Distributed Spectrum
Mission Operations Engineer
New York City
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About the role
- As a Mission Operations Engineer at Distributed Spectrum, you will be at the heart of transforming raw RF data into actionable intelligence in operational environments.
- Empowered by AI-driven sensing, you'll ensure operators can detect, understand, and respond to emerging threats at the edge.
Responsibilities
- Operate and support live mission deployments, working with edge‑AI sensors to detect and classify threats from RF environments.
- Lead hands-on field operations, including deployment planning, sensor configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and data validation.
- Design and improve mission workflows, translating operator needs into technical specifications, products, and real-world capabilities.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams, feeding customer insights back to drive rapid iteration on sensor hardware, software, and AI models.
- Support mission planning and execution, including preparing test scenarios, overseeing data collection during deployments, and coordinating post-mission debriefs.
- 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.
- Ownership of outcomes - You optimize your own time, focus on what matters to deliver quickly, and cut out inefficiencies.
- Not building in a vacuum - You stay connected to the rest of our teams and our customers to make sure all the pieces fit together.
Requirements
- Experience in mission operations or field engineering roles, ideally in RF, sensing, autonomy, or related domains.
- Proficiency with data collection workflows, operational tooling, dashboards, or field instrumentation.
Nice to have
- Military or government experience working with RF systems
- Familiarity with tools for autonomous system integration
- Experience with AI-informed, edge‑deployed sensors, or autonomy platforms.
- Join early at a startup solving real-world RF detection challenges with cutting-edge AI.
- Work in a fast-moving, operator-focused culture where ideas move from concept to deployment in weeks not years.
- WHY DISTRIBUTED SPECTRUM?
- Fast learners over specific backgrounds - We care more about how quickly you can pick up new skills than where you've worked before.
- Intellectual honesty - The right answer matters more than being right.
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
- Benefit from a supportive workplace that values autonomy, collaboration, and direct impact.
- Ensure data integrity and operational readiness, maintaining system health, monitoring performance, and contributing to continued development of our core platform.
Company info
- Drive training and documentation efforts, ensuring that internal teams and customers have the tools and knowledge to operate efficiently.
- You challenge assumptions, test ideas, and pivot when needed.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Eligible for US security clearance
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