100 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀

DTJ Turns 100! Job of the Week @ Spear AI + jobs at Altana, Capella, Stoke, Valar Atomics, and many more!

DTJ Crew,

This week DTJ Turns 100!

In the past 2.5+ years of doing this newsletter (we started bi-weekly for those doing the mental math), a lot has changed.

Defense has grown from a niche industry to the hottest startup segment not named “AI”. The enthusiasm for building in America’s national interest is incredible. And we hear from more of you every day: the noise is wild. The momentum is crazy. What company should you join??

That’s why we’re still here. We’re reaffirming our commitment to curation, not portfolio pumping.

So, if you appreciate what we do, forward this email to one friend who needs a little more mission from their day job.

And now, onto the jobs!

This week’s Job of the Week comes to us from Spear AI, hiring a Mission Data Engineer:

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📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)

• Applied Intuition (autonomous systems) - Defense Ground Business Development Lead - DC / Ann Arbor

• Anduril (autonomy) - Director, Business Development, Advanced Effects - DC / Costa Mesa

• Capella Space (earth observation data) - Director, Business Development, Federal Solutions - Remote

• Stoke Space (reusable rocket engines) - Director of Marketing, Boltline - Kent, WA

• Stord (fulfillment software) - Director of Business Development - Remote

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

• Anduril (autonomy) - Chief of Staff, People - Costa Mesa

• Lambda Labs (cloud compute) - Knowledge Management & Process Strategy Lead - Seattle, WA

• Saronic (autonomous surface vessels) - Finance Operations Analyst - Austin

• Onebrief (military planning) - Operations Manager, U.S. Army Pacific - Honolulu

• PsiQuantum (quantum computer) - Manager, Strategy And Central Business Operations - Palo Alto

• TurbineOne (edge ML) - Head of Finance - Remote

🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)

• Altana (supply chain management) - Strategic Program Director, Federal - DC

• Forterra (ground autonomy) - Program Manager - Remote

• Nominal (hardware testing software) - Product Designer, Early Career - NYC

• Scale (data annotation) - Trust and Safety Product Manager - SF

• Valar Atomics (nuclear energy) - Senior Mechanical Designer / Designer - Hawthorne, CA

• Vast Space (private space station) - Director, Government Affairs and National Security Programs - DC

🔨 Engineering - Hardware

• Apeiron Labs (network testing solutions) - Senior Mechanical Engineer - Cambridge, MA / Lafayette, CO

• CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - RF Engineer - Westminster, CO

• Rocket Lab (small satellite launch) - Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Composites - Middle River, MD

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

• Valar Atomics (nuclear energy) - Senior / Mechanical Engineer - Hawthorne, CA

• X-Bow Systems (rocket propulsion) - Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineer - Luling, TX

🧑‍💻 Engineering - Software

• Anduril (autonomy) - Senior Software Engineer, Realtime Imaging - Boulder, CO / Lexington, MA

• E-Space (data platform) - Principal Devops Engineer and Head Of Devops Systems - Saratoga, CA / Arlington, TX

• Hawkeye 360 (geospatial analytics) - Senior Software Engineer - Software Applications - Herndon, VA

• K2 Space (launch vehicles) - Principal Enterprise Software Engineer - LA

• Striveworks (AI Ops) - Senior Software / DevOps Engineer - Austin, TX or Remote

• ZeroEyes (weapons detection) - Principal Engineer, DevOps & Infrastructure - Remote

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! ⭐️