification products, requiring technical knowledge in avionics technologies and leadership skills to align teams around innovative architectures and processes.
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Responsibilities
Interact with diverse areas (e.g. marketing, operations, other divisions) to achieve business unit goals
Provide experience and participate in full lifecycle of development for software systems
Act as a change agent, collaborate with others to create SW architecture roadmaps and improve SW development processes
In conjunction with Marketing and Engineering teams, develop and maintain a product / technology roadmap aligned with industry architecture trends and the strategic direction of the business. Identify any technology or skill set gaps that will impede roadmap attainment and develop and execute plans for resolution
Support our "One-Team" initiative to converge on tools/processes across the different R&D locations
Mentor the other SW leads to better enable cross-site development capabilities
Exercise Business Acumen to make smart business and product trade-off decisions across the entire business
Work cross-functionally to perform risk assessments to encourage teams to take informed risks with measured consequences
Manage complexity and ambiguity to lead teams in execution while details are being finalized over time
Qualification
Required
BSCS / BSCE or equivalent experience (required), advanced engineering degree (preferred)
Eight plus years of systems architecture and/or engineering leadership experience and 10 years of hands-on software development experience
Expert knowledge of Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)/ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards - specifically RTCA DO-181, DO-260, and ICAO Annex 10
Expert knowledge of Avionics -Transponders, Interrogators, Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B), Ground Initiated Comm B (GICB), Universal Access Transceiver (UAT), Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), Instrument Landing System (ILS), VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN), and Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT)
Relevant recent experience with UI technologies
Proficient with C and C++ programming languages
Various Network Communication Protocol experience
TCP / IP networking (development and debugging)
Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
Familiarity with standard SW development tools (version control, debuggers, issue databases, etc.)
Experience leading in-house and outsourced development teams
Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and master new technologies and techniques
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and abilities
Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with PLM, BU GM and executive level
Ability to define and create project management plans and documents to present project status to senior management. Must be results oriented to achieve project goals by doing whatever is necessary to move the team forward
Ability to work across sites, time zones and cultures to deliver on project goals in addition to overall company initiatives
Company
VIAVI Solutions
Global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions and light management technologies
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$990.73M2025-12-16Post Ipo Equity· $140.73M
2025-10-16Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2025-08-13Post Ipo Debt· $250M
Leadership Team
Oleg Khaykin
President and CEO
Sameh Yamany
Corporate Chief Technology Officer
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