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$150,000–$200,000/yr

  • Own all functional safety standards and regulatory requirements across products and markets.
  • Serve as the named Functional Safety Manager accountable for the safety lifecycle and certification body relationships.
  • Author safety manuals and subsystem data packs that support customers' safety arguments.

FORT Robotics provides a platform for safe, secure, and dynamic control of autonomous machines, offering solutions like Wireless E-Stop and Safe Remote Control. The company is dedicated to ensuring safety and security for people, data, and machines, and fosters a collaborative, questioning mindset in its team.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Own system-level requirements, architecture, and verification for the Cyclops interceptor.
  • Build and maintain full traceability from customer objectives to subsystem requirements.
  • Lead technical reviews and ensure integration across all engineering disciplines.

They specialize in ballistic missile defense and develop the Cyclops interceptor, containerized launchers, and low-cost targets. Founded in 2024, the company fosters a mission-driven culture focused on problem-solving and ownership.

  • Define system architectures and requirements for remote operation, fleet orchestration, and mapping systems.
  • Establish and validate system performance targets using data pipelines, simulation environments, and verification campaigns.
  • Collaborate across autonomy, software, AI, and operations teams to improve system performance and safety.

They develop autonomous vehicle technology for safe, reliable robotaxi operations. The environment is fast-paced, highly technical, multidisciplinary, and focused on bringing advanced autonomous vehicle technology into real-world use.

  • Architect solutions for Multi-Function Processors and Stores Management Systems for airborne defense programs.
  • Work closely with defense customers to translate operational needs into product planning and roadmaps.
  • Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary hardware, software, FPGA, and cyber-security teams.

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Develop, model, and validate radar signal processing algorithms including detection and estimation.
  • Implement Python tools for radar control, data acquisition, processing, and visualization.
  • Support deployment, calibration, and troubleshooting of phased array radar systems.

LeoLabs builds the living map of activity in space using a proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics. With a global workforce, they focus on mission-critical space domain awareness, safety, and transparency for commercial and government partners.

  • Lead electronics supplier industrialization for EW products from early PCBA builds to production ramp.
  • Own and manage electrical commodities like PCB/PCBA, cables, connectors, and components.
  • Drive manufacturing readiness and process improvements including SPC, PFMEA, and capacity planning.

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. It brings innovative companies' expertise to the defense industry, with a focus on autonomy, AI, and computer vision.

  • Contribute end-to-end to SAR engineering across the full lifecycle of a SAR space mission.
  • Lead technical solutions for mission enhancements: beam mode design, mission concept design, image quality modelling.
  • Own design trade-offs across spacecraft systems, coverage and access, SAR payload, SAR processor and end-user applications.

Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting is a specialized staffing and recruiting firm that places engineering and technical professionals in contract roles. This posting supports a senior systems engineering position for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) space missions within the aerospace and defense sector.

  • Oversee end-to-end SAR engineering across the full lifecycle of a space mission.
  • Lead technical solutions for current and future SAR missions, including beam mode design and image quality modelling.
  • Manage mission-level risk, integration, verification, validation, and commissioning.

Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting is a talent acquisition firm specializing in technical staffing. They are hiring for a global leader in Earth-observation satellites, offering a fully remote role with optional relocation to Vancouver, BC.

  • Design, build, and maintain robotic platforms, including sensor integration, calibration, and actuator control.
  • Develop the robotics software stack for perception, state estimation, motion planning, and control, plus simulation environments.
  • Deploy and optimize learned models on hardware with attention to latency, safety, and reliability.

Metacognition builds intelligent systems capable of learning, remembering, and reasoning over time. It is an early-stage startup with a highly collaborative, fast-moving environment where employees have meaningful ownership.

  • Own SAR payload subsystem definition, design, integration, verification, and sustainment across Earth-observation programs.
  • Lead requirements, architecture trades, performance simulations, and payload verification planning.
  • Act as technical interface with customers, primes, and internal teams; support operations and anomaly resolution.

HIKINEX (Fastwater Staffing) is a recruiting firm specializing in engineering and aerospace placements. They support remote-first hiring and value independent, technically strong professionals.