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Defense Jobs

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

6,092 open roles · Updated Sep 26, 2026

6,092 jobs

Helsing Multimodal Sensing Test Engineer

Germany

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Shield AI Senior Staff Engineer, Actuation Systems Architecture & Design (RX) (R6003)

Dallas, TX

$174k–$261k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Saronic Senior NPI Quality Engineer - Electrical

Austin, TX

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

Castelion Senior Mechanisms Engineer

Torrance, CA

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Senior

Neros Strategic Finance

Torrance, CA

$134k–$188k / year

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

STARK NPI / Manufacturing Engineer – Industrialization & DFM (all genders)

Germany

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Mid-Level

Harmattan AI Data Engineer (Detect & Track Distillation)

France · Switzerland

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

CHAOS Industries Digital Signal Processing Engineer

El Segundo, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

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Allen Control Systems Computer Vision & Machine Learning Engineer, Senior

Austin, TX

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Senior

Skydio Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Remote · San Mateo, CA

$200k–$285k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Verkada Technical Content Delivery Manager

San Mateo, CA

$150k–$210k / year

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Senior

Mach Industries Software Engineer, Mission Autonomy

Huntington Beach, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Quantum Systems Quality Controller

Ukraine

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

Anduril Industries Production Scheduler (Test)

McHenry, MS

$77k–$100k / year

Job type: Supply Chain & Procurement
Seniority: Mid-Level

Helsing Programme Manager - Land

Germany

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Mid-Level

Shield AI Staff Engineer, Electromechanical Battery Pack Design (R6047)

Seattle, WA · Washington, D.C.

$187k–$281k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal

Saronic Mission Operations Chief Engineer, MUSV

Austin, TX

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Senior

Castelion Product Security Architect, Embedded Systems

Torrance, CA

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Senior

Neros Senior DevOps Engineer

Torrance, CA

$165k–$231k / year

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

STARK Manufacturing Engineer – Automation & Process Development (all genders)

Germany

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Mid-Level

Harmattan AI Field Deployment Engineer - Global Lead

France

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Director

CHAOS Industries Radar Signal Processing Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$110k–$240k / year

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Senior

Allen Control Systems Unreal Systems Developer

Austin, TX

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Senior

Skydio Staff Product Manager, Platform & Infrastructure

San Mateo, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Entry-Level

Verkada Federal Solutions Engineer

San Mateo, CA

$160k–$210k / year

Job type: Business Dev & Customer Ops
Seniority: Mid-Level

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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