Swarm Aero is building the largest UAV swarm in the world and the only Group 5 UAV swarm. This long-range, low-cost UAV is designed to endure near hotspots in Europe and Asia, keeping democracies free by making it impractical to invade & occupy free people.

Our team has years of aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Stratolaunch, Airbus Vahana, Airflow, Boom Supersonic, Blue Origin, Uber Elevate, and Embraer. We’ve previously done billions in tech deals involving DOD and built software platforms supporting millions of users, cutting edge AI, and ultra-low latency trading.

As a Mission Development Lead, you will work directly with customers to understand their needs, represent their circumstances internally as you interface closely with engineering teams, and shape and capture opportunities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Radical responsibility and ownership: You will be asked to own your portfolio from day one. Rapid learning, iteration, and tenacity are key as you lead and shape the ideas and actions that get things done. 
• Customer obsession: You will work closely with clients to grok their challenges and missions from first principles. You will translate that back to your colleagues.
• Technical curiosity: You will be directly involved in product as you work closely with Swarm Aero engineers to build relevant products for your client’s operational needs. You will be proactively, constantly learning about customer needs and what technology can bring for them.
• Seek and find: You will identify, evaluate and pursue opportunities and contribute ideas to others on your team. 
• Structure: You will provide organization and insight to complex pools of information to enable clear transfer of perspectives. You will use this to generate highly effective communications in artifacts like white papers, proposals, presentations, and analysis for internal and external audiences.
• Organize and scale: To organize is to create. As the company and your portfolio grows, so will your involvement in leading mission execution and bringing organization to many parallel threads. You will manage complex accounts and relationships efficiently and precisely.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE:

• Moved with urgency to make big things happen
• Experience with complex hardware and software systems
• Experience managing complex technical projects
• Experience in business development, productization, and contracting

WHAT SETS YOU APART:

• Mission alignment
• Strong writing and research skills 
• Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment 
• An enthusiasm for and broad knowledge of technology development
• Humility
• Ability to travel 25 – 75% required
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Swarm Aero is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone passionate to work on problems that matter, we’d love to hear from you.