025 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀

SCSP AI Expo today + Jobs at Anduril, Desktop Metal, Radiant, Shield AI, Astranis, MIT Lincoln Lab + more!

DTJ Readers,

Welcome to one of the busiest defense tech weeks of the year! Whether you’re at SCSP AI Expo, SOF Week, IQT Summit, RSA, or just out there getting sh*t done, good luck out there! Two quick announcements:

1. National Interest Talent Network: Come check us out at the Early Career Talent Panel at the SCSP AI Expo today (1:30p, 5/7) and at the Talent Marketplace tomorrow (9a, 5/8). Signup for the new NITN network page is now live here.

2. Breaking Acquisition, a new course from Frontdoor Defense and Daniel Shires is packed full of the info you need to go from science experiment to scale in DoD - last week of discount — use code COMMUNITY20 for 20% off this week (here)!

📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)

Dataiku (data science) - Account Executive, Public Sector - Remote

Desktop Metal (3D printing) - Direct Sales Representative - UK - London, UK

Palantir (big data analytics) - Proposal Writer - US Defense / Proposal Writer - Federal Civilian - Washington, DC

Radiant Nuclear (microreactors) - Proposal and Capture Manager - El Segundo, CA

Saronic (unmanned surface vessels) - Business Development Associate / Proposal Manager - Austin, TX

📋 Strategy & Ops Family Jobs (Biz Ops, People, CoS, Finance)

Airspace Systems (drone security) - Revenue Operations Manager - Carlsbad, CA

Anduril (autonomy) - Chief Solution Engineer, Strategic Growth / Senior Manager, Revenue Strategy & Operations - Washington, DC / Costa Mesa, CA

Anyscale (AI infrastructure) - Content Strategist - San Francisco, CA

Joby Aviation (eVTOL) - Operations Manager / Senior People Systems Analyst - Santa Cruz, CA

Saildrone (unmanned surface vessels) - Controller - Alameda, CA

Shield AI (AI Pilot) - Chief of Staff - Finance - Washington, DC

🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)

Accrete AI (AI agents) - Director of Customer Success (Federal Sales) - Alexandria, VA

CesiumAstro (phase arrays) - Creative Motion Graphic Designer - Austin, TX

Darktrace (cybersecurity) - Product Marketing Manager, OT Security - Remote

Honeybee Robotics (advanced robotics) - Program Manager - Altadena, CA

Snorkel AI (AI data platform) - Technical Program Manager - Redwood City, CA

Rise8 (software development) - Cleared Staff Product Designer - Colorado Springs, CO

🔨 Engineering - Hardware

Muon Space (LEO satellites) - Electrical & Harness Technician - Mountain View, CA

Saronic (autonomous surface vessels) - Mechanical Engineer, Fluids - Austin, TX

Shield AI (AI pilot) - Senior Mechanical Engineer, Sustaining - Dallas, TX

🔨 Engineering - Software

Astranis (communications satellites) - Guidance, Navigation, and Control Software Engineer - San Francisco, CA

Merlin (autonomous flight) - Software Engineering Manager - Embedded Avionics - Boston, MA

Stellar Cyber (cybersecurity) - Senior/Staff Software Engineer-Windows - Remote

Zoox (autonomous vehicles) - Senior Systems Engineer, Platform Engineering - Foster City, CA

🏛️ Government, Policy & Nonprofit Jobs

MIT Lincoln Laboratory - Financial Manager, Data Science and Analytics - Lexington, MA

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command - Cost Analyst (U.S. Cyber Center of Excellence) - Fort Eisenhower, GA

📝 Internships

Axiom Space (commercial space station) - Payload Integration and Operations Intern / Space Station Engineering Intern / Project Specialist Intern - Houston, TX

Darkhive (situational awareness) - Robotics/UAV Internship - San Antonio, TX

Harbinger (electric vehicles) - ADAS Algorithms & Control Intern - Garden Grove, CA

Joby Aviation (eVTOL) - People Team Intern - Santa Cruz, CA

Pison (wearables) - Hardware Research Engineering Intern - Boston, MA

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