086 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀

Founding Federal Hires + jobs at Base Power Co, First Resonance, Shield AI, and more!

DTJ Readers,

With a significant number of USG layoffs in recent weeks, welcome to our new readers. Incredible opportunities are afoot - and we want to help. More on that soon.

1. We’ve got some awesome featured jobs this week - we’re supporting companies actively recruiting, so reach out if you’re particularly interested in these.

2. The STEAM Zone is back for week 2 - with a roundup of the stories powering America’s Industrial Renaissance. Have a look here and check out the weekly podcast tracker here.

3. If you’re leaving the military or federal service and have not yet found a job, fill out this form. Working on something new and would love to include you.

Now, onto the jobs!

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🎯Featured Jobs

1. Advanced Energy Co - Head of Federal Strategy - DC

   Do your ninja magic and build / execute the entire sales strategy for compact, long-duration energy generators based on advanced nuclear technology.

2. AI / Edge Computing Co - Head of Federal / Public Sector – DC / Palo Alto (remote first)

   Become the legend who made it possible for operators to access cutting-edge tactical models at the edge for training, operations, and combat decision-making.

3. Early AI / DefTech Co - Software Engineer – NYC / Greater Portland, ME (remote first)

   Build the product and the systems that make working with documents suck so much less for the federal government.

📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)

• Base Power Company (home power) - Growth Marketing - Austin, TX

• ID.me (digital identity) - Strategic Account Manager, Federal - McLean, VA

• First Resonance (factory OS) - Marketing Specialist - LA

• Govini (defense acquisition data) - Sales Operations Manager - Arlington, VA

• LeoLabs (space situational awareness) - Senior Proposal Writer - Remote

• Red6 (AR for air combat) - VP Of Business Development, Navy Programs - Orlando, FL

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

• Anduril (autonomy) - Deputy Chief Of Staff, Office Of The CEO - Costa Mesa

• Blue Origin (space launch) - Mission Operations Specialist - Titusville, FL

• Relativity Space (rockets / launch services) - Global Supply Manager, Facilities Management/Ops - Long Beach, CA

• Shield AI (AI pilot) - Senior Manager, Deployed Ops - Kyiv, Ukraine

🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)

• Applied Intuition (autonomous systems) - Product Architect, Autonomy Tools - Mountain View, CA

• First Resonance (Factory OS) - Director Of Product, Manufacturing & Supply Chain - LA

• Lovelace AI (AI / advanced analytics) - UX Designer - Pittsburgh, PA

• Rise8 (mission engineering) - Product Marketing Lead - Remote

• Shield AI (AI pilot) - Director, Customer Success - Dallas, TX

🔨 Engineering - Hardware

• May Mobility (autonomous shuttles) - Manufacturing Engineer - Ann Arbor, MI

• Rainmaker (weather modification) - Senior Manufacturing Engineer - El Segundo, CA

• X-Bow Systems (rocket propulsion) - Mechanical Engineer: Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) Design - Luling, TX

🧑‍💻 Engineering - Software

• Chaos Industries (distributed networks) - C2 Radar Software Engineer - Hawthorne, CA

• Joby Aviation (eVTOL) - Senior Backend Software Engineer, Factory Systems - San Carlos, CA

• Lovelace AI (AI / advanced analytics) - Machine Learning Engineer - Pittsburgh, PA

• Mirantis (cloud native access platform) - Senior Devops Engineer - Campbell, CA

• Muon Space (earth observation) - Data Platform Software Engineer - Mountain View, CA

• SandboxAQ (AI+Quantum) - Staff ML Ops Engineer, AI Sim - Remote

📝 Internships

• Anomali (SIEM) - Innovation Engineer Internship - Redwood City, CA

• Falcomm (wireless comms) - Undergraduate / Graduate RFIC Engineering Intern/Coop - Atlanta, GA

• Hermeus (hypersonic aircraft) - Mechanical Engineer Intern, Fall 2025 - LA

Thanks for reading! If you’re hiring, submit a job to be featured in our next newsletter, or email us to get your job featured! ⭐️