121 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀

Jobs at Array Labs, Aurelius Systems, Lunar Outpost, Privateer, Pytho AI and more...

DTJ Readers,

I promise I’m gonna stop asking questions and start giving answers… but this week’s question: have you worked with a VC that backs kinetics? Please let me know. More info here.

Internship season is heating up — SpaceX, Anduril, Sierra Space, and Stoke Space all dropped big batches this week covering summer and fall 2026.

Now, let’s get on to the jobs!

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📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)

• Anduril (defense technology) - Director, Business Development, Group 5 Mission Autonomy - Costa Mesa, CA

• Auterion (drone control systems) - Director of Growth And Partnerships - London, UK

• Scale AI (AI data platform) - Account Based Marketing Manager - San Francisco, CA

• Slingshot Aerospace (space situational awareness) - Account Executive, National Security - Remote

• Stellar Cyber (cybersecurity) - Regional Sales Manager TOLA - Texas (Remote)

• Wirescreen (China intel) - Senior / Account Executive, Air Force/Space Force - Washington, DC

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

• Chaos Industries (distributed networking) - Chief of Staff to the President - Hawthorne, CA

• Rainmaker (cloud seeding) - Head of People - El Segundo, CA

• Vast (commercial space stations) - Senior Technical Recruiter - Long Beach, CA

• Venus Aerospace (rocket propulsion) - Vice President of Public Policy - Remote

🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)

• Auterion (drone software) - Senior Product Program Manager, Defense Products - Munich, Germany

• Fictiv (digital manufacturing) - Senior Product Manager - Oakland, CA

• Muon Space (earth observation satellites) - Director Of Product Management, Muon Halo - Mountain View, CA

• Picogrid (common operating picture) - Product Designer - El Segundo, CA

• Shield AI (AI pilot) - Program Manager, Customer Experience Center - Dallas, TX

• Skydio (UAVs) - Aviation Regulatory Program Manager - San Mateo, CA

🔨 Engineering - Hardware

• Anduril (autonomy) - Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Production, Sentry - Irvine, CA

• Astra (on-orbit mobility) - Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Vehicle Structures Team - San Francisco, CA

• Blue Origin (space launch) - Manager, Manufacturing Engineering & Technology - Titusville, FL

• Heven Aerotech (hydrogen drones) - Electrical / Mechanical Engineer - Winchester, VA

• K2 Space (high power satellites) - Satellite Manufacturing Engineer - Los Angeles, CA

• Scale AI (AI data platform) - Field Engineering Manager, Public Sector - San Francisco, CA

🧑‍💻 Engineering - Software

• Applied Intuition (autonomy) - Forward Deployed Engineering Manager - Sunnyvale, CA

• Apptronik (advanced robotics) - Senior Autonomy Software Engineer - Austin, TX

• First Resonance (manufacturing software) - Forward Deployed Software Engineer - London, UK

• Saronic (autonomous surface vessels) - Senior Full Stack Engineer - San Diego, CA

• Varda Space Industries (in-space manufacturing) - Senior Data Engineer - El Segundo, CA

🧑‍💻 Internships

• Anduril (autonomy): Perception Engineering Intern | Prompt Engineering Intern | Software Engineer Intern | Product Design Intern | Finance Intern

• Apptronik (advanced robotics): Motion Control & Planning Intern | Autonomy Software Intern — Humanoid Robotics (Austin, TX)

• Hermeus (hypersonic aircraft): Inlet Design & Build Engineering Intern (LA) | Propulsion Engineer Test Intern (Jacksonville, FL)

• Planet Labs (satellite / geospatial data): Orbits R&D | Space Systems, Geometric Software Engineer | Software Engineer, Mission Systems (SF)

• Sierra Space (space infrastructure): AI Software Engineer Intern (CO) | Propulsion Engineer (WI) | Mechanical Engineer (NC)

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