[Hiring] Solutions Architect @Piper Companies

Role Description

Piper Companies is seeking a Solutions Architect to join a leading organization within the high-speed interconnect and data center infrastructure industry. This is a permanent opportunity supporting enterprise and hyperscale customers across North America. The Solutions Architect will serve as a senior technical advisor, partnering directly with customer engineering leadership teams to develop and deliver complex connectivity and cable backplane solutions for next-generation data center environments.

• Act as the primary technical liaison between customers and internal engineering teams, translating business and technical requirements into solution strategies.
• Build and maintain relationships with engineering leaders at large-scale technology organizations while supporting technical reviews, product discussions, and project planning.
• Provide guidance on data center infrastructure, including rack systems, cabling architectures, connectors, mechanical integration, and deployment considerations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product development efforts from concept through production while ensuring alignment with customer expectations.
• Deliver executive-level presentations, technical recommendations, and implementation support to address complex interconnect and system design challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience supporting interconnect, connector, cable, server, networking, storage, or data center technologies.
• Proven customer-facing experience working with hyperscale or strategic technology customers such as AWS, AMD, or similar organizations.
• Strong understanding of server and data center hardware environments including rack architecture, cable management, mechanical systems, and installation processes.
• Working knowledge of Signal Integrity (SI) principles and the impact of mechanical design decisions on system performance.
• Experience serving as a technical consultant and communicator between customers, product teams, and engineering organizations.
• Strong presentation, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% initially to customer, manufacturing, and deployment sites, with travel decreasing over time.

Requirements

• Salary Range: $170,000-$200,000/year (USD)
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, and additional company-sponsored benefits.

Company Description

This job opens for applications on 10/30/26. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.