Senior Engagement Engineer
AI summary of the role
This is a founding technical customer-facing role at a seed-stage AI software company that designs spacecraft hardware.
What you’ll do
- Own technical delivery for named aerospace and defense accounts, from evaluation through deployment.
- Run customer evaluations, scoping, and demonstrations; diagnose non-convergent designs.
- Perform hands-on scripting, analysis, benchmarking, and validation against the models.
- Translate customer needs into engineering requirements and push back on non-generalizable requests.
What you’ll bring
- U.S. citizenship and active Secret clearance (Top Secret preferred).
- Military or defense background (any branch).
- Bachelor's in engineering or hard science (physics).
- Hands-on depth in applied ML, numerical optimization, or physics-based modeling/simulation.
Technologies
machine learning · numerical optimization · physics-based modeling · simulation · spacecraft design · antenna design · propulsion · power systems · RF · benchmarking
About Sitreps
Veteran-focused career platform and recruiting firm helping military operators transition into defense tech, private equity, and other high-intensity business roles.
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