Principal Airframe Design Engineer
Lead mechanical design of UAV airframes, optimizing mass, manufacturability, and performance.
On-site • San Diego, CA, USA- Full Time
- $153,000 – $206,000/year
- Min. 10 YOE
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40 open positions
Applied AI & Optimization Engineer
Own optimization and ML systems to support planning workbench, scheduling, and AI assistant integration.
- Full Time
- $140,000 – $185,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Embedded & Automation Engineer
Embedded software for manufacturing cell automation with hardware-in-the-loop tooling and edge abstraction in a regulated, US-based environment.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $140,000 – $230,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Senior Electrical Engineer
Senior Electrical Engineer leads PCB design and high-speed layout for space- and weight-constrained hardware, ensuring manufacturability and reliability.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $135,000 – $165,000/year
- Min. 7 YOE
Integration & Validation Engineer
Owns end-to-end validation of complex integrated systems on real hardware and leads integration testing cycles for major releases.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $140,000 – $185,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Electronics Engineering Technician
Role on manufacturing floor developing electronics systems for autonomous defense platforms with hands-on testing and debugging.
- On-site • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $28 – $44/hour
- Min. 5 YOE
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Own the cloud runtime and production platform reliability across Kubernetes, service mesh, and multi-account patterns.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $140,000 – $185,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Senior Full Stack Engineer owns end-to-end development across manufacturing software platform, including API, frontend, data model, and integrations.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $140,000 – $185,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
System Architect
Own end-to-end software system architecture for manufacturing platform and data contracts with cross-domain coordination and deep technical design.
- On-site • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $160,000 – $185,000/year
- Min. 10 YOE
Principal Software Engineer
Senior technical leader in engineering execution with cross-team collaboration and production code ownership.
- On-site • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $200,000 – $230,000/year
- Min. 10 YOE
Infrastructure & Security Engineer
Own the security architecture of the manufacturing software platform end-to-end with FedRAMP/ITAR readiness and edge-to-cloud trust.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $160,000 – $205,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Senior Product Manager, Expeditionary Manufacturing
Lead strategy and execution for xCell mobile manufacturing platform, aligning with defense customers.
- On-site • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $133,000 – $182,000/year
- Min. 8 YOE
Principal Automation Engineer
Leads flight-ready software integration across autopilot, onboard compute, and vehicle systems.
- On-site • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $238,000 – $262,000/year
- Min. 15 YOE
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, NPI
Lead DFM and DFA efforts with design engineering to ensure manufacturability, scalability, and cost targets.
- On-site • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $121,000 – $164,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Manufacturing Engineer, NPI
Supports transition of early designs into production-ready systems and scale from prototype to low-rate production.
- On-site • Location flexible
- Full Time
- $88,000 – $126,000/year
- Min. 3 YOE
Director of Security
Strategic security leader to develop and implement enterprise security programs supporting defense operations and government contracts.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $183,000 – $226,000/year
- Min. 10 YOE
Director, Platform Architecture, Expeditionary Manufacturing
Senior engineering leader to own system-level architecture and platform standards for the xCell deployable manufacturing system.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $188,000 – $224,000/year
- Min. 10 YOE
Pricing Analyst
Pricing strategy and model management for government and commercial contracts to optimize price-to-win outcomes.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $106,000 – $158,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Senior Quality, Test & Evaluation Engineer
Owns system-level verification and validation plans, drives acceptance testing, and leads corrective actions for xCell platforms.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $142,000 – $183,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Government Relations Lead
Lead and execute federal appropriations strategy, build DoD/Congress engagement, and establish a government affairs function.
- On-site • Washington, DC, USA
- Full Time
- $163,000 – $209,000/year
- Min. 8 YOE
Material Handler
Proactively anticipate material needs and deliver components to points of use to enable rapid unmanned systems development.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $28 – $42/hour
- Min. 4 YOE
Senior Integrations Engineer
Integrates avionics, mission payloads and embedded systems for DoD-grade UAS with field deployment and testing.
- Remote • United States
- Full Time
- $116,000 – $167,000/year
- Min. 5 YOE
Senior Project Engineer, NPI
Drive weekly engineering execution and integration activities across the xCell program with build readiness, V&V, and cross-functional coordination.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $136,000 – $172,000/year
- Min. 8 YOE
Proposal & Capture Manager
Lead capture strategy and proposal execution for defense opportunities, owning end-to-end lifecycle and cross-functional coordination.
- Remote • San Diego, CA, USA
- Full Time
- $140,000 – $193,000/year
- Min. 7 YOE
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