Distributed Spectrum
Mission Operations Lead, Special Projects
New York City
No sponsorshipDetected 83 days ago
TypeScriptRESTMachine LearningEmbedded SystemsResearchAdaptability
About the role
- We collect radio data from all over the world, train neural networks to decipher it, and run them on the smallest chips we can.
- You'll fit in if you want to come to work for the problem itself and don't want to choose between technical rigor, business value, and real-world impact.
- We work with high ownership and trust, and we do it together in the office 5 days/week.
Responsibilities
- Deploy and operate AI-driven RF sensors in real-world environments where you'll configure, validate, troubleshoot, and keep systems healthy across distributed networks.
- Lead missions across multiple theaters and authorities, serving as the primary operational voice between the field and headquarters.
- Build RF-to-cyber targeting workflows that translate signal detections, anomaly patterns, and emitter behavior into structured intelligence products for downstream effects.
- Drive the product forward by feeding mission lessons, operator needs, and edge cases directly into our engineering team's iteration cycle.
- Train and lead teams of operators, analysts, and engineers to build playbooks that make complex systems usable by non-specialists.
- DS creates systems that power the next generation of radio spectrum intelligence.
- We're solving a new, technically hard problem where nothing from other fields works out of the box, and along the way, we've built our own stack from scratch, including entirely new embedding model architectures, custom GPU kernels, and much more.
- That means deploying systems, running operations, building targeting workflows, and briefing the people who make decisions.
Requirements
- You have 8+ years in SIGINT, CNO, electronic warfare, CEMA, or a closely related operational discipline.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Fast learners over specific backgrounds - We care more about how quickly you can pick up new skills than where you've worked before.
Nice to have
- You hold an active TS/SCI clearance.
- CI Poly is strongly preferred.
Compensation
- 401(k) match - up to 4% of your salary
Benefits
- Above-market salary, equity, and benefits package.
- Early Series A Equity
- Excellent health, dental, and vision coverage
Company info
- As our Mission Operations Lead, you'll own the operational seam between what our sensors see and what operators do about it.
- Intellectual honesty - The right answer matters more than being right. You challenge assumptions, test ideas, and pivot when needed.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizenship required
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