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51 open staff defense & national security roles at 4 AI companies, including K2 Space, Mach Industries and Mariana Minerals. Updated daily; 6 were posted this week.

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  1. Principal Hardware Reliability Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $185K–220K · todaynew
  2. Principal Dynamics Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $190K–235K · todaynew
  3. Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer [Mechanical, Composites, Castings Reliability] — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $180K–220K · yesterdaynew
  4. Principal Certification & Airworthiness Engineer — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $160K–210K · yesterdaynew
  5. Principal GNC Engineer — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $240K–280K · 5 days agonew
  6. Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer [Precision Machining & Turbomachinery Reliability] — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $180K–220K · 6 days agonew
  7. Principal Forward Deployable Autonomous Systems Engineer — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $200K–240K · last week
  8. Principal RF Antenna Engineer, Top Secret Clearance — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $200K–270K · last week
  9. Staff Product Designer, MarianaOS — Mariana Minerals · Series B · San Francisco, CA · $180K–210K · 2 weeks ago
  10. Principal Systems Engineer, Aircraft Simulation and Design Integration — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $180K–250K · 3 weeks ago
  11. Staff Mechanical Engineer — Mariana Minerals · Series B · Houston, TX · $140K–175K · 4 weeks ago
  12. Principal Thermal Design Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–295K · 5 weeks ago
  13. Staff Quality Engineer — Saronic · Series D · Austin, TX · 5 weeks ago
  14. Sr./Staff Mechanical Engineer — Mariana Minerals · Series B · San Francisco, CA · $140K–175K · 7 weeks ago
  15. Principal Electrical Engineer — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $215K–255K · 8 weeks ago
  16. Principal ASIC Physical Design Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Remote (US) · $190K–280K · 8 weeks ago
  17. Principal Crypto Engineer (TS/SCI) — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $160K–245K · 8 weeks ago
  18. Principal Flight Software Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Seattle, WA · $200K–240K · 8 weeks ago
  19. Principal ASIC Physical Design Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Seattle, WA · $190K–280K · 8 weeks ago
  20. Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Seattle, WA · $190K–285K · 8 weeks ago
  21. Principal Launch Mission Manager — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 8 weeks ago
  22. Staff Accountant — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $75K–95K · 8 weeks ago
  23. Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Remote (US) · $190K–285K · 2 months ago
  24. Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Autonomy) — Mariana Minerals · Series B · San Francisco, CA · $160K–200K · 2 months ago
  25. Staff Product Manager — Mariana Minerals · Series B · San Francisco, CA · $180K–210K · 2 months ago
  26. Staff Machine Learning Engineer — Mariana Minerals · Series B · Ann Arbor, MI · $160K–240K · 3 months ago
  27. Staff Accountant — Mach Industries · Series C · Victorville, CA · $75K–85K · 3 months ago
  28. Principal Mechanical Engineer — Saronic · Series D · Austin, TX · 3 months ago
  29. Sr/Staff Electrical Engineer — Mariana Minerals · Series B · San Francisco, CA · $140K–210K · 3 months ago
  30. Principal Build & Integration Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 3 months ago
  31. Principal Integration & Test Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 3 months ago
  32. Principal Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 3 months ago
  33. Principal Software Engineer — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $220K–265K · 4 months ago
  34. Principal Network Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $170K–220K · 4 months ago
  35. Principal Solar Process Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 4 months ago
  36. Principal Solar Design Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 4 months ago
  37. Principal Solar Manufacturing Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 4 months ago
  38. Principal Mechanisms Engineer, Optical — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 4 months ago
  39. Staff/Principal Naval Architect — Saronic · Series D · Austin, TX · 4 months ago
  40. Principal Satellite Design Reliability Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 5 months ago
  41. Principal Application Software Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $190K–230K · 5 months ago
  42. Principal Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $190K–260K · 5 months ago
  43. Staff Process Engineer — Mariana Minerals · Series B · Houston, TX · $140K–175K · 5 months ago
  44. Principal Mechanical Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $185K–200K · 6 months ago
  45. Principal Vehicle & Mission Operations Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $180K–210K · 6 months ago
  46. Principal Satellite Platform Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $175K–200K · 6 months ago
  47. Principal RF Antenna Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $200K–270K · 8 months ago
  48. Principal Electrical Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $160K–210K · 8 months ago
  49. Principal Avionics Systems Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $180K–240K · 8 months ago
  50. Principal Flight Software Engineer — K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles, CA · $200K–240K · 9 months ago

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