7 months ago
Kuwait (city not specified)Senior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Lead URZA deployments end-to-end at customer sites in Department of War and military operating environments.
- Configure URZA for customer missions and Concepts of Operations.
- Integrate URZA with third-party C2 systems, sensors, software APIs, and external weather, reconnaissance, and intelligence data sources.
- Lead customer technical reviews and operator training while partnering with Mission Leads on engagement coordination.
- Create reusable runbooks, ConOps templates, deployment guides, after-action reports, and integration playbooks.
- Mentor mid-level Solution Engineers and provide technical authority across customer engagements.
- Diagnose issues across compute, networking, vehicle behavior, and ConOps in degraded live-exercise conditions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, including significant customer-facing or forward-deployed work.
- Strong proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust and advanced Linux fluency.
- Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, multicast, and routing, with field debugging experience across multiple system layers.
- Demonstrated deployment experience in Department of War, military, or comparable operational environments.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance.
- Preferred experience with autonomous systems or unmanned vehicles such as UAS, UGV, USV, or UUV.
- Preferred experience with TAK, Cursor-on-Target, Link 16, Zenoh, or DDS.
- Preferred experience integrating sensors, third-party APIs, weather feeds, reconnaissance feeds, or intelligence feeds.
- Prior defense, autonomy, or robotics company experience and exposure to classified, ITAR, or CMMC environments are preferred.
- An active security clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
- Equity grants for new hires.
- Unlimited PTO, 11 paid holidays, and an expanded company holiday calendar including a November and December holiday hiatus.
- Generous parental leave and military leave for annual training or service requirements.
- FSA, DCFSA, and HSA programs.
- Professional development opportunities and access to One Medical.
- Free 24/7 mental health resources plus work-life services including legal and financial support.
- Based in Kuwait with an Austin, Texas home office; mission-dependent travel may reach approximately 75% with OCONUS rotations and significant on-site work.
About NODA AI
NODA AI builds autonomy-orchestration software that coordinates heterogeneous unmanned systems across air, sea, land, and space for defense, intelligence, and select commercial users. The company offers mission-planning and multi-agent control tools that bridge AI-driven intent and real-world execution on UAVs, USVs, and UUVs in contested environments. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is a privately held, venture-backed, veteran-owned defense technology company.