Airborne Platforms Solutions, Lead

Airborne Platforms Solutions, Lead

The Opportunity:

Lead enterprise‑level solution strategy and technical architecture development for major Airborne Platform Modernization pursuits. As a capture leader, you will shape winning solutions across complex aircraft, mission systems, and platform integration efforts, converting broad customer mission needs into competitive, risk‑informed, and cost‑realistic offerings.

You will partner closely with Business Development, pricing, technical SMEs, and delivery leadership to define the solution vision, architect system‑of‑systems approaches, and ensure all elements, including technical, staffing, BOEs, compliance, and price, align to a compelling capture strategy. You’ll guide early shaping activities, build discriminating features, and position the company to win high‑value modernization and integration opportunities. This role also leads key industry and partner engagements to expand teaming footprint and strengthen long‑range pipeline objectives.

How You'll Contribute:

• Drive senior‑level solution strategy and architecture development for airborne modernization pursuits, including aircraft‑level integration, mission systems, communications, avionics, and platform‑level upgrades.

• Lead early capture shaping: operational concepts, candidate architectures, integration pathways, technical trades, risk posture, and requirements decomposition.

• Develop and validate technical approaches tied to SRR, PDR, CDR, verification artifacts, and system integration baselines.

• Oversee proposal technical volumes, compliance matrices, solution narratives, and integrated solution reviews to ensure defensible, compliant, and compelling submissions.

• Partner with pricing and PTW teams to align technical solutions with cost models, burdening, and defensible BOEs.

• Lead enterprise partnerships, OEM integrator relationships, and senior stakeholder engagement to advance teaming strategies and competitive differentiation.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, integration, and airworthiness risks, ensuring solutions are traceable, verifiable, and aligned with certification frameworks.

• Guide color review readiness across gate reviews, ensuring solution coherence, staffing realism, competitive positioning, and traceability to customer priorities.

• Mentor solution architects, capture leads, and engineering contributors across the pursuit lifecycle.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience leading technical solution development, capture shaping, and architecture definition for aircraft, mission systems, or platform modernization efforts

• Experience orchestrating solution volumes, compliance matrices, risk registers, technical trades, and cross‑discipline integration artifacts

• Experience with Price‑to‑Win methodologies, competitive analysis, cost‑volume development, Pro Pricer, and defensible BOE creation

• Experience engaging senior customers, integrators, OEMs, and mission stakeholders to translate needs into differentiated solution strategies

• Knowledge of airworthiness, MIL‑HDBK‑516, flight test integration, and system verification approaches, such as DT/OT coordination

• Knowledge of avionics and mission system integration across platforms, including architectures, such as MIL‑STD‑1553, advanced datalinks, and sensor fusion

• Knowledge of structured capture governance, color reviews, and solution gating to ensure capture alignment and technical credibility

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in capture management for major modernization or integration efforts, including modern contracting options like Other Transactional Authorities, Commercial Solution Offerings and enterprise contracting constructs

• Experience in OEM or integrator program leadership and execution, and multi‑program execution

• Knowledge of test strategy leadership, verification planning, and multi‑range execution

• TS/SCI clearance

• DAU or Shipley Capture certifications

• Pro Pricer, FAR, and DFARS cost principles certifications

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.