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Mission Operations Lead, Maritime

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Enterprise-level mission analysis and operational planning for the maritime portfolio of unmanned systems, bridging warfighter needs with product strategy.

Role type

Senior IC mission operations lead (maritime)

Builds

Uncrewed maritime systems (subsurface, surface, air) powered by Lattice OS

Domain

Defense technology, maritime operations, autonomous systems

Deliverable

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

Required skills

maritime operational planning, autonomous system employment (AUV), briefing senior military/civilian leaders, decomposing ambiguous problems, threat-informed planning, portfolio-level prioritization, cross-functional influence

Preferred skills

watch floor experience, at-sea operational experience, CONOPS development, wargaming, modeling and simulation, government customer engagement

Technologies

Lattice OS, AUV, unmanned systems

Responsibilities

Identify operational problems and capability gaps across the maritime portfolio; develop concepts of operation and employment; inform capability roadmaps and investment prioritization; analyze threat environments and translate to capability priorities; convert field test results into portfolio-level lessons; represent operational perspective in cross-functional reviews.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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