058 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays + Happy New Year from DTJ!

DTJ Readers,

Welcome to the final newsletter of 2024. Hoping you take the break to relax, recharge, and (if you’re looking) to take a big bit out of that job search!

Reminder: If you are hiring, please take 3 mins and complete our “State of Defense Tech Hiring” survey — we’ll publish the aggregate results in early Jan as a resource to the community.

Could not be more excited about what 2025 will bring for defense tech and the future of our country.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!

Now, onto the jobs…

📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)

• Anduril (autonomy) - Senior Director, Maritime Business Development - Costa Mesa, DC, Quincy

• Defense Unicorns (digital engineering) - Head of Marketing - Remote

• Echodyne (radar tech) - Regional Sales Manager - Federal - Remote

• Lunar Outpost (lunar exploration robotics) - Marketing And Communications Lead - Melbourne, Australia

• UAvionix (UAS) - Director Of UAS Enterprise Sales - Remote

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

• Anduril (autonomy) - Legal Operations Associate/paralegal - Costa Mesa

• Anysignal (RF solutions) - Head of People - LA

• Blue Origin (space) - Director, Finance Operations - Seattle

• Sandbox AQ (AI + quantum)- Head of Talent Acquisition - Remote

• Shield AI (AI pilot) - Operations Officer - Dallas

• Vannevar Labs (non-kinetic software) - Government Relations Manager - DC

🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)

• Anduril (autonomy) - Production Supervisor - Various

• CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - Senior Program Manager - Austin

• ID.me (digital identity) - Customer Success Manager - Federal - Various

• May Mobility (autonomous shuttles) - Technical Project Manager II - Ann Arbor, MI

• Planet Labs (satellite data) - Product Manager - San Francisco, CA

• Stord (commerce enablement) - Associate Product Manager - Atlanta

• Zoox (autonomous vehicles) - Staff Technical Product Manager, AI - Foster City, CA

🔨 Engineering - Hardware

• Apptronik (advanced robotics) - Sr Mechanical Engineer, Actuation - Austin

• Saronic (autonomous surface vessels) - End Of Line Manufacturing Engineer - Austin

• Senra Systems (IoT Solutions) - Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Redondo Beach

• SpaceX (space exploration) - Manager, Manufacturing Engineering (Starlink) - Bastrop, TX

• Stoke Space (reusable rockets) - Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Kent, WA

🧑‍💻 Engineering - Software

• ARKA Group (space + natsec engineering) - Network Engineer (TS/SCI with Poly) / Full Stack Software Engineer (TS/SCI) - King of Prussia, PA

• Epirus (directed energy) - Senior Interactive Simulation Developer - Torrance, CA

• E-Space (satellite IoT) - Software Application Developer - Saratoga, CA

• Hermeus (hypersonic aircraft) - Lead Flight Software Engineer - Atlanta, GA

• Lunar Outpost (space robotics) - Lead Robotics Software Engineer - Melbourne, VIC

• Red 6 (AR / advanced training) - Software Engineer - Denver

• Varda Space (space manufacturing) - Senior Software Engineer (embedded) - El Segundo

📝 Internships

• Astranis (satellites) - Power Electronics Intern - San Francisco, CA

• Lambda Labs (deep learning infrastructure) - 2025 Summer Machine Learning Research Intern - SF

• Raft (digital consulting) - Program Controls Intern - Summer 2025 - McLean, VA

• Whisper Aero (electric propulsion systems) - Aviation Data Analyst Intern - Nashville, TN

• Zoox (autonomous vehicles) - Planning and Control Intern - Foster City, CA

Thanks for reading! If you’re hiring, submit a job to be featured in our next newsletter. ⭐️