138 Defense Tech Jobs 🚀
Jobs at US Air Force, Cape, Picogrid, Red Cell, and more!
DTJ,
Good morning! Before we get into this week’s roles, we’ve got a Featured Job courtesy of the US Air Force:
DAF CDAO, Enterprise AI Lead (GS-14) — National Capital Region
The Department of the Air Force Chief Data & AI Office is hiring an Enterprise AI Lead to drive implementation of enterprise AI capabilities against broad-reaching requirements. The ideal candidate speaks AI well enough to hold their own with Tier 1 vendors, and brings enough in-government (or adjacent) experience to navigate bureaucratic barriers. NCR, in-person, PCS available.
To apply, respond by email with your resume.
Let’s go! Onto the jobs…
📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)
Divergent (digital manufacturing) - Principal, Business Development Operations & Strategy - Torrance, CA
Fortaegis Technologies (ultra-secure semiconductors) - Executive Director, Defense & Federal Business Development and Sales - Washington, DC / Northern VA
Red Cell Partners (incubation) - Senior Enterprise Sales Executive - Washington, DC
Second Front (government SaaS) - Commercial Sales Account Executive - Washington, DC
Turbine One (frontline AI) - Principal, Business Development Special Operations Command (socom) - Washington, DC
Versa Networks (SASE / networking security) - Head Of Field & Channel Marketing - Santa Clara, CA
📋 Strategy & Ops Family Jobs (Biz Ops, People, CoS, Finance)
Axiom Space (commercial space station) - Talent Director - Houston, TX
Cape (private mobile carrier) - Head Of Government Relations - Washington, DC
Lambda (AI developer cloud) - Senior Director, Project Controls - Remote
Picogrid (sensor networks) - Head Of People - El Segundo, CA
Scale AI (AI data platform) - Head Of International Security - London, England
Shield AI (AI pilot) - Director Of AI Operations & Governance - Remote
Sphinx Defense (defense software) - Senior Technical Recruiter - Remote
🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)
Anduril (autonomy) - Program Director, Dive XL - Costa Mesa, CA
Apptronik (advanced robotics) - Director of Product Management, Hardware - Austin, TX
Fictiv (supply chain) - Principal Product Manager, AI & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems - Oakland, CA
Firefly Aerospace (space launch) - Director, National Security Space Programs - Austin, TX
Lambda (AI developer cloud) - Principal Product Manager, Hardware - Bellevue, WA
Scale AI (AI data platform) - Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector - New York, NY
🔨 Engineering - Hardware
Anduril (autonomy) - Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations, Imaging - Waltham, MA
Divergent (digital manufacturing) - Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Torrance, CA
FormLabs (3D printers) - Senior Mechanical Engineer - Somerville, MA
Hermeus (hypersonic aircraft) - Components Manufacturing Engineer - Los Angeles, CA
Lunar Outpost (lunar robots) - Principal RF Engineer - Golden, CO
🧑💻 Engineering - Software
Applied Intuition (autonomy) - Senior Software Engineer, World Modeling & Simulation - Arlington, VA
Chaos Industries (sensing & detection) - AI Engineer, Physical Systems And Sensing - El Segundo, CA
Saronic (autonomous surface vessels) - Security Engineer, AI Platform Engineering - Austin, TX
Scale AI (AI data platform) - Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agent Oversight - San Francisco, CA
STR (defense R&D) - Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Arlington, VA
Umbra (space data) - Senior Flight Software Engineer (rust) - Santa Barbara, CA
📝 Internships
Formlabs (3D printing) - Fall 2026 - Somerville, MA:
Xona Space (precision navigation) - Burlingame, CA:
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