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Mission Systems Lead

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $292,000–$292,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead technical development and integration of mission systems for a new maritime platform, from concept through delivery, ensuring alignment with strategic direction and customer requirements.

Role type

Senior technical leader for mission systems integration (maritime defense)

Builds

Fully operational mission systems for maritime platforms

Domain

Defense technology, autonomous maritime systems, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

military mission system delivery, distributed software platform architecture, modeling and simulation, high assurance safety critical software development, unit test and regression, autonomous weapons systems, product delivery lifecycle, vehicle management systems, system engineering

Preferred skills

leadership in high-performing tech org, systems/application programming, troubleshooting remotely deployed software, holistic software stack ownership, mentoring senior engineers, operational experience with autonomous maritime systems

Technologies

Lattice OS, vehicle management systems, simulation fixtures, hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop

Responsibilities

Own customer success through design and delivery of mission systems; Partner with Vehicle Software team on interfacing requirements; Drive architecture selection and design for robotic mission systems; Contribute to company-wide roadmap for mission system integration; Lead teams developing on- and off-platform software; Drive design and implementation of development processes and lifecycle testing; Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment; Mentor Senior Software Engineers; Leverage engineering teams to deliver capability beyond current platforms

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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