We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and scale the backend systems that power our flight safety platform. In this role, you will take ownership of backend services, APIs, and data pipelines, balancing hands-on development with technical leadership. You’ll work closely with product and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable systems that support mission-critical, real-world applications.
What You’ll Do
Architect, build, and maintain backend services and distributed systems that support mission-critical applications.
Design and implement secure, scalable APIs for internal and external integrations, including real-time data streaming and support for web and mobile clients.
Build and optimize data pipelines for efficient ingestion, processing, and access to time-series and multimedia data.
Own backend system reliability, performance, and scalability in production environments.
Lead technical design discussions and contribute to code reviews and architectural decisions.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex backend and cloud infrastructure issues to ensure high availability.
Take ownership of backend features or systems from concept through delivery, working closely with product and cross-functional partners.
What Will Make You Successful
5+ years of experience designing and implementing backend services, APIs, and distributed systems in production environments.
Fluency in modern backend languages such as Python and JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js).
Proven experience building, scaling, and operating backend infrastructure.
Strong ownership mindset, with experience driving end-to-end systems and features from design through deployment.
Ability to operate effectively in evolving environments while maintaining high standards for quality and reliability.
Experience building or working with data pipelines and backend systems handling large-scale or real-time data.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Familiarity with machine learning workflows or data-intensive systems.
Experience working with big data tools or large-scale data processing frameworks.
Background in DevOps or DevSecOps, including automating infrastructure and improving system reliability and security.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are seeking an iOS Software Engineer to join our mobile team and help build high-impact iOS applications that support our flight safety platform. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers, designers, and product managers to develop user-facing features and contribute to production systems. You’ll grow your iOS expertise while working on real-time, safety-critical applications that advance flight safety and operational efficiency.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement iOS features using Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and modern iOS frameworks.
Work with senior engineers to build and maintain reliable, high-performance mobile applications.
Integrate with internal and external APIs to support real-time data and application functionality.
Collaborate with designers and product managers to deliver intuitive, user-friendly mobile experiences.
Participate in code reviews and follow established iOS best practices and architectural patterns.
Help ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability through testing and documentation.
What Will Make You Successful
2+ years of experience developing iOS applications, or equivalent experience through internships, projects, or coursework.
Experience with Swift and SwiftUI, with some exposure to UIKit and common iOS frameworks.
Familiarity with asynchronous programming concepts such as async/await, multithreading, or GCD.
Basic experience working with networking, APIs, or real-world data sources.
Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn from feedback and mentorship.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Exposure to mapping or spatial frameworks such as Mapbox or MapKit.
Interest in real-time data, sensors, or hardware-adjacent systems.
Familiarity with CI/CD workflows or cloud-backed mobile systems.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to help design and build the advanced pilot assistance software that supports our flight safety platform. In this role, you will develop and deploy autonomy, robotics, and embedded systems that operate in real-world, safety-critical aviation environments. You will take ownership of mission-critical functionality, contribute hands-on across the stack, and mentor a small team while delivering reliable systems that support time-sensitive decision-making for human operators.
What You’ll Do
Design, build, and deploy robotic and embedded software that powers advanced pilot assistance systems in production environments.
Own autonomy-related features or subsystems from concept through deployment, driving work from 0 to 1 with a strong focus on reliability and performance.
Write, review, and maintain high-quality Python and C++ code across autonomy, systems, and embedded components.
Integrate software with hardware, sensors, and perception or data ingestion pipelines to support autonomous and operator-in-the-loop decision-making.
Optimize software for edge compute environments, managing CPU/GPU usage, latency, and implementing appropriate safety mechanisms and fail-safes.
Lead testing, validation, and deployment efforts to ensure systems meet safety-critical and mission-critical requirements.
Mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on collaboration.
What Will Make You Successful
5+ years of experience designing and deploying robotic software and/or embedded systems in production environments.
Strong software engineering skills in C++ and/or Python, with experience in systems-level or embedded programming.
Experience building real-time or interactive systems that support users making time-sensitive decisions.
Familiarity with autonomy-related systems such as planning, decision-making, or reasoning, and integrating with perception or sensor pipelines.
Hands-on experience working with embedded or edge compute platforms and debugging hardware/software interactions.
Proven ability to deliver complex systems end-to-end in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Bonus Points
Experience working on safety-critical or mission-critical systems, including aviation or robotics domains.
Familiarity with robot operating systems or middleware such as ROS or DDS.
Experience supporting human operators in the loop, simulation environments, or real-time control systems.
Background in advanced mobility, autonomy, and robotics.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We are seeking a Recruiting Associate to help us deliver an exceptional candidate experience while maintaining a fast moving hiring process that remains organized and efficient. This is a critical role in supporting the growth of our dedicated team. You will help review candidates, coordinate interviews, manage communication with candidates and hiring managers, and keep our hiring process running smoothly. Over time, you will have the opportunity to take on more ownership across the full recruiting lifecycle, from sourcing and pipeline building to partnering directly with hiring managers on strategy. Our ideal candidate has an extremely high attention to detail, a strong sense of pride in the quality of their work, and excellent communication skills. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who understands the rapid pace of a startup environment, wants to develop their recruiting craft, and is eager to grow into a full recruiting role alongside Beacon AI.
Own the day-to-day coordination of Beacon’s hiring process, including candidate communication, scheduling, interview logistics, and ATS management, while ensuring a smooth and high-quality candidate experience
Keep recruiting operations optimized and organized by maintaining data accuracy, process hygiene, and strong coordination across candidates, interviewers, and hiring managers
Help manage recruiting projects such as the creation of job descriptions, templates, metrics, and reporting processes
Represent Beacon honestly and compellingly to candidates, and help close exceptional talent in this competitive hiringRole Overview
We’re seeking a Recruiting Associate to help us deliver an exceptional candidate experience while maintaining a fast-moving hiring process that remains organized, efficient, and high-quality. This is a critical role in driving the growth of our team while also supporting our existing teammates.
You’ll help coordinate interviews, manage candidate and hiring manager communication, keep our recruiting systems clean and current, and support the day-to-day execution that keeps Beacon hiring smoothly. This role is designed for someone early in their career who is highly organized, takes real pride in their work, and wants to grow into a larger recruiting career over time.
1-3 years of recruiting coordination, recruiting operations, people operations, executive scheduling, or equivalent experience in a fast-paced environment
Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Proficiency with Google Workspace
A positive attitude and a no-task-too-small mindset, paired with a strong interest in growing within a startup environment
Hands-on experience using Ashby, our ATS
Interest in aviation, AI, or complex software products
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join our team and help build the backend systems that power our flight safety platform. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers and product partners to design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines. You’ll contribute to production systems, grow your backend engineering skills, and play a meaningful role in supporting mission-critical, real-world applications.
What You’ll Do
Design, implement, and maintain backend services and APIs used by web and mobile applications.
Work with senior engineers to build reliable, scalable backend systems in production environments.
Integrate with internal and external data sources, including real-time and batch data pipelines.
Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional partners to deliver backend features that support user-facing functionality.
Participate in code reviews and follow established backend best practices and architectural patterns.
Help ensure system reliability, performance, and maintainability through testing, monitoring, and documentation.
What Will Make You Successful
2+ years of experience building backend systems, or equivalent experience through internships, projects, or coursework.
Experience with at least one modern backend language such as Python or JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js).
Familiarity with designing or consuming APIs and working with databases or data stores.
Exposure to production environments and an understanding of reliability, performance, and security fundamentals.
Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn from feedback and mentorship.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Exposure to data pipelines, real-time data systems, or distributed systems concepts.
Interest in machine learning, data-intensive systems, or large-scale data processing.
Familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD workflows, or DevOps concepts.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We are seeking a Lead Web App Engineer to bring technical leadership, strong ownership, and strategic thinking to our frontend team. In this role, you will drive the development of high-impact web interfaces that integrate with our flight safety platform, enabling users to interact with complex aviation data and derive actionable insights. You will collaborate closely across disciplines and play a key role in advancing aviation safety and operational capability.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement React-based features while architecting frontend systems that handle large-scale, real-time and historical aviation data.
Integrate, process, and visualize data from multiple sources, including live streams and archived datasets.
Mentor engineers and drive best practices through code reviews and architectural discussions.
Partner with backend engineers, product managers, and UX/UI designers to make informed design and implementation decisions.
Ensure reliable, maintainable frontend systems through automated testing, clear documentation, and strong engineering standards.
Build reusable components and internal libraries to accelerate future development.
What Will Make You Successful
5+ years of experience building and shipping high-performance, user-facing web applications.
Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, state management, and modern web standards (HTML/CSS).
Strong experience with asynchronous frontend patterns and efficient handling of live and historical data streams.
Proven ownership of complex features or product areas, driving work from concept through delivery with a high degree of autonomy.
Proactive, resourceful mindset with the ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Consistently sets and upholds a high technical bar through design decisions, code quality, mentorship, and hiring input.
Ability to analyze and optimize frontend performance for scalability, responsiveness, and reliability.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Experience with geospatial or mapping tools such as Mapbox or Cesium.
Deep experience with live data streaming and playback systems.
Experience with video streaming technologies and real-time media delivery.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Product Designer who wants their work to matter. At Beacon AI, you will shape how pilots interact with AI in the cockpit, designing experiences where clarity, speed, and precision are not just good design principles, they are safety critical. This is a rare opportunity to define a product from the ground up in one of tech's most consequential domains.
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end product design process for Beacon AI's pilot assistant, from discovery and user research through wireframes, prototypes, and final specs handed off to engineering
Conduct research and usability testing with pilots and aviation professionals to deeply understand workflows, mental models, and safety critical needs
Translate complex AI-driven data and alerts into interfaces that are instantly clear and actionable in high-pressure cockpit environments
Build and maintain a scalable design system that ensures consistency and speed across the product
Partner closely with engineering and strong product sense to ship polished, well-considered experiences iteratively
Contribute to brand and visual identity as a secondary responsibility, supporting marketing and web presence as needed
What Will Make You Successful
You have strong product design instincts and can move fluidly from research and strategy to high-fidelity execution
You are fluent in Figma and comfortable owning a design system end to end
You ask \"why\" before you ask \"what does it look like\" and you push back when a brief is not solving the right problem
You are energized by complexity and ambiguity, not intimidated by it
You have a genuine curiosity about aviation, aerospace, or safety critical industries
Bonus Points
3+ years of experience in product design, ideally with complex, data-heavy or safety-critical products such as aviation, aerospace, defense, medical devices, or enterprise software
Proficiency in Figma or similar modern design tools with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work
Experience designing for AI-powered products and understanding how to make machine-generated insights feel trustworthy and intuitive to end users
Familiarity with motion design, micro-interactions, or basic HTML and CSS is a plus
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Software Engineer, iOS / Mobile (Health Wearable)
Role Overview
We are seeking an iOS Software Engineer with a strong background in health/wearable technology development to join our mobile team and help build high-impact iOS applications that support our flight safety platform. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers and designers to develop user-facing features focused on health monitoring and data visualization for flight crew. You have a strong eye for design, experience structuring complex UIs, and know how to turn large streams of health and biometric data into clean, intuitive interfaces. You will help build wearable integrated experiences that track crew health in real time and surface meaningful insights to support safety and operational awareness.
What You'll Do
Design and implement iOS features using Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and modern iOS frameworks.
Build and maintain health and fitness focused mobile applications integrating with HealthKit and wearable devices.
Structure complex, data rich UIs that visualize large streams of health and biometric data in a clean and intuitive way.
Design and build charts and data displays that are both highly functional and visually polished.
Integrate with wearable hardware to support real time health monitoring for flight crew.
Apply data security and privacy best practices including Keychain, encrypted storage, and secure handling of sensitive health and biometric data.
Collaborate with senior engineers and designers to deliver precise, reliable, and visually compelling mobile experiences.
Participate in code reviews and follow established iOS best practices and architectural patterns.
Help ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability through testing and documentation.
3+ years of experience developing iOS applications, or equivalent experience through internships, projects, or coursework.
Experience with Swift and SwiftUI, with some exposure to UIKit and common iOS frameworks.
Hands on experience with HealthKit and building fitness or health wearable applications.
Strong eye for design with the ability to structure complex UIs and translate large datasets into clear and compelling visual interfaces.
Experience building charts, dashboards, or data visualizations within iOS applications.
Understanding of iOS data security and privacy practices including Keychain, encrypted storage, and secure handling of sensitive health and biometric data.
Familiarity with asynchronous programming concepts such as async/await, multithreading, or GCD.
Strong problem solving skills and eagerness to learn from feedback and mentorship.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast moving environment.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve flight safety and crew wellbeing.
Experience working on safety critical or mission critical systems.
Familiarity with navigation or flight related frameworks and data sources.
Familiarity with CI/CD workflows or cloud backed mobile systems.
Interest in real time data, sensors, or hardware adjacent systems.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are seeking an iOS Software Engineer to join our mobile team and help build high-impact iOS applications primarily targeting iPad that support our flight safety platform. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers and designers to develop user-facing features and contribute to production systems. You will have experience building Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications, working with location services and map navigation, and integrating with external hardware and edge devices. You are performance obsessed where your applications handle large datasets efficiently such as millions of data points for wind and weather data, and render aviation instruments with precision and zero lag. You understand that EFB applications must remain fully operational in offline and degraded connectivity environments, and you know how to build for that reality. You'll grow your iOS expertise while working on real-time, safety critical applications where reliability and accuracy are non negotiable.
What You'll Do
Design and implement iOS features using Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and modern iOS frameworks.
Build and maintain high performance mobile applications that handle large datasets such as wind and weather data in real time.
Develop and integrate Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) features including location services, map navigation, and aviation instrument displays.
Integrate with external hardware and edge devices to support real time data ingestion and application functionality.
Architect offline-first experiences and graceful degradation strategies to ensure full application functionality in low or no connectivity environments.
Implement background processing and long-running compute tasks using Swift Concurrency, async/await, and background task APIs to support continuous data handling without impacting the user experience.
Apply data security best practices including Keychain storage, encryption, and secure data handling to protect sensitive flight and user data.
Collaborate with senior engineers and designers to deliver precise, reliable, and intuitive mobile experiences.
Participate in code reviews and follow established iOS best practices and architectural patterns.
Help ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability through testing and documentation.
What Will Make You Successful
3+ years of experience developing iOS applications, or equivalent experience through internships, projects, or coursework.
Experience with Swift and SwiftUI, with some exposure to UIKit and common iOS frameworks.
Familiarity with building or working on EFB applications, location services, or map navigation frameworks such as Mapbox or MapKit.
Experience integrating with external hardware or edge devices and managing real time data pipelines.
Demonstrated ability to optimize application performance and handle large datasets without degradation in speed or reliability.
Experience building offline-first or connectivity-resilient mobile applications, including local data caching and sync strategies.
Familiarity with background processing patterns and long-running task management using Swift Concurrency or background task frameworks.
Understanding of iOS data security practices including Keychain, encrypted storage, and secure coding principles.
Familiarity with asynchronous programming concepts such as async/await, multithreading, or GCD.
Strong problem solving skills and eagerness to learn from feedback and mentorship.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast moving environment.
Bonus Points
Experience building or optimizing applications specifically for iPad, including split view, multitasking, or large screen layout design.
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Experience working on safety critical or mission critical systems.
Familiarity with CI/CD workflows or cloud backed mobile systems.
Interest in real time data, sensors, or hardware adjacent systems.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We’re seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter for Murdock, Beacon’s in-cockpit AI assistant. This is a highly impactful role that has a direct influence on the quality and growth of one of our key product areas.
You’ll own the technical hiring strategy and execution across the teams building Murdock, with a particular focus on the kind of engineers who thrive in real-time, safety-critical, product-focused environments. Specifically, you would focus on iOS, machine learning, robotics, and other autonomy-leaning skillsets.
This role requires sound judgement, great attention to detail, and comfort with ownership of outcomes. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership and our recruiting team as a trusted strategic partner, driving success throughout the hiring process.
Own technical hiring strategy and execution for Murdock-related engineering roles, with a strong preference for candidates who have recruited in robotics, aerospace, or defense environments
Partner closely with engineering leaders to refine role requirements, calibrate on candidates, and align on hiring decisions
Source, screen, and assess candidates; team building is one of the most important areas of work at Beacon, so building an intentional pipeline of exceptional candidates will be key
Synthesize interview feedback and make clear hiring recommendations; establish clear and repeatable structures, expectations, and processes to keep the system fair, efficient, and effective
Partner closely with recruiting operations to optimize workflows, pipelines, and candidate experiences
Represent Beacon honestly and compellingly to candidates, and help close exceptional talent in this competitive hiring market!
4+ years of technical recruiting experience, ideally in early-stage or fast-growing startups
Demonstrated ability to source and evaluate high-quality technical candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing platforms
Strong track record of hiring technical talent across a range of experience levels
Experience recruiting for product engineering roles where reliability, ownership, and product judgement matter
Strong relationship-building skills, good judgment, comfort with pushing back, and the ability to earn trust and influence senior stakeholders
Proven success as a founding or early technical recruiting hire
Hands-on experience using Ashby, our ATS
Previous experience recruiting iOS, robotics, autonomy, embedded, or other safety-critical technical profiles
Interest in aviation or mission-critical software systems
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Frontend Web App Engineer to join our team and help build high-impact web interfaces that integrate with our flight safety platform. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to develop user-facing features that enable interaction with complex aviation data. You’ll contribute to production systems, grow your technical skills, and play a meaningful role in advancing flight safety and operational efficiency.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement React-based features for web applications that work with real-time and historical aviation data.
Integrate, process, and visualize data from multiple sources, including live streams and archived datasets.
Collaborate with backend engineers, product managers, and UX/UI designers on feature design and implementation.
Contribute to code reviews and follow established frontend best practices and architectural patterns.
Help ensure frontend systems are reliable and maintainable through testing and documentation.
Contribute to reusable components and shared frontend libraries.
What Will Make You Successful
2+ years of experience building user-facing web applications, or equivalent experience through internships, projects, or coursework.
Experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, state management, and modern web standards (HTML/CSS).
Familiarity with asynchronous frontend patterns and working with APIs or data streams.
Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn from feedback and mentorship.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.
Attention to code quality, performance, and maintainability.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Experience with mapping or geospatial tools such as Mapbox or Cesium.
Exposure to live data or video streaming concepts.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to ensure the security and integrity of Beacon AI’s systems and data across commercial and Department of Defense (DoD) environments. This is a hands-on security engineering role focused on designing and operating secure systems, partnering closely with software teams, and protecting mission-critical flight safety technology while meeting applicable security standards.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement secure architectures across applications, cloud infrastructure, and data systems.
Protect sensitive data through strong controls for access management, encryption, and secure data handling.
Identify, assess, and mitigate security risks through vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and security reviews.
Lead incident response efforts, including detection, containment, remediation, and follow-up analysis.
Integrate security best practices into the SDLC by working closely with software engineering teams.
Implement and operate security monitoring and logging to detect and respond to threats in real time.
What Will Make You Successful
5–9 years of hands-on experience in security engineering roles securing complex systems and data.
Strong knowledge of security principles, threat modeling, and defensive security practices.
Experience with common security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning, encryption).
Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CMMC.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with software engineers on secure system design.
Hands-on mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Bonus Points
Passion for aviation and a desire to improve air travel efficiency and safety.
Experience working with aviation, aerospace, or DoD customers.
Familiarity with zero trust architectures or advanced security approaches.
Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CEH.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We are seeking skilled Cloud and ML Infrastructure Engineers to lead the buildout of our AWS foundation and our LLM platform. You will design, implement, and operate services that are scalable, reliable, and secure.
The broad scope means focus areas in LLM/ML Infra and IoT infra are strong bonus points. For ML Infra, build the stack that powers retrieval-augmented generation and application workflows built with frameworks like LangChain. Experience with IoT AWS services is a plus.
You will work closely with other engineers and product management. The ideal candidate is hands-on, comfortable with ambiguity, and excited to build from first principles.
Cloud Infrastructure Setup and Maintenance
Design, provision, and maintain AWS infrastructure using IaC tools such as AWS CDK or Terraform.
Build CI/CD and testing for apps, infra, and ML pipelines using GitHub Actions, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline.
Operate secure networking with VPCs, PrivateLink, and VPC endpoints. Manage IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and audit logging.
LLM Platform and Runtime
Stand up and operate model endpoints using AWS Bedrock and/or SageMaker; evaluate when to use ECS/EKS, Lambda, or Batch for inference jobs.
Build and maintain application services that call LLMs through clean APIs, with streaming, batching, and backoff strategies.
Implement prompt and tool execution flows with LangChain or similar, including agent tools and function calling.
RAG Data Systems and Vector Search
Design chunking and embedding pipelines for documents, time series, and multimedia. Orchestrate with Step Functions or Airflow.
Operate vector search using OpenSearch Serverless, Aurora PostgreSQL with pgvector, or Pinecone. Tune recall, latency, and cost.
Build and maintain knowledge bases and data syncs from S3, Aurora, DynamoDB, and external sources.
Evaluation, Observability, and Cost Governance
Create offline and online eval harnesses for prompts, retrievers, and chains. Track quality, latency, and regression risk.
Instrument model and app telemetry with CloudWatch and OpenTelemetry. Build token usage and cost dashboards with budgets and alerts.
Add guardrails, rate limits, fallbacks, and provider routing for resilience.
Safety, Privacy, and Compliance
Implement PII detection and redaction, access controls, content filters, and human-in-the-loop review where needed.
Use Bedrock Guardrails or policy services to enforce safety standards. Maintain audit trails for regulated environments.
Data Pipeline Construction
Build ingestion and processing pipelines for structured, unstructured, and multimedia data. Ensure integrity, lineage, and cataloging with Glue and Lake Formation.
Optimize bulk data movement and storage in S3, Glacier, and tiered storage. Use Athena for ad-hoc analysis.
IoT Deployment Management
Manage infrastructure that deploys to and communicates with edge devices. Support secure messaging, identity, and over-the-air updates.
Analytics and Application Support
Partner with product and application teams to integrate retrieval services, embeddings, and LLM chains into user-facing features.
Provide expert troubleshooting for cloud and ML services with an emphasis on uptime and performance.
Performance Optimization
Tune retrieval quality, context window use, and caching with Redis or Bedrock Knowledge Bases.
Optimize inference with model selection, quantization where applicable, GPU/CPU instance choices, and autoscaling strategies.
End-to-End Ownership: Drives work from design through production, including on-call and continuous improvement.
LLM Systems Experience: Shipped or operated LLM-powered applications in production. Familiar with RAG design, prompt versioning, and chain orchestration using LangChain or similar.
AWS Depth: Strong with core AWS services such as VPC, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, S3, ECS/EKS, Lambda, Step Functions, Bedrock, and SageMaker.
Data Engineering Skills: Comfortable building ingestion and transformation pipelines in Python. Familiar with Glue, Athena, and event-driven patterns using EventBridge and SQS.
Security Mindset: Applies least privilege, secrets management, network isolation, and compliance practices appropriate to sensitive data.
Evaluation and Metrics: Uses quantitative evals, A/B testing, and live metrics to guide improvements.
Clear Communication: Explains tradeoffs and aligns partners across product, security, and application engineering.
4+ years working with serverless or container platforms on AWS.
Experience with vector databases, OpenSearch, or pgvector at scale.
Hands-on with Bedrock Guardrails, Knowledge Bases, or custom policy engines.
Familiarity with GPU workloads, Triton Inference Server, or TensorRT-LLM.
Experience with big data tools for large-scale processing and search.
Background in aviation data or other safety-critical domains.
DevOps or DevSecOps experience automating CI/CD for ML and app services.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
You will ship LLM-powered product features end-to-end. That means designing retrieval and tool-calling flows, writing the services that run them, building evals and guardrails, and watching cost, latency, and quality in production. You’ll partner with the ML/infra teammates on embeddings, indexing, and model hosting, and with the product teammates on user experience and outcomes. We move fast, and we care about reliability in a safety-critical domain.
We’re hiring across levels. Senior engineers own features and services. Staff engineers own systems, standards, and cross-team technical direction.
Build user-facing LLM features
Design and implement retrieval-augmented generation and tool-calling flows using frameworks like LangChain or equivalent primitives, where simpler is better.
Deliver robust JSON and schema-bound outputs with validation, retries, and fallbacks.
Add function calling to integrate with internal tools, search, routing, and data services.
Own the service layer
Ship APIs and workers in Python or TypeScript with clear contracts, streaming, and backoff.
Add caching, request shaping, prompt templates, and context packing to control latency and cost.
Integrate with AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, or self-hosted endpoints as needed.
Retrieval and data prep
Collaborate with infrastructure teammates to develop chunking, embeddings, and indexing capabilities for documents, time series, and multimedia.
Choose and tune vector backends such as OpenSearch, pgvector, or Pinecone.
Keep knowledge bases fresh with data syncs from S3, Aurora, DynamoDB, and external sources.
Evaluation and quality
Create offline evals and golden sets for prompts, retrievers, and tools.
Stand up online metrics for task success, hallucination rate, retrieval precision/recall, p95 latency, and cost per request.
Run A/B tests and prompt/version rollouts with guardrails and canaries.
Safety, privacy, and compliance
Implement content and policy checks, PII detection and redaction, access controls, and auditing.
Design human-in-the-loop paths for sensitive actions.
Handle aviation data with care and follow internal security standards.
Operate what you build
Add tracing, logs, and dashboards for model calls, token usage, errors, and saturation.
Debug tricky failures across retrieval, prompts, tools, and providers.
Shipped LLM apps: You’ve put LLM features in front of users and improved them with data.
Strong builder: Comfortable writing production code, tests, and docs. You keep things simple and observable.
RAG and tools depth: You understand embeddings, chunking, vector search tradeoffs, and function calling.
Quality mindset: You design evals, define success metrics, and iterate based on evidence.
Cost and latency aware: You track p95, hit SLAs, and reduce cost without hurting quality.
Clear communicator: You explain tradeoffs and align partners across product, infra, and security.
Experience with Bedrock, OpenSearch Serverless, pgvector, Pinecone, or Weaviate.
Prompt versioning, guardrails, and provider routing in production.
Multimodal work with time series or video.
Familiarity with GPU inference, Triton, or TensorRT-LLM.
Aviation or other safety-critical domain exposure.
DevOps basics for CI/CD, IaC, and secure secrets handling.
Transform an internal knowledge base into a low-latency RAG service, complete with explicit schemas and evaluations.
Add tool-calling to automate a repetitive cockpit or ops workflow with guardrails and audit trails.
Reduce the cost per request through improved chunking, caching, and prompt refactoring, while maintaining task success rates.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We’re hiring a Finance Director to own finance end-to-end at a Series A startup. You’ll lead budgeting, forecasting, and multi-scenario financial modeling, while managing external partners for bookkeeping, accounting close, taxes, and compliance. You’ll work directly with the CEO and leadership team to translate strategy into clear financial plans, improve decision-making, and support pricing and market segmentation work as we scale.
This is a hands-on role. You will build the models, run the planning cadence, and create the financial tools and narrative we use internally and externally.
Financial planning and modeling (core)
Build and maintain multi-year, multi-scenario financial models (revenue, headcount, gross margin, cash, runway, balance sheet).
Own annual planning and rolling forecasts, including a monthly forecast cadence.
Define and track operating metrics and KPIs that actually drive the business.
Turn assumptions into clear sensitivities, risks, and decision options for leadership.
Budgeting and spend management
Own budgets, approvals, and variance reporting (plan vs actual, drivers, corrective actions).
Partner with functional leads on headcount planning and project-based budgeting.
Put lightweight controls in place that keep us disciplined without slowing the company down.
Pricing, packaging, and market segmentation support
Partner with GTM and product leadership on market segmentation and pricing strategy.
Build pricing and unit economics models (margin, cost-to-serve, discounting guardrails, contract structure tradeoffs).
Support deal review and proposal economics: profitability, payment terms, milestones, and risk.
Finance operations and external partner management
Manage contract bookkeepers/accounting and tax providers: close schedule, accuracy, deliverables.
Maintain clean monthly reporting and cash planning (invoicing, collections, vendor payments, expense policy).
Keep us audit-ready as needed, with good documentation and consistent processes.
Leadership and cross-functional work
Be a thought partner to the CEO and leaders on strategy, sequencing, and tradeoffs.
Contribute to company operations and other high-priority work as needed (startup mindset, high ownership).
A clear, version-controlled financial model with scenarios we use (base, downside, aggressive, plus strategic variants).
A predictable monthly cadence: close, reporting, variance review, and forecast updates.
A runway and cash plan leadership trusts, with clear levers and early warning signals.
A pricing/deal economics framework that makes proposals faster and margin outcomes more predictable.
6–12+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, and/or finance leadership; startup experience strongly preferred.
Expert-level financial modeling (driver-based, clean structure, fast iteration, easy to audit).
Comfortable owning the full finance lane while managing outsourced accounting and tax partners.
Experience building budgets and forecasts tied to hiring plans, delivery plans, and GTM motion.
Experience supporting pricing, packaging, and/or market segmentation work.
High ownership, strong judgment, and comfort with ambiguity.
Clear communicator who can explain numbers to non-finance teammates and push back when needed.
Practical operator: can keep things lightweight but correct.
Fast, reliable, and trusted.
Fundraising support: board materials, investor metrics, data room readiness, finance narrative.
Familiarity with government or defense contracting economics (if relevant to your business).
Familiarity with common startup finance tooling (QuickBooks/Xero, Ramp/Brex, Gusto/Deel, basic BI).
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
We’re a defense tech / dual-use company. We need a Legal & Business Director who can keep the company moving by owning the day-to-day legal workflow (contracts, coordination with counsel, basic corporate and employment admin) while also taking on practical business operations that reduce founder thrash.
You don’t need to be an expert in everything. You do need strong judgment, excellent organization, and the ability to push work to completion.
Run intake, drafting, review, negotiation support, signature, and filing for NDAs, vendor agreements, consulting agreements, partnership/pilot agreements, MSAs/SOWs, and basic data/security addenda.
Maintain templates and “fallback positions” that match our risk tolerance.
Keep deals moving by driving timelines, nudging reviewers, and making decisions about what to escalate.
Coordinate reviews of government and prime/sub agreements (and flowdowns) with outside counsel as needed.
Track key contract obligations and deliverables (reporting requirements, security requirements, data handling, publication restrictions).
Help internal teams understand “what we signed up for” in plain English.
Maintain invention assignment and contractor IP paperwork; keep clean records.
Coordinate with outside counsel on patent filings or trademark basics if/when needed.
Partner with engineering on lightweight open-source software hygiene (tracking, approvals, basic notices).
Own offer letter / contractor agreement workflows, confidentiality + invention assignment, and separation paperwork coordination with counsel.
Keep an organized approach to sensitive issues (routing to counsel, documenting, protecting confidentiality).
Own a set of recurring operational workflows that keep the company running (examples: vendor onboarding, insurance renewals coordination, corporate filing coordination, document retention, signature authority matrix, tooling admin related to the above).
Build simple systems: trackers, playbooks, checklists, and a clean source of truth.
Be the front door: scope, intake, first drafts, budget discipline, and translating legal advice into next steps.
Ensure the business gets answers that are actionable, not memos.
A working contract intake + approval process that doesn’t live in email.
Core templates in place (at minimum: NDA, consulting agreement, basic MSA/SOW, vendor agreement, pilot/POC agreement).
A simple “obligations tracker” for key contracts and renewal dates.
Outside counsel relationships and escalation rules are clear (what you handle vs what goes out).
Founders spend meaningfully less time on routine legal/ops churn.
Option A: Senior Paralegal / Contracts & Ops
5+ years supporting legal work in-house or at a firm (contracts, corporate records, deal coordination).
Excellent organization, writing, and the ability to run a process end-to-end.
Comfort reading agreements, spotting issues, and escalating appropriately.
Option B: Juris Doctor / Former Lawyer
Juris Doctor (and ideally experience practicing, in-house and/or firm).
Hands-on experience negotiating and managing commercial contracts.
Strong operational instinct: you build systems, not just redlines.
You close loops. You don’t let open items sit.
You can prioritize. You know what’s a real risk vs legal noise.
You can communicate tradeoffs in plain English and recommend a path.
You’re comfortable working directly with execs and cross-functional partners.
Government contracting exposure (FAR/DFARS basics, primes/subs, flowdowns).
Export controls familiarity (knowing when to raise a flag and who to call).
IP workflow experience (invention intake, patent counsel coordination, OSS compliance basics).
Startup experience (speed, ambiguity, messy inputs).
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.
We’re a fast-moving team of aviators, engineers, and operators building an AI platform to make flying safer, more efficient, and more capable. Backed by top investors, we’ve secured a dozen Department of Defense contracts and partnered with major airlines to deliver mission-critical systems. We operate without silos or heavy processes. Small, focused teams own what they build, ship quickly, and learn fast, pushing the boundaries of how humans and AI work together in aviation.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Business Operations leader who can operate across strategy and execution. This is a high-trust role: you will help drive company priorities, keep complex efforts moving, and raise the quality bar on how we communicate and operate. You will work directly with leadership and partner closely with engineering, product, and external stakeholders.
This role is ideal for someone who is sharp, driven, comfortable in ambiguity, and excited to build the operating system of a fast-moving company.
Drive critical initiatives end-to-end: define the plan, align stakeholders, manage execution, and ensure outcomes.
Company strategy support: build crisp analyses, frame decisions, and help leadership prioritize and communicate direction.
Partnerships and external relationships: support deal conversations, coordinate cross-functional follow-through, and help structure/track partnerships.
Legal and contracts support: manage contract workflows, coordinate with counsel, and keep terms, timelines, and stakeholders organized (not acting as the attorney, but making the process efficient and correct).
Team building and special projects: help stand up new functions and processes, support hiring efforts, and lead “whatever it takes” projects that unblock the team.
Operations and facilities: help ensure the office and day-to-day business operations run smoothly as we scale.
Executive communication: create high-quality decks, memos, and briefings for internal and external audiences.
You’re a high-horsepower operator who can lead discussions, run a workstream, and bring structure to messy problems.
Excellent communicator (written and verbal). You can turn complex topics into clear, compelling storylines.
You can produce high-quality presentations quickly, and you care about polish and accuracy.
You’re comfortable shifting between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
You build trust across functions, keep momentum, and know when to pull in experts to move faster.
We’re open-minded on exact paths, but this role often fits candidates with some combination of:
Military leadership experience
Top-tier MBA
MBB or similar consulting background
Experience in defense, aerospace, aviation, or other high-stakes operational environments
You’ve lived through at least one “pls fix” slide-fix chapter and came out stronger.
Prior security clearance or experience working in cleared environments.
You’ll be a highly visible force multiplier for the company. If you’re the kind of person who sees what needs to happen, makes a plan, pulls the right people in, and gets it done with excellent communication, you’ll have a real impact here.
Work Location
This is a hybrid role based in San Carlos, CA, with 3+ days per week onsite and the option to work remotely on remaining days.
Perks & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)
Healthcare: 100%* of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
401(k): Offered (no current employer match, but we are committed to enhancing this benefit in the future).
Due to U.S. export control regulations, we can only hire U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, lawful permanent residents, or individuals granted asylum or refugee status). We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support visa transfers. All work must be performed in the United States.
Beacon AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We prohibit harassment or discrimination of any kind in the workplace and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.