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Defense Jobs in SF Bay Area

Defense roles at companies building the future — in SF Bay Area.

455 open roles · Updated Sep 20, 2026

455 jobs

Anduril Industries Thermal Engineer, Thermal Protection Systems (TPS)

Mountain View, CA

$140k–$186k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Mid-Level

Shield AI Senior Engineer, Software (R6010)

San Diego, CA · San Mateo, CA

$130k–$230k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

CHAOS Industries Applied AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Code Metal Senior Software Engineer, Code Transpilation

Remote · Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

Overland AI Infrastructure Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA

$120k–$200k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Senior

Scout AI Senior Mechanical Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA

$170k–$210k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Senior

Skydio Electrical Engineer Intern - Winter 2027

San Mateo, CA

$98k–$121k / year

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Intern

Aurelius Systems Lead, Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, CA

$160k–$210k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

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Socket Vulnerability Research Software Engineer

Remote · Canada · United States · San Francisco, CA

$110k–$170k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Mach Industries Machine Learning Engineer

Huntington Beach, CA · San Francisco, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Defense Unicorns Solution Architect - Autonomous Systems & Industrial Base (ComS058)

San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA

$145k–$185k / year

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Senior

Gallatin Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Engineer

El Segundo, CA · San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX

$80k–$210k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Senior

Havoc AI Robotics Engineer - Ground Autonomy

Palo Alto, CA

$150k–$185k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Chariot Defense Manufacturing Technician

San Bruno, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Fisica Electro-Mechanical Assembler

San Leandro, CA

$51k–$95k / year

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Mid-Level

Picogrid Strategy & Operations Manager

Washington, D.C. · San Francisco, CA · El Segundo, CA

$130k–$190k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Swan Technologies Head of Partnerships

Remote · United States · Washington, D.C. · San Francisco, CA

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Director

Saildrone Staff Reliability and Quality Engineer

Alameda, CA

$160k–$188k / year

Job type: Test, Quality, & Reliability
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Verkada Senior+ IAM Engineer

San Mateo, CA

$200k–$300k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Senior

Theseus Robotics Software Engineer, Localization

San Francisco, CA

$140k–$250k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Arxlight Sr. Recruiter

Oakland, CA

$64k–$250k / year

Job type: Business & People Ops
Seniority: Senior

Infisical Solutions Engineer

Remote · United States · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Boston, MA · Austin, TX

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Deterrence IT Manager

Fremont, CA

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Manager

Twenty Strategic Finance and Business Operations Associate (Relocation to Washington, DC)

San Francisco, CA

$130k–$263k / year

Job type: Finance, Legal, & Compliance
Seniority: Entry-Level

Anduril Industries Senior Thermal Engineer, Expeditionary AI / HPC Data Centers

Mountain View, CA

$160k–$211k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Senior

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