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Senior Director, Hivemind Operations & Sustainment (R5855)

Washington, DC💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-27

Core

Establish and lead the organization, practices, and tools for product deployment, integration, sustaining engineering, test & evaluation, and customer support engineering for Hivemind autonomy software and related defense systems.

Role type

Senior Director, Operations & Sustainment

Builds

Deployment methodologies, training curriculum, technical documentation, operational processes, and support frameworks for defense software products.

Domain

Defense technology / Autonomous systems / Software operations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Systems engineering, organizational leadership, deployment strategy, sustaining engineering, test & evaluation, customer support engineering, operational metrics, cross-functional leadership

Preferred skills

AI/ML platforms, autonomous systems, SDKs, APIs, developer platforms, technical training development

Technologies

Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT, X-BAT, Aechelon simulation

Responsibilities

Lead teams for installation and operational deployment of HME Software; Develop repeatable deployment methodologies and tools; Own strategy for customer education and knowledge management; Lead engineering efforts for product sustainment and issue resolution; Drive rapid validation and verification for hardware repairs and software updates; Own the technical support engineering organization and establish triage processes; Establish systems engineering discipline and operational governance; Serve as operational interface between Engineering, Program Management, and Customer Success.

Seniority

Senior Director, strategic leadership & organizational building

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