Mission Engineering Lead

Overview

LMI is a mission-driven digital solutions provider accelerating government impact through innovation, speed, and commercial-grade technology. We build scalable platforms and deployable solutions—including next-generation RFID, GPS tagging, and sensor‑mesh capabilities—that power mission‑critical operations across the DoD.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial‑grade platforms and mission‑ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

LMI enhances outcomes for the government through proven expertise in federal deployment, strategic relationships, and a focus on agility and collaboration. Headquarters are in Tysons, Virginia, and LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

LMI is seeking a Mission Engineering Lead to own the hardware strategy, deployment architecture, and technical evolution of our RFID and mesh‑networking solution stack for our NADACS/SPECTR logistics management solution.

This role sits at the intersection of hardware systems engineering, mission deployment design, and hardware‑to‑software integration, ensuring that readers, tags, handhelds, edge devices, and supporting telemetry systems perform reliably in real‑world operational environments.

The Mission Engineering Lead translates complex mission requirements into scalable, field‑ready system architectures that work under real‑world constraints.

The ideal candidate can move fluidly between component‑level technical tradeoffs and site‑level solution architecture, helping mature our hardware roadmap while solving customer‑specific deployment challenges. This includes defining how systems operate in constrained and contested environments, how device data securely integrates into enterprise platforms, and how the overall hardware stack supports accreditation and mission assurance requirements.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership role, serving as the backbone of the mission engineering function and partnering closely with RFID engineers, software teams, cyber specialists, and field deployment teams to deliver mission‑ready systems.

This position requires a Secret clearance.

Remote (U.S.

-Based) | Some Travel Required

• Own the end‑to‑end hardware system architecture across RFID, edge devices, and mesh networks, ensuring all components interoperate seamlessly and perform reliably in real‑world mission environments.
• Design and guide deployment architectures for complex operational settings, translating mission requirements into scalable, site‑specific hardware configurations, network designs, and installation approaches.
• Drive hardware‑to‑software integration and data flow, defining how device data is captured, secured, and integrated into enterprise platforms to enable real‑time visibility and decision‑making.
• Evolve the hardware roadmap, technical standards, and product lifecycle, balancing performance, scalability, and field constraints while incorporating feedback from deployments and advancing mission capabilities.
• Ensure mission assurance across the hardware stack, shaping how systems meet cybersecurity, accreditation (e.g., RMF, IL5/IL6), and reliability requirements without compromising operational effectiveness.
• Serve as the technical leader for mission engineering, partnering across product, manufacturing, service design, software, and field teams to co‑create solutions and drive high‑quality execution from design through deployment.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering, hardware engineering, or technical solution architecture, with a strong focus on deploying complex systems in real‑world environments.
• Proven expertise designing and integrating hardware systems (e.g., RFID, IoT, edge devices, networking equipment), including how components perform, interact, and scale in operational settings.
• Experience translating mission or operational requirements into deployment‑ready system architectures, including site‑specific configurations, network design, and…