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Defense Jobs

Military hardware and software, including autonomous vehicles, weapons, sensors, and communications.

6,001 open roles · Updated Sep 21, 2026

6,001 jobs

Hidden Level HR & Talent Specialist, Operations

Syracuse, NY

$70k–$85k / year

Job type: Business & People Ops
Seniority: Mid-Level

Second Front Systems Director, Demand Generation

Remote

$175k–$185k / year

Job type: Marketing & Design
Seniority: Director

UFORCE Recruiting Operations Specialist

Remote · United States · United Kingdom

Job type: Business & People Ops
Seniority: Mid-Level

Dominion Dynamics Head of Autonomy, Aerial

Canada

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Heaviside Industries Manufacturing Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

$130k–$160k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Valstad Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Motion Planning & Manipulation

Austin, TX

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Havoc AI Robotics Simulation Engineer

Remote

$150k–$185k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Tiberius Aerospace Structural Engineer

Orange County, CA

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

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Chariot Defense Firmware Engineer

San Bruno, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Vannevar Labs Site Reliability Engineer

Remote · San Diego, CA

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Mid-Level

Wraithwatch Offensive Security Engineer

Remote · United States

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

First Order Effects Executive Assistant

Austin, TX

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Andrenam Head of Finance

Torrance, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

Furientis Finance Manager

Los Angeles, CA

Job type: Finance, Legal, & Compliance
Seniority: Manager

Fisica Antenna Assembler

San Leandro, CA

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

Valinor Enterprises Software Engineer, Systems Architecture

Remote · Boston, MA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

RED 6 Director of Business Development -Navy

Remote · Orlando, FL

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Director

RogueBeam Principal DSP Engineer

Seattle, WA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Traysar Industries Government Business Development

Washington, D.C.

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Picogrid Site Reliability Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$170k–$195k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Vatn Systems Autonomy Engineer

Bristol, RI

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Mid-Level

Swan Technologies Proposal Writer / Growth Operations Manager

Remote · Washington, D.C.

$140k–$185k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Saildrone Perception Machine Learning Engineer

Alameda, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

9 Mothers Field Applications Engineer

Austin, TX

$95k–$125k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Dataminr Account Manager, Federal Civilian (FBI)

Remote

$213k–$313k / year

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Senior

Military hardware and software

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Defense teams develop vehicles, weapons, sensors, communications, and software for military operations.

Work spans engineering, manufacturing, testing, program management, and deployment support. Clearance and citizenship requirements vary by role.

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