Applied Silver, Inc.

Head of Engineering, Defense OS

Ann Arbor · Contract

Work authorization required$200k-$275kDetected 1 day ago

Code ReviewCI/CDMachine LearningCybersecuritySystems EngineeringLeadershipCommunication

About the role

The Navy is racing to break decades of closed, single-vendor ship architectures.
Combat systems, C4I, and hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) systems run on separate, vendor-locked compute with no shared data plane.
The Navy is modernizing ship systems and requires a platform to unify it.

Build and lead the DefenseOS engineering organization. Hire, structure, and grow a multi-disciplinary team across platform and software, EE and hardware architecture, perception and fusion, and integration and test, and develop its technical leads.
Own the technical strategy and roadmap across the four WarshipOS pillars: zonal compute, data transport / API / SDK, AI/ML perception and fusion platform, and modern SIL/HIL test with a digital twin, aligned to the broader DefenseOS strategy.
Own program execution. Plan releases, track progress against milestones across anchor programs, surface risks early, and deliver on schedule and to quality under acquisition and field constraints.
Engineering leadership at scale. Typically 12+ years in software and systems engineering with 6+ years leading engineering teams, including managing other managers and technical leads, and a track record of building and scaling a team from a small core.
Hardware / software systems fluency. Led programs spanning hardware and software (compute architecture, sensor and system integration, lab-to-platform test), enough to set direction for EE / hardware and integration leads.
Build and lead the DefenseOS engineering organization.

Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) or analogous commercial platforms where a zonal architecture and centralized compute replaced distributed, domain-based controllers, directly transferable to a warship operating system.
Naval or maritime subsystems: combat / mission systems, shipboard communications (C5I, tactical data links, SATCOM), or HM&E.
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) or other unmanned / autonomous platforms
familiarity with shipboard size, weight, power, and survivability constraints.
Prior naval service or fleet / operational experience.
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Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI.
Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft.
Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo.
Learn more at applied.co http://applied.co.

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits.

You will hire and grow a multi-disciplinary team and its technical leads, set the bar for engineering quality, and partner directly with product, Navy customers, and shipbuilders.
Partner with product, defense customers, and shipbuilders/integrators as a design-informed engineering leader, shaping operator-facing capability and the trade-offs that keep the roadmap mapped to operational value.

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