026 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀

Jobs at Desktop Metal, Xona Space Systems, First Resonance, Army Futures Command, Astranis, Nominal, and more...

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Now onto the jobs…

📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)

Astranis (communications satellites) - Business Development Associate Program - San Francisco, CA

CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - Sales Operations Manager - Austin, TX

Desktop Metal (3D printing) - Regional Sales Manager in CA, TX, NY, IL/MO, FL

Muon Space (LEO satellites) - Business Development Manager - Various

Planet Labs (satellite / geospatial data) - PreSales Solutions Architect, USG - Washington, DC

Red Cell / ZephyrAI (incubation - drug development) - Vice President of Business Development - Remote

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

Joby Aviation (electric aerial ridesharing) - System Test Site Operations Lead - Marina, CA

Saronic (unmanned surface vessels) - Mission Operations Specialist - Galveston, TX

Saronic (unmanned surface vessels) - Tech Ops Specialist - Austin, TX

Xona Space Systems (precision navigation) - VP of Operations - Burlingame, CA

Zoox (self-driving cars) - Data Center Operations Manager - Foster City, CA

🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)

ABL Space Systems (space launch systems) - Product Manager - New Grad/Entry - El Segundo, CA

CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - Senior Program Manager - Broomfield, CO

Pison (wearables) - VP of Product Software - Boston, MA

Rise8 (software development) - Product Management Practice Lead - Remote

Shield AI (AI pilot) - Project Manager - Dallas, TX

🔨 Engineering - Hardware

Astra (on-orbit mobility) - Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Alameda, CA

Axiom Space (commercial space stations) - Mechanical Engineer- Tools & FSE - Webster, TX

Loft Orbital (space infrastructure) - Engineering Technician - San Francisco, CA

Nominal (software for physical systems) - Field Operations Engineer - Los Angeles, CA

🔨 Engineering - Software

Apogee Research (applied research) - Principal Software Engineer / STITCHES Application Engineer - Arlington, VA

Ditto (edge app sync) - Rust Engineer-Federal - Remote

First Resonance (factory OS) - Data and Machine Learning Engineer - Los Angeles, CA

Nominal (software for physical systems) - Frontend Software Engineer - Los Angeles, CA

Regent (electric seagliders) - Senior Vehicle Software Engineer - North Kingston, RI

Shield AI (AI pilot) - Senior Staff Frontend Software Engineer - Dallas, TX

Shield AI (AI pilot) - Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Software Integration - San Diego, CA

Swarmbotics (ground swarm robotics) - Software Infrastructure Engineer - Scottsdale, AZ

🏛️ Government, Policy & Nonprofit Jobs

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Chief Information Officer and Director, Office of Information Technology (OIT) - Woodlawn, MD

Department of the Air Force, Chief Learning Officer - Program Analyst - Randolph AFB, Texas

Stanford Hoover Institution - Program Administrator for the National Security Affairs Fellows Program and Technology, Economics, and Governance Working Group - Stanford, CA

Texas Space Commission Board of Directors - Executive Director - Austin, TX

Army Futures Command - Chief Learning Officer - Austin, TX

📝 Internships

Astra (on-orbit mobility) - Electrical Engineering Intern / Systems Engineering Intern / Mechanical Engineering Intern - Alameda, CA

Astranis (communications satellites) - Mechanical Engineer Associate Program (Summer 2024) / Software Systems Hardware Integration Engineer Intern (Summer 2024) - San Francisco, CA

Astranis (communications satellites) - Recruiting Coordination Intern - San Francisco, CA

Axiom Space (commercial space station) - Business Analyst Intern (Fall 2024) - Houston, TX

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