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USG Growth Lead

Method Security · Washington DC Office · Full-time

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Strategic Account Executive, Federal

Sardine · Washington, DC · Full-time

$230k - $320k Apply →

Software Engineering Manager, Managed Gateways SREs

Kong · Remote · Full-time

$190k - $211k Apply →

Senior SRE, Managed Gateways

Kong · Remote · Full-time

$165k - $185k Apply →

Forward Deployed Engineer

Northwood Space · Washington D.C. · Full-time

$170k - $225k Apply →

Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$210k - $320k Apply →

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$234k - $351k Apply →

Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5401)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$195k - $293k Apply →

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5423)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$163k - $245k Apply →

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$234k - $351k Apply →

Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5400)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$195k - $293k Apply →

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5427)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$163k - $245k Apply →

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$234k - $351k Apply →

Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$195k - $293k Apply →

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$163k - $245k Apply →

Legal Counsel - US Government Contracts (Air Defense)

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Contracts Manager

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Associate Director, Business Development, Civilian Counter-UAS

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Lead Scientist, Strategic Defense

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Lead GTM Finance Analyst (R5361)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$110k - $160k Apply →

Director, Business Development, Massed Effects (Army)

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Director, Ops Analysis (R5036)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$210k - $320k Apply →

Legal Recruiter (Contract)

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Contract

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System Administrator (Active Clearance), Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries · Reston, Virginia, United States · Full-time

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Software Engineer, Front End

Anduril Industries · Reston, Virginia, United States · Full-time

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Senior Engineer, Edge-Cloud Reliability

Anduril Industries · Reston, Virginia, United States · Full-time

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Staff Product Marketing Manager - V-BAT (R5274)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$130k - $200k Apply →

Senior Manager, M&A People Integration

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Senior Insider Threat Analyst

Anduril Industries · Reston, Virginia, United States · Full-time

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Software Engineer, Agent Platform

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Staff Discovery Engineer

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R5270)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$170k - $260k Apply →

Hazard Zone Deployment Lead

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Chief Engineer, Autonomy — Space Domain (R5150)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$211k - $316k Apply →

Senior Director, Business Development, Maritime (International Programs)

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Staff Facility Security Officer (R5220)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$100k - $150k Apply →

Manager of Engineering - Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5153)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$220k - $330k Apply →

Senior Mission Operations Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5208)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$195k - $293k Apply →

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5193)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$234k - $351k Apply →

Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5200)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$163k - $245k Apply →

Linux System Administrator

Anduril Industries · Reston, Virginia, United States · Full-time

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Senior Technical Recruiter, Space (Contract)

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Contract

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Deployment Operations Manager (Active Clearance)

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries · Reston, Virginia, United States · Full-time

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Director, Test Engineering - ACP Programs

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$210k - $310k Apply →

Engineer II, Systems Test (R5038)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$89k - $130k Apply →

Senior Engineer, Systems Test (R5038)

Shield AI · Washington, D.C. · Full-time

$110k - $170k Apply →

Partner Relationship Manager, Systems Integrator

Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Full-time

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