Good morning DTJ,
In this week’s funding / jobs news, four companies raised about $547M:
Quartermaster raised a $140M Series B: $100M in equity and a $40M debt facility from Stifel. Insight Partners led, with Overmatch Ventures new to the round and First Round Capital returning. The Arlington, Virginia company puts SmartMast sensors on ships to track vessels beyond what standard AIS shows. Its careers page lists 16 open roles.
Hertha Metals raised a $133.65M Series A co-led by Khosla Ventures and Doerr Capital. $65M of it came from the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program and the Economic Defense Unit. Hertha makes high-purity iron for the rare earth magnets inside radars, aircraft, and data centers. Its careers page lists 4 roles, all in Conroe, Texas.
Armadin raised a $255.5M Series B at a valuation above $2.5B. Andreessen Horowitz and Accel co-led, and In-Q-Tel joined. Its AI agents act like attackers, for Fortune 500 and government customers. Its careers page lists 20 roles.
Aventra announced a $17.5M Series A led by Konvoy Ventures, with Lavrock Ventures and Booz Allen Ventures. The Virginia company drops guided glide bombs from balloons at 60,000 feet. No public jobs page, yet!
Now, onto the jobs…
📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)
CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - Vice President of Business Development (Commercial) - El Segundo, CA / Austin, TX / Westminster, CO
Fictiv (on-demand manufacturing) - Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Space Technology - Austin, TX
goTenna (off-grid mesh networking) - USAF Growth Lead / USMC Growth Lead / European Growth Lead - Fairfax, VA
Onebrief (military planning) - Head of Growth, Navy - Remote
Overland AI (off-road ground autonomy) - Proposal Manager - Seattle, WA
📋 Strategy & Ops Family Jobs (Biz Ops, People, CoS, Finance)
Anduril (autonomy) - Head of Business Line Operations — Tactical Effects - Costa Mesa, CA
Air (defense acquisition software) - People Operations Director - Arlington, VA
Hadrian (manufacturing automation) - Managing Director, Government Relations — Defense Budgeting - Washington, DC
Rivet Industries (soldier-worn hardware) - Senior Global Supply Chain Manager - San Jose, CA / Bellevue, WA
Strider (strategic intelligence) - Director of Global Communications - Remote
Swift Navigation (precision positioning) - Senior People Operations Manager - San Francisco, CA
🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)
Anduril (autonomy) - Head of Technical Program Management, EW - Costa Mesa, CA
Joby Aviation (electric air taxis) - Staff Program Manager, Advanced Development - Concord, CA
Scale AI (AI data and evaluation) - Product Marketing Lead, Public Sector - Washington, DC
Science & Technology Research (STR) (defense R&D) - Lead Program Manager - Boston, MA / Woburn, MA
SpaceX (launch) - Starlink Product Growth Director (Pricing & Monetization Strategy) - Bastrop, TX
Vast (commercial space stations) - Technical Product Manager, Special Projects - Long Beach, CA
Venus Aerospace (hypersonic propulsion) - Deputy Program Manager for Propulsion Development - Houston, TX
🔨 Engineering - Hardware
Harbinger (commercial EVs) - Staff Mechanical Engineer, Powertrain - Garden Grove, CA
Orbit Fab (in-space refueling) - Mechanical Engineering Manager - Lafayette, CO
Radiant (portable microreactors) - Staff Manufacturing Engineer, DFM - El Segundo, CA
Relativity Space (3D-printed rockets) - Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Structures - Long Beach, CA
Shield AI (AI pilot) - Director, Avionics Mechanical Engineering - Seattle, WA
Vast (commercial space stations) - Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Thermal Control Systems - Long Beach, CA
🧑💻 Engineering - Software
BeaconAI (AI copilots) - Staff Software Engineer, AI/LLM - San Carlos, CA
Chaos Industries (radars) - Principal Software Engineer - El Segundo, CA
Defense Unicorns (secure software delivery) - Senior Platform Engineer - Springfield, VA
First Resonance (manufacturing software) - Forward Deployed Engineering Leader - Los Angeles, CA
Muon Space (LEO satellites) - Staff Software Engineer, IR Data Products - Denver, CO
Red Cell (national security incubation) - Senior Software Engineer — Full Stack (TS Clearance) - Washington, DC
Stellar Cyber (security operations) - Principal Software Engineer — Integration - Remote
📝 Internships
Varda Space Industries (in-space manufacturing) - 13 internships across propulsion, GNC, avionics, flight software, thermal, structures, cybersecurity, and mission operations - El Segundo, CA
Muon Space (LEO satellites) - 13 internships across GNC, flight software, electrical, thermal, harness design, mission architecture, BD, and legal - San Jose, CA / Mountain View, CA / Woodbridge, VA
Anduril (autonomy) - Industrial Engineer / Supply Chain - Costa Mesa, CA / Ashville, OH / Fort Collins, CO
CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - Electrical Engineering, FPGA / Power Electronics - El Segundo, CA
Hermeus (hypersonic aircraft) - Flight Software (Simulation/HITL) / Loads & Dynamics - Los Angeles, CA
K2 Space (high-power satellites) - Supply Chain Internship - Torrance, CA
Nominal (engineering test data) - Instrumentation Engineer Intern - New York, NY / Los Angeles, CA
Seasats (autonomous surface vessels) - Mechanical Engineering Intern - San Diego, CA
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