Luminarycloud

Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer — Defense

San Mateo, CA · Principal · Contract

No sponsorship$10k-$25kDetected 26 days ago

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About the role

As the Senior/Principal Lead Delivery Engineer for Defense, you own customer outcomes for Luminary's defense and government engagements - prime contractors, DoD agencies, defense innovation organizations, and national labs.
You operate fluently in environments with security, compliance, and ITAR/EAR requirements, and you partner with the GTM team on program engagement and expansion.
Own end-to-end customer outcomes across new and existing defense and government accounts - prime contractors, DoD agencies (DARPA, AFRL, NRL, Navy), and national labs - from discovery through model deployment and embedding into program workflows.
Author SOWs and RFP/RFI responses that navigate government contracting items - milestones, deliverables, IP, and export control - and own delivery accountability against them.
Lead a value delivery team in a matrix structure: Applications Engineers, Applied AI/ML Scientists, Data and Platform Engineers, and selected product engineers.
Operate as a dual hat - project manager and product manager - running execution while shaping the product intuition for what to build next.
Partner with the GTM team on new program engagement and account growth.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams without direct authority.

5-10 years of experience in a technical role in defense, government R&D, prime contractor engineering, or defense-adjacent enterprise software.
Principal-level candidates have an extensive track record in defense.
Familiarity with government contracting, ITAR/EAR, and defense acquisition frameworks.
Working knowledge of AI/ML applied to engineering - surrogate modeling, neural operators, physics-informed ML, structural digital twins.
work side-by-side with customer engineers on use case development, including at customer sites where required.
WHAT YOU BRING 5-10 years of experience in a technical role in defense, government R&D, prime contractor engineering, or defense-adjacent enterprise software.
Embrace co-engineering: work side-by-side with customer engineers on use case development, including at customer sites where required.
U.S. Person required; active or obtainable Secret/TS-SCI clearance preferred.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.

Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
Prior experience at prime contractors (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing Defense, Raytheon/RTX, General Dynamics, L3Harris) or defense labs (DARPA, AFRL, NRL, Sandia, Los Alamos).
Active security clearance.
Track record of deploying ML or simulation tooling into program environments under compliance constraints.
In accordance with export control regulations, this position requires candidates to qualify as a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)).
An active or obtainable U.S. security clearance (Secret or TS/SCI) is preferred.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION IN ENGINEERING INNOVATION Luminary helps engineering companies be more competitive by getting to market faster, creating better products, and reducing development risk.
Luminary is a Series B company headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Experience with digital twin programs for airframe, propulsion, or fleet health management applications.

Full-time position | San Mateo, CA (Onsite) Note: In accordance with export control regulations, this position requires candidates to qualify as a U

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