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Defense Jobs

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

6,000 open roles · Updated Sep 21, 2026

6,000 jobs

RED 6 Manufacturing Test Software Engineer

Denver, CO

$128k–$168k / year

Job type: Test, Quality, & Reliability
Seniority: Senior

Traysar Industries Technician - Fabrication & Heavy Equipment Operations

Austin, TX

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

RogueBeam EE Hardware Engineer

Seattle, WA

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Entry-Level

Picogrid Senior Software Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$150k–$250k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Vatn Systems Maritime Vessel Operations

Tiverton, RI

Job type: Test, Quality, & Reliability
Seniority: Mid-Level

Swan Technologies Forward Deployed Drone Technician

San Francisco, CA

$80k–$140k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Saildrone Principal Software Engineer, Perception

Alameda, CA

$300k–$380k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal

9 Mothers Integration Engineer

Austin, TX

$140k–$175k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

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Dataminr Director, FP&A

New York, NY

$147k–$216k / year

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

Long Wall Manager, Cost Accounting

Long Beach, CA

$130k–$170k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

UNION Manufacturing Engineer

Dallas, TX

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Mid-Level

CX2 Signal Processing Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$140k–$190k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Galvanick Infrastructure Engineer

Seattle, WA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Airbase Business Development Manager

New York, NY · Washington, D.C.

$150k–$225k / year

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Senior

Guardian RF Backend Software Engineer

Remote · Washington, D.C. · Marlow Heights, MD · Alexandria, VA

$80k–$120k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Theseus Forward Deployed Software Engineer

$80k–$120k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Nidus Technologies Business Operations Lead

New York, NY

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

Infisical Solutions Engineer

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

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Arxlight Engineering Technician

Oakland, CA

$73k–$114k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Ghost Robotics Sr. Engineer - Electronics

Philadelphia, PA

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Senior

Swarmbotics AI Production Technician

Phoenix, AZ

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Mid-Level

Modern Intelligence Drone Engineer

Austin, TX

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

XBOW Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial-UK

Remote — United Kingdom

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

Deterrence Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Dallas, TX

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Senior

Toka Region Director – Europe (Based in Netherlands / Belgium)

Remote · Netherlands

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Director

Military hardware and software

Working in Defense

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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