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The job board for defense

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We’re Morgan and Noah.¹ Thank you for subscribing to Defense Tech Jobs 🚀!

We believe there’s no substitute for working on hard problems in service of a meaningful mission, and believe no mission is more critical than defense. We started Defense Tech Jobs (DTJ) because we know it can be hard to break into the industry, and non-engineering roles can be hard to come by. We've been there! DTJ is designed to help operators like you find exciting, impactful opportunities in the world of defense tech. DTJ is the job board for the defense ecosystem.

Rather than include every job in the industry, this newsletter will offer a curated selection of the most exciting roles at the most interesting companies. We want to make this useful to you, so please reach out and let us know how we can help in your search. If you’re hiring, submit a job to be featured in our next newsletter.

Now let’s get to it!

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⭐️ Featured Company - Vannevar Labs

Our inaugural featured company is Vannevar Labs. We got a chance to catch up with Brett Granberg, CEO and Co-Founder of Vannevar Labs:

What does Vannevar Labs do? We build software for great power competition. The capabilities needed for missions in Europe and Asia right now are different than what DoD has access to. The defense primes are not able to build what’s needed. We can, and our products are deployed on these mission across a couple dozen groups in DoD.  

Why is Vannevar Labs' mission important to national security? It is not a given that the people we ask to put themselves in harm’s way receive the support they deserve, especially with defense technology. We started Vannevar to make sure we always have the best engineers and product people in the US building for these missions.

What makes Vannevar Labs' culture exceptional? We orient around mission, and you feel this on the team. Great people can work anywhere. People that join Vannevar usually are here because they want to make a dent in national security. We also believe that ego is not an asset in startups and protect this with interviews and by letting people go who aren’t a good fit. When we’re at our best, it’s a special place to work.

Featured jobs at the company: Senior Mission Development Manager, Head of Operations, Head of People, Senior Mission Success Manager (and many others – full list here)

Strategy & Ops Roles

Early Stage

TRL11 (Bringing video to space) - Chief of Staff - Irvine, CA

Aalyria (Satellite communications) - Sales Operations Manager - Remote / Livermore, CA

Growth Stage

Epirus (Energy systems) - Category Manager - Torrance, CA

Hermeus (Hypersonic aircraft) - Chief of Staff - Atlanta, GA

Scale AI (AI Apps) - Director of Strategic Projects - San Francisco, CA

Product Roles

Early Stage

Pendulum Systems (supply chain optimization) - Senior Product Manager - Remote

Growth Stage

Saildrone (uncrewed surface vehicles) - Director, Product Management - Alameda, CA

Accrete (AI) - Director of Product - New York, NY

SandboxAQ (AI / Quantum Computing) - Sr. Product Manager, Quantum Secure Cryptography - Remote

Sales & Growth Roles

Early Stage

Second Front Systems (SaaS for government) - Director, US Federal Sales - Remote

Apex Space (Spacecraft manufacturing) - US Government Business Development Director - Los Angeles, CA

Growth Stage

Voyager Space (Private space station) - Proposal Director - Denver, CO

Hawkeye 360 (Radio frequency analytics) - VP, Government Affairs & Public Policy - Herndon, VA

Anduril (AI and autonomous systems for defense) - Director, JADC2 Business Development - Washington, DC

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1. Morgan is an operator (Voltron Data) and investor (Bessemer, former IQT) focused on uniting the public and private sectors.

Noah is a company builder (Patriot Venture Studio, former Rebellion Defense), community builder (US Civilian Corps), and strategy consultant focused on human flourishing and national defense.