Solution Architect
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Systems, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering (Master's preferred)
- 7+ years of engineering experience, ideally spanning multiple technical domains (e.g., structures, avionics, systems integration)
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical or partially technical external audiences
- Experience representing engineering in external-facing settings (partner meetings, funding applications, customer discussions)
- Strong judgment in distinguishing what can be shared or committed to versus what requires escalation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be a Canadian citizen and eligible for security clearance
Full description
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Volatus Aerospace is a Canadian aerospace and defence technology company developing next-generation uncrewed and autonomous aerial systems, subsystems, and mission payloads. Our R&D portfolio spans platform development, certification, avionics, autonomy, and advanced sensing technologies for defence and commercial applications.
POSITION OVERVIEW
We are seeking a Solution Architect to be a dedicated technical partner to our Strategic Funding, Partnerships, and Business Development teams, providing timely, accurate technical support for partner engagements, funding submissions, and government challenge proposals. This role exists to make sure external stakeholders always have a knowledgeable, responsive technical point of contact, so that partnership and funding activities can move quickly without waiting on product engineers who are focused on program delivery. This is a technical hybrid role: strong engineering fluency across multiple domains, but not a hands-on design or development position. Reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Solution Architect act as a dedicated technical resource for Strategic Funding, Partnerships, and Business Development, ensuring their external engagements always have knowledgeable technical support available
- Represent Volatus technically in discussions with partners, primes, and funding organizations, providing accurate specifications, program status, and technical context on the company's behalf
- Interface directly with end users, including military, law enforcement, and allied defence organizations (e.g., Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP, NATO), as well as commercial end users, to understand operational requirements and communicate platform and system capabilities
- Prepare technical content for whitepapers, funding submissions, and partner-facing documentation, working closely with Business Development and Strategic Partnerships to meet submission deadlines
- Respond promptly to incoming technical questions from external stakeholders and internal partnership teams, resolving what can be addressed directly and coordinating quickly on anything that needs deeper subject-matter input
- Bring in the right subject-matter engineer for specific technical questions that genuinely require it, coordinating with the relevant Program/Project Manager so this happens in a planned, low-friction way rather than as an unplanned interruption to program teams
- Maintain a working technical understanding across multiple concurrent programs (platforms, subsystems, and sensing systems) so partners and funding bodies get fast, credible answers without needing a new briefing each time
- Flag to the relevant engineering lead any request involving proprietary design information, IP disclosure, certification commitments, or contractual/legal exposure, to ensure these are handled with appropriate care