DTJ,
This week in defense tech news…
Last week, U.S. defense and space companies announced more than $3.8B in new capital.
Last week, CesiumAstro raised a $730M Series D led by Janus Henderson, at a valuation above $4.5B. CesiumAstro sells phased-array payloads and satellites. Its careers page lists 350 roles.
Northwood raised a $375M Series C, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth. Northwood builds phased-array antennas and dishes for satellite ground stations. Its careers page lists 66 roles in Torrance, CA and Washington, DC.
The Office of Strategic Capital made a conditional loan commitment of up to $450M to Neros. Neros adds $165M of its own. Neros’ goal is one million drones a year by 2028. Neros lists 115 open roles on its website.
Corridian left stealth with a $38M seed round led by Point72 Ventures. Its founders ran undersea autonomy programs at General Dynamics. Now they build very large underwater drones that carry shipping containers. Corridian plans to double its team in the next year. Its careers page lists seven roles and a general application.
Harbinger also raised a $240M Series D to grow its defense work. Harbinger builds medium-duty electric trucks, and it lists 90 open roles.
Now, onto the jobs…
📈 Growth Family Jobs (BD, Sales, Contracting)
Anduril (autonomy) - Director, Business Development, Integrated Air & Missile Defense - Huntsville, AL / Colorado Springs, CO / Washington, DC + more
Avathon (industrial AI) - Head of Growth - Pleasanton, CA
Genlogs (freight intelligence network) - Head of Sales, Insurance - Chicago, IL / Atlanta, GA / Washington, DC
Locus Lock (software-defined GNSS receivers) - Technical Sales & Business Development - Westminster, CO
Northwood (satellite ground networks) - Director, Commercial Growth - Torrance, CA
Skydio (autonomous drones) - Senior Business Development Representative - Remote
Teledyne FLIR (thermal imaging) - Sales Manager, Military & Government Programs - El Segundo, CA (Remote)
📋 Strategy & Ops Family Jobs (Biz Ops, People, CoS, Finance)
Corridian (autonomous underwater vehicles) - Director, Federal Affairs - Washington, DC
Hadrian (manufacturing automation) - Strategic Communications Director - Torrance, CA
Joby Aviation (electric air taxis) - Program Operations Lead - Concord, CA
Rivet Industries (soldier-worn AI hardware) - Field Test Operations Specialist - San Jose, CA
SambaNova Systems (AI models) - Senior Director, Business Operations & NPI - San Jose, CA
🏗️ Product Family Jobs (Product, Program, Success)
CesiumAstro (phased arrays) - Director, Solutions/Conceptual Design - Westminster, CO / Austin, TX / El Segundo, CA
Air (defense acquisition analytics) - Director of Product, Mission Solutions - Arlington, VA / Pittsburgh, PA / San Francisco, CA
Neros (drones) - Director of Product - Torrance, CA
Nominal (engineering data infrastructure) - Group Product Manager - Data Foundation - New York, NY / Los Angeles, CA / Seattle, WA
Red Cell (national security incubation) - Staff/Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Federal - Seattle, WA / McLean, VA (Remote)
Rivet Industries (soldier-worn AI hardware) - Product Marketing Manager - Washington, DC / Bellevue, WA / Los Angeles, CA + more
Salesforce (Missionforce CRM) - Senior Product Manager, Agentforce Public Sector - Herndon, VA / Washington, DC / San Francisco, CA + more
🔨 Engineering - Hardware
Corridian (autonomous underwater vehicles) - Head of Manufacturing - Boston, MA
Firefly Aerospace (small launch) - Mechanical Engineering Lead - Avionics - Austin, TX
Northwood (satellite ground networks) - Principal Electrical Engineer (Portal) - Torrance, CA
PsiQuantum (quantum computing) - Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Photonics Manufacturing & NPI - Milpitas, CA
Relativity Space (3D-printed rockets) - Staff Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT) Engineer - Long Beach, CA
Sila (silicon-anode batteries) - Staff Engineer, Manufacturing Equipment Design - Alameda, CA
Umbra (space data) - Senior Spacecraft Mechanical Engineer - Santa Barbara, CA / Arlington, VA / Reston, VA
🧑💻 Engineering - Software
Anduril (autonomy) - Staff Software Engineer, AI - Costa Mesa, CA
Apptronik (humanoid robotics) - Staff Software Engineer, ML - Sunnyvale, CA
Scale AI (AI data and evaluation) - Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling - San Francisco, CA / New York, NY / Seattle, WA
Science & Technology Research (STR) (defense R&D) - Principal Mission Engineer - Full Stack - Remote
SpaceX (space launch) - Principal Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) - Washington, DC
Striveworks (AI ops for defense) - Senior DevOps Engineer (Active Secret Clearance) - Schofield Barracks, HI
Zoox (autonomous vehicles) - Staff Software Engineer - GPU System Software, Onboard Execution - Foster City, CA / Boston, MA / Seattle, WA
📝 Internships
Zoox (autonomous vehicles) - 12 internships across software, hardware, data science, safety, IT, and program management - Foster City, CA
Divergent (digital manufacturing) - Data & Process Analytics Intern - Torrance, CA
Firefly Aerospace (small launch) - 10 internships across mechanical, electrical, and software engineering, engine test, manufacturing, mission operations, and launch site development - Cedar Park, TX / Briggs, TX
Palantir (big data analytics) - Software Engineer, Internship - Sovereign AI Systems - New York, NY
Regent (electric seagliders) - 4 internships across actuation, electric propulsion, energy storage, mechanical engineering, and business development - North Kingstown, RI
Varda Space Industries (in-space manufacturing) - Site Reliability Internship - Summer 2027 - El Segundo, CA
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