Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Mission Software Engineer at HavocAI, you’ll be at the heart of delivering autonomy where it matters most — in the field, alongside our customers, solving real-world challenges. This isn’t just about writing code; it’s about building, deploying, and owning software that ensures our autonomous systems perform flawlessly in operational environments.
You’ll work across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics to create mission-ready solutions that directly impact national security and maritime operations. From developing new capabilities to troubleshooting live deployments, you’ll balance speed, scalability, and engineering excellence with a relentless mission-first mindset.
If you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and want to see your work tested and proven in the real world, this role offers the chance to make an immediate and meaningful impact.
Own and Deliver Solutions: Take ownership of software solutions deployed to customers, ensuring high-quality delivery that meets mission objectives.
Improve Mission Capabilities: Develop software that enhances HavocAI products for specific operational needs, collaborating with the platform engineering team to scale capabilities to broader use cases.
Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
Analyze and Monitor: Create and leverage performance metrics for debugging and monitoring deployed systems.
Troubleshoot and Resolve: Identify root causes of system issues, propose solutions, and coordinate next steps.
Partner with End-Users: Collaborate with customers and end-users to translate needs into features while balancing user experience with technical constraints.
Real-World Deployment
Strong engineering background, ideally in fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
3+ years of experience with C++, Python, or Rust in a Linux development environment.
Experience building software solutions that involve significant data processing and analysis.
Ability to navigate and understand complex systems and established codebases quickly.
Passion for working on mission-critical software with real-world impact.
Must be a United States citizen and eligible for US Clearance.
Experience developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems deployed in real-world scenarios.
Familiarity with robotics and autonomy frameworks such as ROS or MOOS-IvP.
Experience working with flight systems, safety-critical software, or hardware integration.
Understanding of distributed communication networks and messaging standards.
Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics.
Must be based in the Honolulu, HI area or willing to relocate.
Onsite presence is required.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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This isn’t just about writing code; it’s about building, deploying, and owning software that ensures our autonomous systems perform flawlessly in operational environments.\n\nYou’ll work across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics to create mission-ready solutions that directly impact national security and maritime operations. From developing new capabilities to troubleshooting live deployments, you’ll balance speed, scalability, and engineering excellence with a relentless mission-first mindset.\n\nIf you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and want to see your work tested and proven in the real world, this role offers the chance to make an immediate and meaningful impact.\n\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:\n\n - Own and Deliver Solutions: Take ownership of software solutions deployed to customers, ensuring high-quality delivery that meets mission objectives.\n\n - Improve Mission Capabilities: Develop software that enhances HavocAI products for specific operational needs, collaborating with the platform engineering team to scale capabilities to broader use cases.\n\n - Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.\n\n - Analyze and Monitor: Create and leverage performance metrics for debugging and monitoring deployed systems.\n\n - Troubleshoot and Resolve: Identify root causes of system issues, propose solutions, and coordinate next steps.\n\n - Partner with End-Users: Collaborate with customers and end-users to translate needs into features while balancing user experience with technical constraints.\n\n - Real-World Deployment\n\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS:\n\n - Strong engineering background, ideally in fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.\n\n - 3+ years of experience with C++, Python, or Rust in a Linux development environment.\n\n - Experience building software solutions that involve significant data processing and analysis.\n\n - Ability to navigate and understand complex systems and established codebases quickly.\n\n - Passion for working on mission-critical software with real-world impact.\n\n - Must be a United States citizen and eligible for US Clearance.\n\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED SKILLS: \n\n - Experience developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems deployed in real-world scenarios.\n\n - Familiarity with robotics and autonomy frameworks such as ROS or MOOS-IvP.\n\n - Experience working with flight systems, safety-critical software, or hardware integration.\n\n - Understanding of distributed communication networks and messaging standards.\n\n - Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics.\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION: \n\n - Must be based in the Honolulu, HI area or willing to relocate.\n\n - Onsite presence is required.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Mission Software Engineer at HavocAI, you’ll be at the heart of delivering autonomy where it matters most — in the field, alongside our customers, solving real-world challenges. This isn’t just about writing code; it’s about building, deploying, and owning software that ensures our autonomous systems perform flawlessly in operational environments.
You’ll work across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics to create mission-ready solutions that directly impact national security and maritime operations. From developing new capabilities to troubleshooting live deployments, you’ll balance speed, scalability, and engineering excellence with a relentless mission-first mindset.
If you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and want to see your work tested and proven in the real world, this role offers the chance to make an immediate and meaningful impact.
Own and Deliver Solutions: Take ownership of software solutions deployed to customers, ensuring high-quality delivery that meets mission objectives.
Improve Mission Capabilities: Develop software that enhances HavocAI products for specific operational needs, collaborating with the platform engineering team to scale capabilities to broader use cases.
Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
Analyze and Monitor: Create and leverage performance metrics for debugging and monitoring deployed systems.
Troubleshoot and Resolve: Identify root causes of system issues, propose solutions, and coordinate next steps.
Partner with End-Users: Collaborate with customers and end-users to translate needs into features while balancing user experience with technical constraints.
Real-World Deployment
Strong engineering background, ideally in fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
3+ years of experience with C++, Python, or Rust in a Linux development environment.
Experience building software solutions that involve significant data processing and analysis.
Ability to navigate and understand complex systems and established codebases quickly.
Passion for working on mission-critical software with real-world impact.
Must be a United States citizen and eligible for US Clearance.
Experience developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems deployed in real-world scenarios.
Familiarity with robotics and autonomy frameworks such as ROS or MOOS-IvP.
Experience working with flight systems, safety-critical software, or hardware integration.
Understanding of distributed communication networks and messaging standards.
Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics.
Must be based in the San Diego, CA area or willing to relocate.
Onsite presence is required.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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This isn’t just about writing code; it’s about building, deploying, and owning software that ensures our autonomous systems perform flawlessly in operational environments.\n\nYou’ll work across networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics to create mission-ready solutions that directly impact national security and maritime operations. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As an Embedded Perception Engineer, you will own how our autonomous systems perceive and understand the world — in real time, in operational environments, and under demanding maritime conditions.
This role goes beyond model training. You will architect, deploy, and optimize perception pipelines that run reliably on embedded edge hardware. You’ll work across vision models, sensor fusion, and high-performance inference to deliver robust situational awareness to autonomous surface vessels executing real-world missions.
If you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy squeezing maximum performance from embedded AI systems, and want to see your work field-tested and mission-proven, this role offers immediate and meaningful impact.
Own end-to-end perception pipelines deployed to operational systems
Deliver high-reliability solutions aligned with mission requirements
Design, train, and optimize perception models for maritime environments
Develop object detection, classification, and tracking systems
Work with large vision models (ViT, CLIP, SAM, or similar)
Fuse multi-modal sensor data (camera, radar, lidar) into unified perception outputs
Collaborate with hardware teams to select and integrate sensors
Develop and validate low-level sensor drivers for high-integrity data pipelines
Deploy models using NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
Optimize inference for latency and throughput on edge hardware
Apply quantization, pruning, and other optimization techniques
Integrate perception outputs into autonomy stacks alongside mission software and platform teams
Support troubleshooting of perception performance in operational environments
Define metrics and evaluation frameworks to monitor deployed system health
Investigate perception failures and drive resolution across teams
Partner with operators and customers to translate field challenges into engineering solutions
Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning, or related field
3+ years developing and deploying computer vision or perception systems in C++ and/or Python on Linux
Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Hands-on experience with large vision models (ViT, CLIP, SAM, etc.)
Experience implementing sensor fusion across heterogeneous modalities
Proficiency with NVIDIA Triton, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, or equivalent inference tooling
Ability to quickly navigate and understand complex codebases
Strong systems-thinking mindset
U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for U.S. security clearance
Experience deploying perception systems on embedded platforms (Jetson, FPGA, similar)
Familiarity with maritime or aerial sensor environments
Experience optimizing models for edge inference
Knowledge of autonomy frameworks (ROS2, MOOS-IvP)
Experience with safety-critical or real-time systems
Familiarity with military systems and defense acquisition processes
You won’t just build models — you will build perception systems that operate in real-world, contested environments. Your work will directly influence the reliability, safety, and mission success of autonomous platforms deployed at sea.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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You will architect, deploy, and optimize perception pipelines that run reliably on embedded edge hardware. You’ll work across vision models, sensor fusion, and high-performance inference to deliver robust situational awareness to autonomous surface vessels executing real-world missions.\n\nIf you thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy squeezing maximum performance from embedded AI systems, and want to see your work field-tested and mission-proven, this role offers immediate and meaningful impact.\n\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:\n\n\nPERCEPTION SYSTEM OWNERSHIP\n\n - Own end-to-end perception pipelines deployed to operational systems\n\n - Deliver high-reliability solutions aligned with mission requirements\n\n\nVISION MODEL DEVELOPMENT\n\n - Design, train, and optimize perception models for maritime environments\n\n - Develop object detection, classification, and tracking systems\n\n - Work with large vision models (ViT, CLIP, SAM, or similar)\n\n\nSENSOR FUSION & INTEGRATION\n\n - Fuse multi-modal sensor data (camera, radar, lidar) into unified perception outputs\n\n - Collaborate with hardware teams to select and integrate sensors\n\n - Develop and validate low-level sensor drivers for high-integrity data pipelines\n\n\nEMBEDDED DEPLOYMENT & OPTIMIZATION\n\n - Deploy models using NVIDIA Triton Inference Server\n\n - Optimize inference for latency and throughput on edge hardware\n\n - Apply quantization, pruning, and other optimization techniques\n\n\nCROSS-TEAM COLLABORATION\n\n - Integrate perception outputs into autonomy stacks alongside mission software and platform teams\n\n - Support troubleshooting of perception performance in operational environments\n\n\nFIELD PERFORMANCE & MONITORING\n\n - Define metrics and evaluation frameworks to monitor deployed system health\n\n - Investigate perception failures and drive resolution across teams\n\n\nEND-USER ENGAGEMENT\n\n - Partner with operators and customers to translate field challenges into engineering solutions\n\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS:\n\n - Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning, or related field\n\n - 3+ years developing and deploying computer vision or perception systems in C++ and/or Python on Linux\n\n - Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)\n\n - Hands-on experience with large vision models (ViT, CLIP, SAM, etc.)\n\n - Experience implementing sensor fusion across heterogeneous modalities\n\n - Proficiency with NVIDIA Triton, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, or equivalent inference tooling\n\n - Ability to quickly navigate and understand complex codebases\n\n - Strong systems-thinking mindset\n\n - U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for U.S. security clearance\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED SKILLS: \n\n - Experience deploying perception systems on embedded platforms (Jetson, FPGA, similar)\n\n - Familiarity with maritime or aerial sensor environments\n\n - Experience optimizing models for edge inference\n\n - Knowledge of autonomy frameworks (ROS2, MOOS-IvP)\n\n - Experience with safety-critical or real-time systems\n\n - Familiarity with military systems and defense acquisition processes\n\n\n\n\nWHY THIS ROLE MATTERS\n\nYou won’t just build models — you will build perception systems that operate in real-world, contested environments. Your work will directly influence the reliability, safety, and mission success of autonomous platforms deployed at sea.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Robotics Engineer – Ground Autonomy, you will design, build, and deploy autonomy systems for unmanned ground vehicles operating in complex, unstructured environments.
This role spans the full autonomy stack — from control systems and motion planning to perception integration and mission execution. You won’t just write algorithms; you’ll own systems that move real machines across real terrain under real operational constraints.
If you are energized by making intelligent systems move safely and confidently through the world, and want your work tested beyond the lab, this role offers immediate and meaningful impact.
Own ground autonomy systems deployed to operational platforms
Deliver reliable, mission-ready autonomy software
Design and implement control algorithms (path following, trajectory generation, vehicle dynamics modeling)
Develop motion planning strategies for diverse and dynamic terrains
Optimize for stability, precision, and safety
Develop and integrate perception pipelines for obstacle detection, terrain analysis, and environmental understanding
Fuse heterogeneous sensors (camera, lidar, radar, IMU) into robust autonomy outputs
Build and extend ROS2-based autonomy stacks
Implement mission planning, behavior trees, and real-time navigation logic
Maintain modular, scalable autonomy architecture
Partner with embedded, hardware, and mission software teams
Drive autonomy integration from prototype to field deployment
Develop monitoring and performance metrics for deployed systems
Diagnose autonomy failures in real-world environments
Support live testing, demonstrations, and deployments
Translate operational ground mission needs into autonomy capabilities
Balance field constraints with technical feasibility
Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or related field)
3+ years of experience in C++ and/or Python in Linux environments
Hands-on experience deploying ROS2-based autonomy systems on real-world ground platforms
Experience designing control systems for autonomous vehicles (path planning, trajectory following, vehicle dynamics)
Experience building perception systems for ground autonomy
Strong systems-thinking and debugging skills
Passion for mission-critical real-world robotics
U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for U.S. security clearance
Experience with multi-agent or coordinated ground vehicle systems
SLAM, GPS-denied navigation, or advanced localization techniques
Motion planning algorithms (RRT, MPC, A*, etc.)
Experience with heterogeneous sensor integration
Real-time or safety-critical systems experience
Familiarity with military ground systems and operational tactics
You will build autonomy systems that operate beyond controlled environments — on terrain that challenges perception, control, and decision-making in real time. Your work will directly impact how autonomous ground platforms perform in operational missions.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Robotics Engineer – Ground Autonomy, you will design, build, and deploy autonomy systems for unmanned ground vehicles operating in complex, unstructured environments.\n\nThis role spans the full autonomy stack — from control systems and motion planning to perception integration and mission execution. You won’t just write algorithms; you’ll own systems that move real machines across real terrain under real operational constraints.\n\nIf you are energized by making intelligent systems move safely and confidently through the world, and want your work tested beyond the lab, this role offers immediate and meaningful impact.\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\n\nEND-TO-END AUTONOMY OWNERSHIP\n\n - Own ground autonomy systems deployed to operational platforms\n\n - Deliver reliable, mission-ready autonomy software\n\n\nCONTROL & MOTION PLANNING\n\n - Design and implement control algorithms (path following, trajectory generation, vehicle dynamics modeling)\n\n - Develop motion planning strategies for diverse and dynamic terrains\n\n - Optimize for stability, precision, and safety\n\n\nPERCEPTION INTEGRATION\n\n - Develop and integrate perception pipelines for obstacle detection, terrain analysis, and environmental understanding\n\n - Fuse heterogeneous sensors (camera, lidar, radar, IMU) into robust autonomy outputs\n\n\nAUTONOMY ARCHITECTURE\n\n - Build and extend ROS2-based autonomy stacks\n\n - Implement mission planning, behavior trees, and real-time navigation logic\n\n - Maintain modular, scalable autonomy architecture\n\n\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION\n\n - Partner with embedded, hardware, and mission software teams\n\n - Drive autonomy integration from prototype to field deployment\n\n\nFIELD TESTING & DEBUGGING\n\n - Develop monitoring and performance metrics for deployed systems\n\n - Diagnose autonomy failures in real-world environments\n\n - Support live testing, demonstrations, and deployments\n\n\nCUSTOMER & OPERATOR ENGAGEMENT\n\n - Translate operational ground mission needs into autonomy capabilities\n\n - Balance field constraints with technical feasibility\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (or related field)\n\n - 3+ years of experience in C++ and/or Python in Linux environments\n\n - Hands-on experience deploying ROS2-based autonomy systems on real-world ground platforms\n\n - Experience designing control systems for autonomous vehicles (path planning, trajectory following, vehicle dynamics)\n\n - Experience building perception systems for ground autonomy\n\n - Strong systems-thinking and debugging skills\n\n - Passion for mission-critical real-world robotics\n\n - U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for U.S. security clearance\n \n \n\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Experience with multi-agent or coordinated ground vehicle systems\n\n - SLAM, GPS-denied navigation, or advanced localization techniques\n\n - Motion planning algorithms (RRT, MPC, A*, etc.)\n\n - Experience with heterogeneous sensor integration\n\n - Real-time or safety-critical systems experience\n\n - Familiarity with military ground systems and operational tactics\n \n \n\n\nWHY THIS ROLE MATTERS\n\nYou will build autonomy systems that operate beyond controlled environments — on terrain that challenges perception, control, and decision-making in real time. Your work will directly impact how autonomous ground platforms perform in operational missions.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to drive the development of scalable, high-performance backend systems that power our autonomous platforms.
In this role, you will be hands-on in architecture and development as a senior individual contributor. You will be responsible for designing and building highly concurrent, distributed systems in Go, helping set technical direction, and ensuring reliable, secure, and performant backend services.
You will work closely with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to deliver systems that operate reliably in real-world, mission-critical environments.
This role is ideal for someone who combines deep backend expertise with strong technical judgment and thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
Drive execution and technical excellence across backend projects
Set engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and guide architectural decisions
Contribute to backend roadmap and delivery in partnership with product and engineering leadership
Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement
Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly concurrent backend services in Go
Architect distributed systems that support high throughput, reliability, and real-time operations
Define service boundaries, APIs, and data models across systems
Design services for high availability and fault tolerance across availability zones
Evolve singleton services into multi-zone, distributed deployments
Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and resilience
Identify and resolve bottlenecks in distributed systems and concurrency-heavy workloads
Ensure systems meet high standards for uptime and operational reliability
Improve observability, maintainability, and operational readiness of backend services
Partner with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to integrate services across applications and devices
Support end-to-end system design from edge devices to cloud infrastructure
Contribute to system-level architecture across the stack
Help align backend capabilities with product, platform, and mission needs
Enforce secure development practices across backend systems
Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and reliability
Support technical reviews, design discussions, and production readiness efforts
Build systems with security, scalability, and long-term maintainability in mind
6+ years of experience in backend engineering, distributed systems engineering, or related software engineering roles
Strong expertise in Go and building highly concurrent systems
Experience designing and operating highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale
Experience with consensus and coordination primitives, such as etcd, Raft, leader election, or similar patterns for multi-zone deployments
Strong API design and system architecture skills
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments
Deep understanding of performance optimization, data structures, and system design
Ability to drive projects from concept through production
Strong technical judgment and ability to operate independently in fast-moving environments
Strong written and verbal communication skills
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Experience with IoT, robotics, autonomous systems, or distributed hardware systems
Strong networking fundamentals and debugging experience
Experience with AWS or cloud-based infrastructure
Familiarity with embedded systems or hardware integration
Experience supporting mission-critical, real-world deployed systems
Experience working in small, fast-moving engineering teams or high-growth technology companies
Active or prior security clearance
Within 12 months, success in this role looks like consistent delivery of high-quality backend systems that support real-world deployments. You will have helped establish scalable service architecture, clear backend standards, well-defined service boundaries, and improved system performance, reliability, and maintainability.
You will also have built strong alignment across platform, autonomy, embedded, frontend, and product teams while helping ensure HavocAI’s backend systems are ready to support mission-critical autonomous operations.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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You will be responsible for designing and building highly concurrent, distributed systems in Go, helping set technical direction, and ensuring reliable, secure, and performant backend services.\n\nYou will work closely with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to deliver systems that operate reliably in real-world, mission-critical environments.\n\nThis role is ideal for someone who combines deep backend expertise with strong technical judgment and thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.\n\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\n\nTECHNICAL OWNERSHIP\n\n - Drive execution and technical excellence across backend projects\n\n - Set engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and guide architectural decisions\n\n - Contribute to backend roadmap and delivery in partnership with product and engineering leadership\n\n - Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement\n\n\nBACKEND ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT\n\n - Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly concurrent backend services in Go\n\n - Architect distributed systems that support high throughput, reliability, and real-time operations\n\n - Define service boundaries, APIs, and data models across systems\n\n - Design services for high availability and fault tolerance across availability zones\n\n - Evolve singleton services into multi-zone, distributed deployments\n\n\nSYSTEM PERFORMANCE & RELIABILITY\n\n - Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and resilience\n\n - Identify and resolve bottlenecks in distributed systems and concurrency-heavy workloads\n\n - Ensure systems meet high standards for uptime and operational reliability\n\n - Improve observability, maintainability, and operational readiness of backend services\n\n\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION\n\n - Partner with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to integrate services across applications and devices\n\n - Support end-to-end system design from edge devices to cloud infrastructure\n\n - Contribute to system-level architecture across the stack\n\n - Help align backend capabilities with product, platform, and mission needs\n\n\nSECURITY & BEST PRACTICES\n\n - Enforce secure development practices across backend systems\n\n - Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and reliability\n\n - Support technical reviews, design discussions, and production readiness efforts\n\n - Build systems with security, scalability, and long-term maintainability in mind\n\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 6+ years of experience in backend engineering, distributed systems engineering, or related software engineering roles\n\n - Strong expertise in Go and building highly concurrent systems\n\n - Experience designing and operating highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale\n\n - Experience with consensus and coordination primitives, such as etcd, Raft, leader election, or similar patterns for multi-zone deployments\n\n - Strong API design and system architecture skills\n\n - Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments\n\n - Deep understanding of performance optimization, data structures, and system design\n\n - Ability to drive projects from concept through production\n\n - Strong technical judgment and ability to operate independently in fast-moving environments\n\n - Strong written and verbal communication skills\n\n - U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED SKILLS\n\n - Experience with IoT, robotics, autonomous systems, or distributed hardware systems\n\n - Strong networking fundamentals and debugging experience\n\n - Experience with AWS or cloud-based infrastructure\n\n - Familiarity with embedded systems or hardware integration\n\n - Experience supporting mission-critical, real-world deployed systems\n\n - Experience working in small, fast-moving engineering teams or high-growth technology companies\n\n - Active or prior security clearance\n\n\n\n\nWHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE\n\nWithin 12 months, success in this role looks like consistent delivery of high-quality backend systems that support real-world deployments. You will have helped establish scalable service architecture, clear backend standards, well-defined service boundaries, and improved system performance, reliability, and maintainability.\n\nYou will also have built strong alignment across platform, autonomy, embedded, frontend, and product teams while helping ensure HavocAI’s backend systems are ready to support mission-critical autonomous operations.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role:
Mission Operations Specialists orchestrate the deployment and operation of HavocAI platforms and HavocCloud products in support of customer missions. This role leads the planning and execution of deployments for HavocAI's Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) platforms and HavocControl software, working cross-functionally to ensure successful fielding, high system performance, and strong customer outcomes.
This position sits at the intersection of operations, customer success, and product development. You will be deeply engaged with customers, maintain a constant pulse on how they interact with the HavocAI stack, and translate real-world operational insight into product improvements.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
Deploy and Operate HavocAI Platforms
Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of deployments for HavocAI ASV platforms, HavocControl software, and HavocCloud products.
Collaborate with engineering, logistics, and technical operations teams to deploy systems to the field and ensure operational readiness.
Train and support end users, ensuring effective adoption and high performance of HavocAI systems.
Monitor system performance during operations and coordinate rapid issue resolution with internal teams.
Drive Customer Success
Build trusted, long-term partnerships with customers by understanding their missions, constraints, and objectives.
Support immediate mission needs while identifying future opportunities where HavocAI technology can increase customer effectiveness.
Clearly articulate HavocAI's value proposition and mission impact to stakeholders ranging from operators to senior leadership.
Serve as a key point of contact during deployments and operational engagements.
Shape Product Development
Work closely with Product, GTM, and Engineering teams to shape HavocAI products to meet defense and national security mission requirements.
Translate customer workflows, concepts of operations, and field feedback into actionable product insights.
Advocate for customer needs and help prioritize product improvements based on operational impact.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Coordinate across nearly every HavocAI team, including business development, engineering, finance, legal, contracting, and technical operations.
Ensure stakeholders are aligned, informed, and engaged throughout deployment and mission execution.
Develop a deep understanding of what it takes to successfully deliver complex hardware and software systems to defense customers.
Required Qualifications:
U.S. Citizen and eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Willingness to travel up to 50%, including field deployments and customer engagements.
Based in or willing to relocate to North Kingstown, RI.
Experience leading or supporting operational deployments of complex technical systems.
Strong customer-facing communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in maritime operations, unmanned systems, defense technology, or mission-critical field operations.
Military or government operational experience.
Familiarity with fielding, training, or sustaining hardware/software systems in operational environments.
Ability to translate operational needs into product or engineering requirements.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role:\n\nMission Operations Specialists orchestrate the deployment and operation of HavocAI platforms and HavocCloud products in support of customer missions. This role leads the planning and execution of deployments for HavocAI's Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) platforms and HavocControl software, working cross-functionally to ensure successful fielding, high system performance, and strong customer outcomes.\n\nThis position sits at the intersection of operations, customer success, and product development. You will be deeply engaged with customers, maintain a constant pulse on how they interact with the HavocAI stack, and translate real-world operational insight into product improvements.\n\n\n\nKey Responsibilities and Requirements:\n\n - Deploy and Operate HavocAI Platforms\n \n - Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of deployments for HavocAI ASV platforms, HavocControl software, and HavocCloud products.\n \n - Collaborate with engineering, logistics, and technical operations teams to deploy systems to the field and ensure operational readiness.\n \n - Train and support end users, ensuring effective adoption and high performance of HavocAI systems.\n \n - Monitor system performance during operations and coordinate rapid issue resolution with internal teams.\n\n - Drive Customer Success\n \n - Build trusted, long-term partnerships with customers by understanding their missions, constraints, and objectives.\n \n - Support immediate mission needs while identifying future opportunities where HavocAI technology can increase customer effectiveness.\n \n - Clearly articulate HavocAI's value proposition and mission impact to stakeholders ranging from operators to senior leadership.\n \n - Serve as a key point of contact during deployments and operational engagements.\n\n - Shape Product Development\n \n - Work closely with Product, GTM, and Engineering teams to shape HavocAI products to meet defense and national security mission requirements.\n \n - Translate customer workflows, concepts of operations, and field feedback into actionable product insights.\n \n - Advocate for customer needs and help prioritize product improvements based on operational impact.\n\n - Cross-Functional Collaboration\n \n - Coordinate across nearly every HavocAI team, including business development, engineering, finance, legal, contracting, and technical operations.\n \n - Ensure stakeholders are aligned, informed, and engaged throughout deployment and mission execution.\n \n - Develop a deep understanding of what it takes to successfully deliver complex hardware and software systems to defense customers.\n\n\n\nRequired Qualifications:\n\n - U.S. Citizen and eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.\n\n - Willingness to travel up to 50%, including field deployments and customer engagements.\n\n - Based in or willing to relocate to North Kingstown, RI.\n\n - Experience leading or supporting operational deployments of complex technical systems.\n\n - Strong customer-facing communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n - Experience in maritime operations, unmanned systems, defense technology, or mission-critical field operations.\n\n - Military or government operational experience.\n\n - Familiarity with fielding, training, or sustaining hardware/software systems in operational environments.\n\n - Ability to translate operational needs into product or engineering requirements.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"f8191deb-3c0b-4d3c-a9d4-bf518fb241a9","title":"Controller","department":"Corporate","team":"Corporate","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote ","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-06-02T16:24:32.474+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"United States"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/f8191deb-3c0b-4d3c-a9d4-bf518fb241a9","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/f8191deb-3c0b-4d3c-a9d4-bf518fb241a9/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
The Controller will serve as a senior leader within the Finance organization. This executive will be responsible for building, scaling, and leading a best-in-class accounting function capable of supporting a complex, high-growth business with rigorous financial reporting, audit, compliance, and internal control requirements.
This is a high-impact, high-visibility leadership role requiring deep technical accounting expertise, strong operational discipline, and the ability to lead through scale. The Controller will own the integrity of the company’s financial reporting, drive a timely and accurate close process, ensure audit readiness, strengthen internal controls, and partner cross-functionally with executive leadership to support strategic growth initiatives.
The ideal candidate has operated in a public-company environment or similarly rigorous reporting environment and brings a proven track record of scaling accounting organizations, implementing robust financial infrastructure, and leading teams through increasing operational complexity. This leader must be equally comfortable advising at the executive and Board level, developing scalable processes, and diving into the details when needed.
Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Own the company’s close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and scalable financial reporting while continuously improving close timelines, process quality, and operational efficiency.
Oversee general ledger activity, account reconciliations, consolidation processes, and overall financial statement integrity.
Develop and deliver high-quality financial reporting packages for executive leadership, the Board stakeholders, and, as applicable, Audit Committee audiences.
Establish reporting standards, review mechanisms, and operating rhythms that support accuracy, accountability, and executive-level decision-making.
Serve as the company’s senior technical accounting leader, owning accounting policies, technical memos, and conclusions across complex areas including revenue recognition under ASC 606, inventory, leases under ASC 842, stock-based compensation, business combinations, and other areas as the company scales.
Monitor, assess, and lead implementation of new accounting pronouncements and evolving reporting requirements.
Advise the CFO and executive leadership on the accounting implications of strategic initiatives, transactions, customer contracts, financing activities, acquisitions, and new business models.
Partner with Legal, FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, and external advisors to ensure accounting positions are well-documented, supportable, and aligned with company objectives.
Build financial reporting processes, documentation, and governance practices aligned with public-company standards and increasing external scrutiny.
Partner with external auditors, legal counsel, and other advisors on complex reporting, disclosure, and compliance matters.
Contribute to the company’s readiness for enhanced external reporting requirements, including preparation for future liquidity events, large-scale financing, public-company expectations, or other significant corporate milestones.
Support the preparation of materials for Board and Audit Committee engagement, including financial reporting updates, audit matters, control environment updates, and key accounting judgments.
Serve as the primary executive liaison for external auditors, managing the annual audit and any interim or quarterly review processes.
Ensure audit readiness through disciplined documentation, strong accounting processes, timely issue resolution, and a proactive approach to auditor engagement.
Oversee tax compliance in partnership with external providers, including federal, state, local, and international filings as applicable.
Ensure accounting and reporting processes are designed to support compliance with regulatory, contractual, and government contracting requirements where applicable.
Design, implement, and maintain a scalable internal control framework that supports the company’s growth, operational complexity, and reporting obligations.
Partner with Internal Audit or equivalent functions to identify key risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are in place.
Continuously evaluate and strengthen business process controls across accounting, payroll, procurement, inventory, financial reporting, and related workflows.
Drive a culture of compliance, accountability, and strong financial stewardship across the organization.
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing accounting organization capable of supporting the company through its next stages of growth.
Develop the accounting team structure, hiring roadmap, operating model, and career progression pathways aligned with business needs.
Establish a culture of ownership, accuracy, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Balance executive-level leadership with hands-on execution, particularly in areas where processes, systems, or teams are still being built.
Serve as a trusted partner to the CFO and executive team on accounting strategy, organizational design, risk management, and financial infrastructure.
Partner closely with FP&A to support forecasting, budgeting, performance analysis, and executive reporting.
Collaborate with Legal on contracts, compliance matters, equity compensation, corporate governance, and transaction support.
Work with Operations and Supply Chain on inventory accounting, cost accounting, manufacturing processes, and operational reporting.
Support executive leadership with timely financial insights, reporting, and analysis that inform strategic decisions.
Partner with HR on payroll, equity compensation, headcount planning, and related accounting processes.
Act as a senior Finance partner across the organization, translating accounting and control requirements into practical, scalable business processes.
Evaluate, implement, and optimize ERP and financial systems, including NetSuite or equivalent platforms.
Drive automation, data integrity, and scalability across accounting workflows, reporting processes, close activities, reconciliations, and financial operations.
Ensure alignment between financial systems, operational systems, and reporting requirements.
Lead system upgrades, integrations, and process redesign efforts as the company scales.
Establish financial systems infrastructure that supports auditability, operational efficiency, and executive-level visibility.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA required.
12+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including senior leadership experience within a complex or high-growth environment.
7+ years of people management experience, including experience building, leading, and scaling accounting teams.
Prior experience operating in a public-company environment or similarly complex, highly regulated reporting environment.
Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, financial reporting, consolidations, and internal controls.
Proven experience designing, implementing, and scaling internal control frameworks.
Strong experience managing external audits and serving as the senior point of contact for external auditors.
Demonstrated ability to lead in fast-paced, high-growth environments with increasing operational and reporting complexity.
Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, Board stakeholders, auditors, and external advisors.
Big 4 public accounting background.
Experience supporting a company through a significant liquidity event, large-scale financing, acquisition, public-company readiness process, or transition to a more complex reporting environment.
Experience in defense technology, aerospace, manufacturing, hardware, SaaS, or hardware-enabled software environments.
Strong background in inventory accounting, cost accounting, and manufacturing-related accounting processes.
Experience with international entities, consolidations, and multi-entity structures.
ERP implementation or optimization experience; NetSuite strongly preferred.
Familiarity with government contracting requirements and related compliance frameworks.
Experience building accounting functions in founder-led, venture-backed, or private-equity-backed companies.
The successful Controller will be a strategic, hands-on finance executive who can build structure, improve rigor, and lead the accounting function through scale.
This person will bring a builder mindset, strong technical judgment, and a bias toward action. They will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven, with the ability to create clarity in ambiguous environments.
They will be a trusted partner to the CFO, executive team, and cross-functional leaders, capable of influencing at all levels while maintaining the highest standards of integrity, accuracy, and quality.
Key attributes include:
Strategic thinker with strong execution capability
Hands-on leader with a “roll up your sleeves” mentality
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-oriented
Strong communicator with executive and Board-level presence
Builder mindset with experience creating scalable infrastructure from the ground up
High integrity and commitment to financial accuracy, compliance, and quality
Results-oriented leader with a track record of scaling teams, systems, and processes
Comfortable operating in environments with increasing external scrutiny and reporting expectations
Strong collaborator who can partner across Finance, Legal, HR, Operations, Supply Chain, and executive leadership
Assess the current accounting organization, systems, close process, reporting cadence, controls environment, and team capabilities.
Identify gaps in financial reporting, audit readiness, internal controls, systems infrastructure, and scalability relative to best-in-class standards.
Develop and begin executing a roadmap to strengthen the close process, improve reporting quality, and accelerate monthly and quarterly reporting timelines.
Establish a prioritized internal controls and audit-readiness roadmap, including documentation standards, control ownership, and key risk areas.
Build strong relationships with the CFO, executive team, cross-functional partners, external auditors, tax advisors, and other key stakeholders.
Develop a team structure and hiring plan to scale the accounting organization in alignment with company growth.
Evaluate ERP and financial systems infrastructure and define a roadmap for optimization, automation, or implementation.
Create a clear operating rhythm for accounting, reporting, audit preparation, controls, and cross-functional finance support.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nROLE OVERVIEW\n\nThe Controller will serve as a senior leader within the Finance organization. This executive will be responsible for building, scaling, and leading a best-in-class accounting function capable of supporting a complex, high-growth business with rigorous financial reporting, audit, compliance, and internal control requirements.\n\nThis is a high-impact, high-visibility leadership role requiring deep technical accounting expertise, strong operational discipline, and the ability to lead through scale. The Controller will own the integrity of the company’s financial reporting, drive a timely and accurate close process, ensure audit readiness, strengthen internal controls, and partner cross-functionally with executive leadership to support strategic growth initiatives.\n\nThe ideal candidate has operated in a public-company environment or similarly rigorous reporting environment and brings a proven track record of scaling accounting organizations, implementing robust financial infrastructure, and leading teams through increasing operational complexity. This leader must be equally comfortable advising at the executive and Board level, developing scalable processes, and diving into the details when needed.\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\n\nFINANCIAL REPORTING & CLOSE\n\n - Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.\n\n - Own the company’s close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and scalable financial reporting while continuously improving close timelines, process quality, and operational efficiency.\n\n - Oversee general ledger activity, account reconciliations, consolidation processes, and overall financial statement integrity.\n\n - Develop and deliver high-quality financial reporting packages for executive leadership, the Board stakeholders, and, as applicable, Audit Committee audiences.\n\n - Establish reporting standards, review mechanisms, and operating rhythms that support accuracy, accountability, and executive-level decision-making.\n\n\n\n\nTECHNICAL ACCOUNTING\n\n - Serve as the company’s senior technical accounting leader, owning accounting policies, technical memos, and conclusions across complex areas including revenue recognition under ASC 606, inventory, leases under ASC 842, stock-based compensation, business combinations, and other areas as the company scales.\n\n - Monitor, assess, and lead implementation of new accounting pronouncements and evolving reporting requirements.\n\n - Advise the CFO and executive leadership on the accounting implications of strategic initiatives, transactions, customer contracts, financing activities, acquisitions, and new business models.\n\n - Partner with Legal, FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, and external advisors to ensure accounting positions are well-documented, supportable, and aligned with company objectives.\n\n\n\n\nEXTERNAL REPORTING & READINESS\n\n - Build financial reporting processes, documentation, and governance practices aligned with public-company standards and increasing external scrutiny.\n\n - Partner with external auditors, legal counsel, and other advisors on complex reporting, disclosure, and compliance matters.\n\n - Contribute to the company’s readiness for enhanced external reporting requirements, including preparation for future liquidity events, large-scale financing, public-company expectations, or other significant corporate milestones.\n\n - Support the preparation of materials for Board and Audit Committee engagement, including financial reporting updates, audit matters, control environment updates, and key accounting judgments.\n\n\n\n\nAUDIT, TAX & COMPLIANCE\n\n - Serve as the primary executive liaison for external auditors, managing the annual audit and any interim or quarterly review processes.\n\n - Ensure audit readiness through disciplined documentation, strong accounting processes, timely issue resolution, and a proactive approach to auditor engagement.\n\n - Oversee tax compliance in partnership with external providers, including federal, state, local, and international filings as applicable.\n\n - Ensure accounting and reporting processes are designed to support compliance with regulatory, contractual, and government contracting requirements where applicable.\n\n\n\n\nRISK, CONTROLS & COMPLIANCE\n\n - Design, implement, and maintain a scalable internal control framework that supports the company’s growth, operational complexity, and reporting obligations.\n\n - Partner with Internal Audit or equivalent functions to identify key risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are in place.\n\n - Continuously evaluate and strengthen business process controls across accounting, payroll, procurement, inventory, financial reporting, and related workflows.\n\n - Drive a culture of compliance, accountability, and strong financial stewardship across the organization.\n\n\n\n\nLEADERSHIP & TEAM BUILDING\n\n - Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing accounting organization capable of supporting the company through its next stages of growth.\n\n - Develop the accounting team structure, hiring roadmap, operating model, and career progression pathways aligned with business needs.\n\n - Establish a culture of ownership, accuracy, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.\n\n - Balance executive-level leadership with hands-on execution, particularly in areas where processes, systems, or teams are still being built.\n\n - Serve as a trusted partner to the CFO and executive team on accounting strategy, organizational design, risk management, and financial infrastructure.\n\n\n\n\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP\n\n - Partner closely with FP&A to support forecasting, budgeting, performance analysis, and executive reporting.\n\n - Collaborate with Legal on contracts, compliance matters, equity compensation, corporate governance, and transaction support.\n\n - Work with Operations and Supply Chain on inventory accounting, cost accounting, manufacturing processes, and operational reporting.\n\n - Support executive leadership with timely financial insights, reporting, and analysis that inform strategic decisions.\n\n - Partner with HR on payroll, equity compensation, headcount planning, and related accounting processes.\n\n - Act as a senior Finance partner across the organization, translating accounting and control requirements into practical, scalable business processes.\n\n\n\n\nSYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE\n\n - Evaluate, implement, and optimize ERP and financial systems, including NetSuite or equivalent platforms.\n\n - Drive automation, data integrity, and scalability across accounting workflows, reporting processes, close activities, reconciliations, and financial operations.\n\n - Ensure alignment between financial systems, operational systems, and reporting requirements.\n\n - Lead system upgrades, integrations, and process redesign efforts as the company scales.\n\n - Establish financial systems infrastructure that supports auditability, operational efficiency, and executive-level visibility.\n\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE\n\n\nREQUIRED\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA required.\n\n - 12+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including senior leadership experience within a complex or high-growth environment.\n\n - 7+ years of people management experience, including experience building, leading, and scaling accounting teams.\n\n - Prior experience operating in a public-company environment or similarly complex, highly regulated reporting environment.\n\n - Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, financial reporting, consolidations, and internal controls.\n\n - Proven experience designing, implementing, and scaling internal control frameworks.\n\n - Strong experience managing external audits and serving as the senior point of contact for external auditors.\n\n - Demonstrated ability to lead in fast-paced, high-growth environments with increasing operational and reporting complexity.\n\n - Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, Board stakeholders, auditors, and external advisors.\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED\n\n - Big 4 public accounting background.\n\n - Experience supporting a company through a significant liquidity event, large-scale financing, acquisition, public-company readiness process, or transition to a more complex reporting environment.\n\n - Experience in defense technology, aerospace, manufacturing, hardware, SaaS, or hardware-enabled software environments.\n\n - Strong background in inventory accounting, cost accounting, and manufacturing-related accounting processes.\n\n - Experience with international entities, consolidations, and multi-entity structures.\n\n - ERP implementation or optimization experience; NetSuite strongly preferred.\n\n - Familiarity with government contracting requirements and related compliance frameworks.\n\n - Experience building accounting functions in founder-led, venture-backed, or private-equity-backed companies.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS PROFILE\n\n - The successful Controller will be a strategic, hands-on finance executive who can build structure, improve rigor, and lead the accounting function through scale.\n\n - This person will bring a builder mindset, strong technical judgment, and a bias toward action. They will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven, with the ability to create clarity in ambiguous environments.\n\n - They will be a trusted partner to the CFO, executive team, and cross-functional leaders, capable of influencing at all levels while maintaining the highest standards of integrity, accuracy, and quality.\n\n - Key attributes include:\n \n - Strategic thinker with strong execution capability\n \n - Hands-on leader with a “roll up your sleeves” mentality\n \n - Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-oriented\n \n - Strong communicator with executive and Board-level presence\n \n - Builder mindset with experience creating scalable infrastructure from the ground up\n \n - High integrity and commitment to financial accuracy, compliance, and quality\n \n - Results-oriented leader with a track record of scaling teams, systems, and processes\n \n - Comfortable operating in environments with increasing external scrutiny and reporting expectations\n \n - Strong collaborator who can partner across Finance, Legal, HR, Operations, Supply Chain, and executive leadership\n\n\n\n\nFIRST 90–180 DAY PRIORITIES\n\n - Assess the current accounting organization, systems, close process, reporting cadence, controls environment, and team capabilities.\n\n - Identify gaps in financial reporting, audit readiness, internal controls, systems infrastructure, and scalability relative to best-in-class standards.\n\n - Develop and begin executing a roadmap to strengthen the close process, improve reporting quality, and accelerate monthly and quarterly reporting timelines.\n\n - Establish a prioritized internal controls and audit-readiness roadmap, including documentation standards, control ownership, and key risk areas.\n\n - Build strong relationships with the CFO, executive team, cross-functional partners, external auditors, tax advisors, and other key stakeholders.\n\n - Develop a team structure and hiring plan to scale the accounting organization in alignment with company growth.\n\n - Evaluate ERP and financial systems infrastructure and define a roadmap for optimization, automation, or implementation.\n\n - Create a clear operating rhythm for accounting, reporting, audit preparation, controls, and cross-functional finance support.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As the Vehicle Autonomy Team Lead, you will lead the team responsible for building, integrating, and fielding the on-vehicle autonomy stack for HavocAI’s autonomous surface vessels. This team owns the autonomy capabilities that run onboard our vessels and enable them to safely navigate, execute missions, respond to dynamic maritime environments, and operate reliably in the field.
This is a senior technical leadership role for someone with deep experience in robotics, autonomy software, motion planning, controls, vehicle behavior, and real-world system integration. You will lead a team of engineers from a technical perspective, set engineering priorities, guide architecture decisions, mentor teammates, and ensure that autonomy capabilities are delivered with speed, rigor, and operational reliability.
This role is hands-on and field-oriented. You should be comfortable moving between system design, code review, debugging logs, evaluating autonomy performance, supporting field tests, and working cross-functionally with perception, mission software, embedded systems, hardware, and operations teams.
Lead the technical execution of the on-vehicle autonomy team
Own autonomy capabilities that run onboard autonomous surface vessels, including navigation, planning, control, behaviors, safety logic, and autonomy execution
Define technical priorities, architecture, interfaces, and development standards for vehicle autonomy systems
Guide autonomy design decisions across reliability, latency, safety, compute constraints, mission performance, and field maintainability
Ensure the vehicle autonomy stack is robust, observable, testable, and ready for real-world maritime operations
Lead, mentor, and support a team of autonomy, robotics, planning, and controls engineers
Provide technical guidance through design reviews, architecture reviews, code reviews, test planning, and field-readiness reviews
Help engineers break down complex autonomy problems into executable technical work
Establish strong engineering practices for autonomy development, integration, simulation, testing, and deployment
Create a team culture built on ownership, technical excellence, mission focus, and fast iteration
Drive autonomy capabilities from concept through implementation, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, and deployment
Support vessel integration, field tests, customer demonstrations, and operational evaluations
Diagnose and resolve autonomy issues using logs, telemetry, vehicle data, simulation results, and field observations
Build feedback loops between field failures, autonomy improvements, and product roadmap decisions
Ensure the team delivers autonomy software that can be operated, debugged, and maintained in real mission environments
Work closely with perception, mission software, embedded systems, hardware, product, program, and field operations teams
Translate mission needs and product requirements into vehicle autonomy capabilities
Coordinate interfaces between onboard autonomy, mission planning, command and control, sensors, and platform systems
Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and progress clearly to engineering and company leadership
Help align vehicle autonomy development with customer needs, deployment timelines, and long-term product strategy
Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
8+ years of experience in robotics, autonomy, autonomous vehicles, unmanned systems, maritime autonomy, aerospace, defense technology, or related technical fields
Strong technical background in vehicle autonomy, motion planning, controls, robotics software, and autonomous system integration
Proven experience leading engineers from a technical perspective, either as a team lead, technical lead, staff engineer, principal engineer, or engineering manager
Experience building and deploying autonomy software on real robotic or autonomous systems
Strong understanding of autonomy software stacks, including planning, control, behaviors, state estimation, sensor integration, simulation, testing, and deployment
Experience working in Linux-based development environments with modern software engineering practices
Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Python
Ability to make sound technical tradeoffs across reliability, safety, performance, maintainability, and schedule
Strong debugging skills across software, hardware, sensors, logs, telemetry, and field operations
Excellent communication skills and ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders
High ownership, strong judgment, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Passion for mission-critical autonomy and real-world robotic systems
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Experience with autonomous surface vessels, maritime autonomy, naval systems, unmanned boats, or maritime domain awareness
Experience with collision avoidance, COLREGs-aware planning, path planning, trajectory generation, behavior planning, guidance, navigation, or control systems
Experience with multi-agent autonomy, collaborative autonomy, distributed robotic systems, or coordinated vehicle behaviors
Experience with ROS2, DDS, MOOS-IvP, autonomy middleware, or distributed robotics architectures
Experience integrating perception, radar, EO/IR cameras, AIS, GPS/INS, or other maritime sensor modalities into autonomy systems
Experience with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, autonomy verification and validation, and field test programs
Experience supporting government, DoD, defense, or dual-use technology programs
Experience operating in startup or fast-moving product engineering environments
Active or prior security clearance
This role may be based remotely, with preference for candidates located in or willing to work from Boston, MA or Rhode Island. Candidates should be comfortable with regular travel for onsite collaboration, vessel integration, field testing, customer demonstrations, program reviews, and deployments.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs the Vehicle Autonomy Team Lead, you will lead the team responsible for building, integrating, and fielding the on-vehicle autonomy stack for HavocAI’s autonomous surface vessels. This team owns the autonomy capabilities that run onboard our vessels and enable them to safely navigate, execute missions, respond to dynamic maritime environments, and operate reliably in the field.\n\nThis is a senior technical leadership role for someone with deep experience in robotics, autonomy software, motion planning, controls, vehicle behavior, and real-world system integration. You will lead a team of engineers from a technical perspective, set engineering priorities, guide architecture decisions, mentor teammates, and ensure that autonomy capabilities are delivered with speed, rigor, and operational reliability.\n\nThis role is hands-on and field-oriented. You should be comfortable moving between system design, code review, debugging logs, evaluating autonomy performance, supporting field tests, and working cross-functionally with perception, mission software, embedded systems, hardware, and operations teams.\n\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\n\nVEHICLE AUTONOMY LEADERSHIP\n\n - Lead the technical execution of the on-vehicle autonomy team\n\n - Own autonomy capabilities that run onboard autonomous surface vessels, including navigation, planning, control, behaviors, safety logic, and autonomy execution\n\n - Define technical priorities, architecture, interfaces, and development standards for vehicle autonomy systems\n\n - Guide autonomy design decisions across reliability, latency, safety, compute constraints, mission performance, and field maintainability\n\n - Ensure the vehicle autonomy stack is robust, observable, testable, and ready for real-world maritime operations\n\n\n\n\nTEAM LEADERSHIP & TECHNICAL MENTORSHIP\n\n - Lead, mentor, and support a team of autonomy, robotics, planning, and controls engineers\n\n - Provide technical guidance through design reviews, architecture reviews, code reviews, test planning, and field-readiness reviews\n\n - Help engineers break down complex autonomy problems into executable technical work\n\n - Establish strong engineering practices for autonomy development, integration, simulation, testing, and deployment\n\n - Create a team culture built on ownership, technical excellence, mission focus, and fast iteration\n\n\n\n\nINTEGRATION, TESTING & FIELD DEPLOYMENT\n\n - Drive autonomy capabilities from concept through implementation, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, and deployment\n\n - Support vessel integration, field tests, customer demonstrations, and operational evaluations\n\n - Diagnose and resolve autonomy issues using logs, telemetry, vehicle data, simulation results, and field observations\n\n - Build feedback loops between field failures, autonomy improvements, and product roadmap decisions\n\n - Ensure the team delivers autonomy software that can be operated, debugged, and maintained in real mission environments\n\n\n\n\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION\n\n - Work closely with perception, mission software, embedded systems, hardware, product, program, and field operations teams\n\n - Translate mission needs and product requirements into vehicle autonomy capabilities\n\n - Coordinate interfaces between onboard autonomy, mission planning, command and control, sensors, and platform systems\n\n - Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and progress clearly to engineering and company leadership\n\n - Help align vehicle autonomy development with customer needs, deployment timelines, and long-term product strategy\n\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field\n\n - 8+ years of experience in robotics, autonomy, autonomous vehicles, unmanned systems, maritime autonomy, aerospace, defense technology, or related technical fields\n\n - Strong technical background in vehicle autonomy, motion planning, controls, robotics software, and autonomous system integration\n\n - Proven experience leading engineers from a technical perspective, either as a team lead, technical lead, staff engineer, principal engineer, or engineering manager\n\n - Experience building and deploying autonomy software on real robotic or autonomous systems\n\n - Strong understanding of autonomy software stacks, including planning, control, behaviors, state estimation, sensor integration, simulation, testing, and deployment\n\n - Experience working in Linux-based development environments with modern software engineering practices\n\n - Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Python\n\n - Ability to make sound technical tradeoffs across reliability, safety, performance, maintainability, and schedule\n\n - Strong debugging skills across software, hardware, sensors, logs, telemetry, and field operations\n\n - Excellent communication skills and ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders\n\n - High ownership, strong judgment, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments\n\n - 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Experience operating in startup or fast-moving product engineering environments\n\n - Active or prior security clearance\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION\n\nThis role may be based remotely, with preference for candidates located in or willing to work from Boston, MA or Rhode Island. Candidates should be comfortable with regular travel for onsite collaboration, vessel integration, field testing, customer demonstrations, program reviews, and deployments.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Technical Program Manager, you will drive technical execution across complex robotics, autonomy, software, and defense programs. You will work closely with engineering, product, operations, field teams, and customers to turn mission needs into executable plans and delivered capabilities.
This role requires technical depth, strong program leadership, and the ability to operate across hardware, software, autonomy, systems integration, testing, and deployment. You will own schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and delivery plans while working directly with technical teams to keep execution moving.
This is not a traditional project coordination role. You will be expected to understand the systems being built, identify technical and programmatic risks, unblock engineering teams, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and help deliver mission-ready robotic systems at speed.
Own execution for robotics, autonomy, software, and defense-related engineering programs
Drive planning, milestones, schedules, risks, dependencies, and cross-functional delivery
Translate customer needs, contract requirements, and mission objectives into clear technical plans
Coordinate across software, autonomy, hardware, manufacturing, field operations, product, and customer-facing teams
Identify risks early and work with engineering and company leadership to resolve them
Partner with engineering leads to define requirements, interfaces, integration plans, test plans, and release criteria
Coordinate integration across software, hardware, autonomy, sensing, communications, and platform systems
Plan and support system testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, demonstrations, and operational evaluations
Ensure teams are prepared with test objectives, success criteria, readiness reviews, data collection plans, and post-test analysis workflows
Track field findings, failure modes, corrective actions, and engineering closure
Support execution of government, defense, and dual-use technology programs
Interface with defense, government, and commercial stakeholders as needed
Support proposal planning, customer briefings, program reviews, deliverables, and execution reporting
Communicate program status, risks, milestones, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly
Establish effective planning, documentation, reporting, escalation, and decision-making cadences
Help engineering teams move quickly while maintaining technical rigor, accountability, and execution discipline
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field
5+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, systems engineering, robotics, defense technology, autonomy, software, or related fields
Experience managing complex technical programs with cross-functional engineering teams
Technical background in robotics, software systems, autonomy, hardware/software integration, defense systems, or fielded technology products
Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts across software, hardware, autonomy, sensors, communications, testing, and operations
Experience leading schedules, milestones, risk management, integration planning, test readiness, and delivery execution
Experience working with engineering teams building real-world systems, not just software-only products
Strong written and verbal communication skills
High ownership, strong judgment, and ability to operate in fast-moving environments
Ability to manage ambiguity, drive clarity, and keep teams aligned around execution priorities
Passion for mission-critical robotics, autonomy, and defense technology
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Prior experience supporting government, defense, DoD, or dual-use technology programs
Experience with robotics, unmanned systems, autonomous vehicles, maritime systems, aerospace systems, or defense platforms
Experience managing programs involving software development, hardware integration, field testing, customer demonstrations, or operational evaluations
Familiarity with systems engineering, requirements management, verification and validation, integration planning, and test readiness processes
Experience working with contracts, proposals, statements of work, program deliverables, or government reporting requirements
Experience with command and control systems, communications systems, autonomy software, embedded systems, or robotic platforms
Experience working in small, fast-moving engineering teams or high-growth technology companies
Experience supporting customer briefings, technical reviews, program reviews, or executive-level status updates
Active or prior security clearance
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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You will work closely with engineering, product, operations, field teams, and customers to turn mission needs into executable plans and delivered capabilities.\n\nThis role requires technical depth, strong program leadership, and the ability to operate across hardware, software, autonomy, systems integration, testing, and deployment. You will own schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and delivery plans while working directly with technical teams to keep execution moving.\n\nThis is not a traditional project coordination role. You will be expected to understand the systems being built, identify technical and programmatic risks, unblock engineering teams, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and help deliver mission-ready robotic systems at speed.\n\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\n\n\nPROGRAM EXECUTION & CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DELIVERY\n\n - Own execution for robotics, autonomy, software, and defense-related engineering programs\n\n - Drive planning, milestones, schedules, risks, dependencies, and cross-functional delivery\n\n - Translate customer needs, contract requirements, and mission objectives into clear technical plans\n\n - Coordinate across software, autonomy, hardware, manufacturing, field operations, product, and customer-facing teams\n\n - Identify risks early and work with engineering and company leadership to resolve them\n\n\nENGINEERING INTEGRATION & TEST\n\n - Partner with engineering leads to define requirements, interfaces, integration plans, test plans, and release criteria\n\n - Coordinate integration across software, hardware, autonomy, sensing, communications, and platform systems\n\n - Plan and support system testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, demonstrations, and operational evaluations\n\n - Ensure teams are prepared with test objectives, success criteria, readiness reviews, data collection plans, and post-test analysis workflows\n\n - Track field findings, failure modes, corrective actions, and engineering closure\n\n\nCUSTOMER, DEFENSE & TEAM OPERATIONS\n\n - Support execution of government, defense, and dual-use technology programs\n\n - Interface with defense, government, and commercial stakeholders as needed\n\n - Support proposal planning, customer briefings, program reviews, deliverables, and execution reporting\n\n - Communicate program status, risks, milestones, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly\n\n - Establish effective planning, documentation, reporting, escalation, and decision-making cadences\n\n - Help engineering teams move quickly while maintaining technical rigor, accountability, and execution discipline\n\n\n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field\n\n - 5+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, systems engineering, robotics, defense technology, autonomy, software, or related fields\n\n - Experience managing complex technical programs with cross-functional engineering teams\n\n - Technical background in robotics, software systems, autonomy, hardware/software integration, defense systems, or fielded technology products\n\n - Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts across software, hardware, autonomy, sensors, communications, testing, and operations\n\n - Experience leading schedules, milestones, risk management, integration planning, test readiness, and delivery execution\n\n - Experience working with engineering teams building real-world systems, not just software-only products\n\n - Strong written and verbal communication skills\n\n - High ownership, strong judgment, and ability to operate in fast-moving environments\n\n - Ability to manage ambiguity, drive clarity, and keep teams aligned around execution priorities\n\n - Passion for mission-critical robotics, autonomy, and defense technology\n\n - U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED SKILLS\n\n - Prior experience supporting government, defense, DoD, or dual-use technology programs\n\n - Experience with robotics, unmanned systems, autonomous vehicles, maritime systems, aerospace systems, or defense platforms\n\n - Experience managing programs involving software development, hardware integration, field testing, customer demonstrations, or operational evaluations\n\n - Familiarity with systems engineering, requirements management, verification and validation, integration planning, and test readiness processes\n\n - Experience working with contracts, proposals, statements of work, program deliverables, or government reporting requirements\n\n - Experience with command and control systems, communications systems, autonomy software, embedded systems, or robotic platforms\n\n - Experience working in small, fast-moving engineering teams or high-growth technology companies\n\n - Experience supporting customer briefings, technical reviews, program reviews, or executive-level status updates\n\n - Active or prior security clearance\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
Havoc AI's Mission Operations (MOPS) team deploys alongside military customers to operate autonomous drone systems in real-world environments—from live operational events like Overwatch to hardware and software development test events and customer demonstrations. The Air Operations Specialist is the person on the ground making that happen.
This is a field-first role. You'll plan and execute drone operations, integrate directly with military units, and serve as the human bridge between Havoc AI's technology and the operators who depend on it. When you're not in the field, you'll support the broader MOPS team in testing, iteration, and continuous product improvement.
You don't need to be a software engineer, but you do need to learn quickly, operate with discipline, and thrive in ambiguous environments alongside a technically deep team and senior military leadership. Drones aren't just a job requirement here—the right candidate already flies them recreationally and has the experience to show for it.
Deploy to live events and exercises to operate small UAS systems, integrate with military units, and ensure mission success in the field.
Plan, coordinate, and brief drone operations to military customers and internal stakeholders, ranging from small teams to senior military leadership.
Support hardware and software development through operational test events and customer demonstrations, providing real-world operator feedback to engineering teams.
Serve as a trusted interface with military customers, understanding operational needs and translating them into actionable inputs for Mission Operations and Product teams.
Identify operational gaps, surface issues, and contribute to refining tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for autonomous systems.
Collaborate across the Mission Operations team, contributing wherever needed to support the mission while maintaining a team-first mindset.
Hands-on experience with military drone systems and operational employment tactics.
Demonstrated experience planning and briefing operations.
Personal passion for small UAS beyond a professional setting, including recreational flying, building or modifying platforms, or active involvement in the drone community.
Hands-on experience with open-source autopilot systems such as ArduPilot, PX4, or equivalent, including configuration, troubleshooting, and tuning.
Familiarity with common ground control station (GCS) platforms such as Mission Planner, QGroundControl, or similar, including flight log analysis.
Understanding of RF fundamentals, link budget considerations, and basic electronics as they relate to UAS.
Willingness to obtain an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate if not already certified.
Ability and willingness to travel approximately 30% of the time, including potential overseas deployments.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage in both informal collaboration and formal military briefings.
Leads through influence rather than authority, earning trust by delivering value.
Humble and mission-focused, willing to do whatever is needed to support the team, whether running logistics or briefing senior military leaders.
Independent thinker who respects and operates within established chains of command.
Continuous learner who stays current as technology and operational tactics rapidly evolve.
Enjoys working outdoors and operating in austere field environments.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to balance independent initiative with close team collaboration.
Active FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.
Experience with autonomous or AI-enabled UAS platforms.
Familiarity with Command and Control (C2) software and ground control station interfaces.
Previous experience in a defense technology company, startup, or other non-traditional military environment.
Experience supporting operational testing, customer demonstrations, or technology evaluations.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nHavoc AI's Mission Operations (MOPS) team deploys alongside military customers to operate autonomous drone systems in real-world environments—from live operational events like Overwatch to hardware and software development test events and customer demonstrations. The Air Operations Specialist is the person on the ground making that happen.\n\nThis is a field-first role. You'll plan and execute drone operations, integrate directly with military units, and serve as the human bridge between Havoc AI's technology and the operators who depend on it. When you're not in the field, you'll support the broader MOPS team in testing, iteration, and continuous product improvement.\n\nYou don't need to be a software engineer, but you do need to learn quickly, operate with discipline, and thrive in ambiguous environments alongside a technically deep team and senior military leadership. Drones aren't just a job requirement here—the right candidate already flies them recreationally and has the experience to show for it.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Deploy to live events and exercises to operate small UAS systems, integrate with military units, and ensure mission success in the field.\n\n - Plan, coordinate, and brief drone operations to military customers and internal stakeholders, ranging from small teams to senior military leadership.\n\n - Support hardware and software development through operational test events and customer demonstrations, providing real-world operator feedback to engineering teams.\n\n - Serve as a trusted interface with military customers, understanding operational needs and translating them into actionable inputs for Mission Operations and Product teams.\n\n - Identify operational gaps, surface issues, and contribute to refining tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for autonomous systems.\n\n - Collaborate across the Mission Operations team, contributing wherever needed to support the mission while maintaining a team-first mindset.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR\n\n\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Hands-on experience with military drone systems and operational employment tactics.\n\n - Demonstrated experience planning and briefing operations.\n\n - Personal passion for small UAS beyond a professional setting, including recreational flying, building or modifying platforms, or active involvement in the drone community.\n\n - Hands-on experience with open-source autopilot systems such as ArduPilot, PX4, or equivalent, including configuration, troubleshooting, and tuning.\n\n - Familiarity with common ground control station (GCS) platforms such as Mission Planner, QGroundControl, or similar, including flight log analysis.\n\n - Understanding of RF fundamentals, link budget considerations, and basic electronics as they relate to UAS.\n\n - Willingness to obtain an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate if not already certified.\n\n - Ability and willingness to travel approximately 30% of the time, including potential overseas deployments.\n\n - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage in both informal collaboration and formal military briefings.\n\n\nMINDSET & ATTRIBUTES\n\n - Leads through influence rather than authority, earning trust by delivering value.\n\n - Humble and mission-focused, willing to do whatever is needed to support the team, whether running logistics or briefing senior military leaders.\n\n - Independent thinker who respects and operates within established chains of command.\n\n - Continuous learner who stays current as technology and operational tactics rapidly evolve.\n\n - Enjoys working outdoors and operating in austere field environments.\n\n - Comfortable with ambiguity and able to balance independent initiative with close team collaboration.\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Active FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.\n\n - Experience with autonomous or AI-enabled UAS platforms.\n\n - Familiarity with Command and Control (C2) software and ground control station interfaces.\n\n - Previous experience in a defense technology company, startup, or other non-traditional military environment.\n\n - Experience supporting operational testing, customer demonstrations, or technology evaluations.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"f7e2a1b3-8999-40ae-93d7-fc3ed79750f5","title":"Field Software Engineer ","department":"Autonomy","team":"Autonomy","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote ","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-18T02:15:08.701+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"United States"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/f7e2a1b3-8999-40ae-93d7-fc3ed79750f5","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/f7e2a1b3-8999-40ae-93d7-fc3ed79750f5/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Field Software Engineer, you'll bridge the gap between engineering and operations, deploying HavocAI's autonomous systems where they matter most.
This is not a traditional field support role. You will be an engineer embedded with our customers—deploying software, integrating systems, solving technical problems in real time, and writing code to keep missions moving.
You'll work alongside autonomy engineers, software developers, hardware engineers, operators, and government customers to ensure HavocAI systems perform reliably during testing, demonstrations, and operational deployments.
Success in this role requires someone who enjoys building as much as troubleshooting. You'll be expected to understand the software deeply enough to modify it in the field, rapidly implement fixes when needed, and know when to engage the broader engineering team.
If you enjoy seeing your code leave the lab and operate on autonomous vehicles in challenging environments, you'll fit right in.
Deploy, configure, and operate HavocAI autonomous systems during customer demonstrations, exercises, and operational events.
Travel to customer sites to support field testing, integrations, and mission deployments.
Develop and modify software directly in the field to solve mission-critical problems.
Integrate HavocAI systems with customer platforms, communications systems, sensors, and partner technologies.
Diagnose and resolve software, networking, hardware interface, and system integration issues under real operational conditions.
Analyze logs, telemetry, and system performance to identify root causes and validate fixes.
Collaborate closely with software, autonomy, hardware, product, and program teams to improve system reliability.
Build internal tools, deployment automation, documentation, and workflows that improve operational efficiency.
Train operators and support customer acceptance, onboarding, and technical demonstrations.
Capture lessons learned from field operations and translate them into product improvements.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, partners, and government stakeholders during deployments.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
1+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, robotics, DevOps, systems integration, field engineering, or related technical disciplines.
Strong Linux experience and confidence troubleshooting using command-line tools, logs, and telemetry.
Experience programming in at least one modern language such as C++, Python, Go, or TypeScript.
Familiarity with networking fundamentals, APIs, containerized applications, or distributed systems.
Comfortable working across software, hardware, networking, and operations.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with engineers, operators, customers, and government stakeholders.
Ability to travel extensively throughout the continental United States.
High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to perform effectively in dynamic, fast-moving environments.
Passion for autonomy, robotics, distributed systems, or defense technology.
U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Ability to travel 50-75% of the time.
Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, unmanned vehicles, or maritime platforms.
Experience supporting customer deployments, operational exercises, or field testing.
Experience with ROS2, DDS, Docker, Kubernetes, or modern containerized software.
Experience with PX4, ArduPilot, or related autonomy frameworks.
Experience integrating communications systems, tactical networks, or command and control software.
Familiarity with CAN, UART, Ethernet, serial protocols, or embedded hardware interfaces.
Experience with edge computing, radios, GNSS/INS, cameras, radar, lidar, or robotic sensors.
Experience building developer tools, deployment automation, dashboards, or operational workflows.
Experience supporting DoD, government, aerospace, maritime, or dual-use technology programs.
Active U.S. security clearance.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Field Software Engineer, you'll bridge the gap between engineering and operations, deploying HavocAI's autonomous systems where they matter most.\n\nThis is not a traditional field support role. You will be an engineer embedded with our customers—deploying software, integrating systems, solving technical problems in real time, and writing code to keep missions moving.\n\nYou'll work alongside autonomy engineers, software developers, hardware engineers, operators, and government customers to ensure HavocAI systems perform reliably during testing, demonstrations, and operational deployments.\n\nSuccess in this role requires someone who enjoys building as much as troubleshooting. You'll be expected to understand the software deeply enough to modify it in the field, rapidly implement fixes when needed, and know when to engage the broader engineering team.\n\nIf you enjoy seeing your code leave the lab and operate on autonomous vehicles in challenging environments, you'll fit right in.\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Deploy, configure, and operate HavocAI autonomous systems during customer demonstrations, exercises, and operational events.\n\n - Travel to customer sites to support field testing, integrations, and mission deployments.\n\n - Develop and modify software directly in the field to solve mission-critical problems.\n\n - Integrate HavocAI systems with customer platforms, communications systems, sensors, and partner technologies.\n\n - Diagnose and resolve software, networking, hardware interface, and system integration issues under real operational conditions.\n\n - Analyze logs, telemetry, and system performance to identify root causes and validate fixes.\n\n - Collaborate closely with software, autonomy, hardware, product, and program teams to improve system reliability.\n\n - Build internal tools, deployment automation, documentation, and workflows that improve operational efficiency.\n\n - Train operators and support customer acceptance, onboarding, and technical demonstrations.\n\n - Capture lessons learned from field operations and translate them into product improvements.\n\n - Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, partners, and government stakeholders during deployments.\n \n\n\nWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n - 1+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, robotics, DevOps, systems integration, field engineering, or related technical disciplines.\n\n - Strong Linux experience and confidence troubleshooting using command-line tools, logs, and telemetry.\n\n - Experience programming in at least one modern language such as C++, Python, Go, or TypeScript.\n\n - Familiarity with networking fundamentals, APIs, containerized applications, or distributed systems.\n\n - Comfortable working across software, hardware, networking, and operations.\n\n - Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with engineers, operators, customers, and government stakeholders.\n\n - Ability to travel extensively throughout the continental United States.\n\n - High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to perform effectively in dynamic, fast-moving environments.\n\n - Passion for autonomy, robotics, distributed systems, or defense technology.\n\n - U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.\n\n - Ability to travel 50-75% of the time.\n \n\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, unmanned vehicles, or maritime platforms.\n\n - Experience supporting customer deployments, operational exercises, or field testing.\n\n - Experience with ROS2, DDS, Docker, Kubernetes, or modern containerized software.\n\n - Experience with PX4, ArduPilot, or related autonomy frameworks.\n\n - Experience integrating communications systems, tactical networks, or command and control software.\n\n - Familiarity with CAN, UART, Ethernet, serial protocols, or embedded hardware interfaces.\n\n - Experience with edge computing, radios, GNSS/INS, cameras, radar, lidar, or robotic sensors.\n\n - Experience building developer tools, deployment automation, dashboards, or operational workflows.\n\n - Experience supporting DoD, government, aerospace, maritime, or dual-use technology programs.\n\n - Active U.S. security clearance.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Demo Operations Specialist at HavocAI, you’ll be on the front lines demonstrating and deploying the next generation of Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs). You’ll work hands-on with cutting-edge maritime autonomy technology — planning, executing, and supporting demonstrations, customer engagements, and field validation events.
This role bridges technical understanding with operational execution. You’ll operate and maintain vessels, ensure successful demos, and help our customers see the real-world impact of maritime autonomy. When not in the field, you’ll contribute to readiness, maintenance, and continuous improvement of demo and mission systems.
Demonstration Leadership:
Plan, prepare, and execute customer demonstrations showcasing HavocAI’s autonomy capabilities and mission performance.
Field Operations & Testing:
Operate and validate ASV systems in diverse maritime environments, ensuring safe, reliable, and repeatable performance.
System Expertise:
Develop a deep understanding of vessel hardware, autonomy software, and integrated payload systems to support real-world testing and demo readiness.
Technical Troubleshooting:
Diagnose and resolve real-time system issues (hardware, software, networking) during demos and test events.
Data Collection & Analysis:
Capture and document test and demo data for internal review and customer reporting.
Cross-Functional Coordination:
Work with Engineering, Mission Ops, and Program teams to align field activities with ongoing development and customer needs.
Customer Interaction:
Represent HavocAI in the field — interfacing with partners, end users, and military customers to ensure demo success and positive engagement.
System Readiness:
Maintain and prepare vessels, support equipment, and test infrastructure for upcoming demos and deployments.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent hands-on experience).
2+ years of experience in field operations, testing, or systems support (preferably in defense, robotics, or maritime settings).
Strong technical aptitude with familiarity in hardware, software, and networking systems.
Proven experience troubleshooting and supporting complex systems in dynamic field environments.
Excellent communication and organizational skills, with comfort engaging customers and partners.
Must be able to travel up to 50%, including multi-day field deployments.
Comfortable operating in marine environments, including on boats or near open water.
U.S. Citizenship required; eligibility for DoD Secret Clearance preferred.
Experience operating or maintaining autonomous or remotely operated vessels.
Familiarity with Linux systems, telemetry tools, and autonomy frameworks (ROS2, PX4, or similar).
Hands-on experience with payload integration, sensors, or maritime navigation systems.
Small boat handling or maritime certification (e.g., USCG license, drone/ROV piloting).
Understanding of DoD test or demo procedures.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE:\n\nAs a Demo Operations Specialist at HavocAI, you’ll be on the front lines demonstrating and deploying the next generation of Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs). You’ll work hands-on with cutting-edge maritime autonomy technology — planning, executing, and supporting demonstrations, customer engagements, and field validation events.\n\nThis role bridges technical understanding with operational execution. You’ll operate and maintain vessels, ensure successful demos, and help our customers see the real-world impact of maritime autonomy. When not in the field, you’ll contribute to readiness, maintenance, and continuous improvement of demo and mission systems.\n\n \n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:\n\n - Demonstration Leadership:\n Plan, prepare, and execute customer demonstrations showcasing HavocAI’s autonomy capabilities and mission performance.\n\n - Field Operations & Testing:\n Operate and validate ASV systems in diverse maritime environments, ensuring safe, reliable, and repeatable performance.\n\n - System Expertise:\n Develop a deep understanding of vessel hardware, autonomy software, and integrated payload systems to support real-world testing and demo readiness.\n\n - Technical Troubleshooting:\n Diagnose and resolve real-time system issues (hardware, software, networking) during demos and test events.\n\n - Data Collection & Analysis:\n Capture and document test and demo data for internal review and customer reporting.\n\n - Cross-Functional Coordination:\n Work with Engineering, Mission Ops, and Program teams to align field activities with ongoing development and customer needs.\n\n - Customer Interaction:\n Represent HavocAI in the field — interfacing with partners, end users, and military customers to ensure demo success and positive engagement.\n\n - System Readiness:\n Maintain and prepare vessels, support equipment, and test infrastructure for upcoming demos and deployments.\n\n \n\n\nQUALIFICATIONS:\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent hands-on experience).\n\n - 2+ years of experience in field operations, testing, or systems support (preferably in defense, robotics, or maritime settings).\n\n - Strong technical aptitude with familiarity in hardware, software, and networking systems.\n\n - Proven experience troubleshooting and supporting complex systems in dynamic field environments.\n\n - Excellent communication and organizational skills, with comfort engaging customers and partners.\n\n - Must be able to travel up to 50%, including multi-day field deployments.\n\n - Comfortable operating in marine environments, including on boats or near open water.\n\n - U.S. Citizenship required; eligibility for DoD Secret Clearance preferred.\n\n \n\n\nPREFERRED SKILLS: \n\n - Experience operating or maintaining autonomous or remotely operated vessels.\n\n - Familiarity with Linux systems, telemetry tools, and autonomy frameworks (ROS2, PX4, or similar).\n\n - Hands-on experience with payload integration, sensors, or maritime navigation systems.\n\n - Small boat handling or maritime certification (e.g., USCG license, drone/ROV piloting).\n\n - Understanding of DoD test or demo procedures.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"ef81359a-29e7-467e-b9b8-a1ec1229f652","title":"Corporate Finance Manager","department":"Corporate","team":"Corporate","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote ","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-17T14:32:50.087+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"United States"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/ef81359a-29e7-467e-b9b8-a1ec1229f652","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/ef81359a-29e7-467e-b9b8-a1ec1229f652/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
HavocAI is seeking a Corporate Finance Manager to work across the finance organization and help build the financial infrastructure required to support a rapidly growing business.
This is a highly visible, hands-on role with exposure across FP&A, investor relations, corporate development, strategy, and business operations. You will partner with leaders across the company to develop financial plans, evaluate investments and commercial opportunities, build financial models, analyze performance, and provide the insights needed to support key business decisions.
The ideal candidate combines strong finance and accounting fundamentals with sharp analytical thinking, exceptional attention to detail, and a bias toward action. You should be comfortable moving between long-term strategic analysis and fast-turn, executive-level requests while operating effectively in a dynamic environment.
This role will initially operate as an individual contributor, with the opportunity to evolve into a team leadership position as HavocAI continues to grow.
Play a key role in managing and continuously improving HavocAI’s monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range planning processes.
Develop forecasts and financial models across revenue, operating expenses, cash flow, component costs, capital structure, and other business drivers.
Analyze actual performance against plan, identify key drivers of variance, and develop actionable recommendations.
Build recurring and ad hoc reporting around financial performance, operating metrics, and KPIs.
Support the implementation and continued development of HavocAI’s FP&A systems and processes.
Partner with teams across the company to provide financial guidance on commercial opportunities, strategic initiatives, investments, and company-wide spending.
Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic decision-making, including potential M&A and corporate development opportunities.
Translate complex financial and operational information into clear insights and recommendations for leadership.
Develop high-quality analyses, presentations, and financial materials for executive audiences.
Build a deep understanding of HavocAI’s business, programs, cost structure, and key financial drivers.
Partner with Accounting on quarterly close and other recurring finance processes.
Help improve financial processes, controls, reporting, and systems as the organization scales.
Maintain a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail across financial models, reporting, and executive deliverables.
5+ years of experience in corporate finance and FP&A, ideally including experience within a fast-paced, high-growth technology company.
Advanced financial modeling and business analysis skills.
Strong finance and accounting fundamentals.
Ability to analyze complex business problems, work with large amounts of information, and translate findings into actionable insights.
Strong data visualization and executive communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with teams across an organization.
Strong systems aptitude and ability to learn new financial and operational tools quickly.
Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
Ability to balance thoughtful analysis with the need to move quickly and drive decisions forward.
Strong judgment and willingness to challenge assumptions, ask questions, and communicate recommendations effectively.
Experience working at a startup or high-growth company.
Experience implementing or administering financial planning and forecasting tools.
Cost accounting experience or familiarity with manufacturing-oriented financial analysis.
Experience with NetSuite, particularly supply chain or manufacturing-related functionality.
You become a trusted financial partner across HavocAI—bringing structure to complex decisions, producing accurate and actionable analysis, and helping leadership understand both where the business is today and where it is heading.
You improve the quality and scalability of our planning and reporting processes, develop a deep understanding of the business, and proactively identify the financial insights needed to support HavocAI’s continued growth.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nHavocAI is seeking a Corporate Finance Manager to work across the finance organization and help build the financial infrastructure required to support a rapidly growing business.\n\nThis is a highly visible, hands-on role with exposure across FP&A, investor relations, corporate development, strategy, and business operations. You will partner with leaders across the company to develop financial plans, evaluate investments and commercial opportunities, build financial models, analyze performance, and provide the insights needed to support key business decisions.\n\nThe ideal candidate combines strong finance and accounting fundamentals with sharp analytical thinking, exceptional attention to detail, and a bias toward action. You should be comfortable moving between long-term strategic analysis and fast-turn, executive-level requests while operating effectively in a dynamic environment.\n\nThis role will initially operate as an individual contributor, with the opportunity to evolve into a team leadership position as HavocAI continues to grow.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\n\n\nFINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS\n\n - Play a key role in managing and continuously improving HavocAI’s monthly, quarterly, annual, and long-range planning processes.\n\n - Develop forecasts and financial models across revenue, operating expenses, cash flow, component costs, capital structure, and other business drivers.\n\n - Analyze actual performance against plan, identify key drivers of variance, and develop actionable recommendations.\n\n - Build recurring and ad hoc reporting around financial performance, operating metrics, and KPIs.\n\n - Support the implementation and continued development of HavocAI’s FP&A systems and processes.\n\n\nSTRATEGIC FINANCE & BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP\n\n - Partner with teams across the company to provide financial guidance on commercial opportunities, strategic initiatives, investments, and company-wide spending.\n\n - Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic decision-making, including potential M&A and corporate development opportunities.\n\n - Translate complex financial and operational information into clear insights and recommendations for leadership.\n\n - Develop high-quality analyses, presentations, and financial materials for executive audiences.\n\n - Build a deep understanding of HavocAI’s business, programs, cost structure, and key financial drivers.\n\n\nFINANCE OPERATIONS\n\n - Partner with Accounting on quarterly close and other recurring finance processes.\n\n - Help improve financial processes, controls, reporting, and systems as the organization scales.\n\n - Maintain a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail across financial models, reporting, and executive deliverables.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n\n - 5+ years of experience in corporate finance and FP&A, ideally including experience within a fast-paced, high-growth technology company.\n\n - Advanced financial modeling and business analysis skills.\n\n - Strong finance and accounting fundamentals.\n\n - Ability to analyze complex business problems, work with large amounts of information, and translate findings into actionable insights.\n\n - Strong data visualization and executive communication skills.\n\n - Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with teams across an organization.\n\n - Strong systems aptitude and ability to learn new financial and operational tools quickly.\n\n - Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.\n\n - Ability to balance thoughtful analysis with the need to move quickly and drive decisions forward.\n\n - Strong judgment and willingness to challenge assumptions, ask questions, and communicate recommendations effectively.\n\n\n\n\nNICE TO HAVE\n\n - Experience working at a startup or high-growth company.\n\n - Experience implementing or administering financial planning and forecasting tools.\n\n - Cost accounting experience or familiarity with manufacturing-oriented financial analysis.\n\n - Experience with NetSuite, particularly supply chain or manufacturing-related functionality.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE\n\nYou become a trusted financial partner across HavocAI—bringing structure to complex decisions, producing accurate and actionable analysis, and helping leadership understand both where the business is today and where it is heading.\n\nYou improve the quality and scalability of our planning and reporting processes, develop a deep understanding of the business, and proactively identify the financial insights needed to support HavocAI’s continued growth.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
As the Engineering Manager, Perception & Machine Learning, you will lead the team responsible for developing the perception and machine learning capabilities that enable HavocAI’s autonomous systems to understand and operate within the world around them.
This is a people leadership and technical management role for someone with a strong foundation in perception, machine learning, computer vision, sensor fusion, or robotics. You will be responsible for building and developing the team, setting priorities, driving execution, and ensuring perception capabilities move effectively from research and development into reliable, fielded products.
You’ll work closely with Autonomy, Embedded, Data, Simulation, Product, Programs, and Field Operations to translate mission and product requirements into clear engineering priorities. You should be comfortable balancing technical decisions, team development, execution, and changing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, manage, and develop a team of perception, machine learning, sensor fusion, and software engineers.
Own team planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery against the Perception & ML roadmap.
Establish clear goals, responsibilities, and expectations for the team and hold engineers accountable for results.
Partner with senior technical contributors to guide architecture and technical decisions across computer vision, sensor fusion, tracking, detection, classification, segmentation, and related capabilities.
Oversee development and maturation of model training, evaluation, data curation, validation, and deployment workflows.
Ensure perception capabilities are designed around real-world performance, reliability, compute constraints, and field readiness.
Partner cross-functionally with Autonomy, Embedded, Data, Simulation, Hardware, Product, Programs, and Field Operations.
Translate customer, mission, and product requirements into clear engineering priorities and execution plans.
Use field data, testing results, and operator feedback to prioritize improvements and address performance gaps.
Establish effective engineering practices around design reviews, code reviews, testing, model evaluation, release readiness, and technical documentation.
Identify execution risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and technical tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to engineering leadership.
Coach and develop engineers through regular feedback, performance management, career development, and mentorship.
Recruit, interview, onboard, and retain high-performing engineers as the team grows.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
7+ years of relevant engineering experience in perception, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, autonomy, sensor fusion, or related fields.
2+ years of direct people-management experience, ideally managing engineers in a highly technical environment.
Strong technical understanding of modern perception systems, including computer vision, sensor fusion, tracking, detection, classification, or ML-based scene understanding.
Experience taking ML or perception capabilities from development through testing and deployment in real-world systems.
Demonstrated ability to manage engineering priorities, technical roadmaps, dependencies, and delivery across multiple initiatives.
Experience hiring, coaching, developing, and evaluating engineering talent.
Strong cross-functional leadership skills and experience partnering with software, autonomy, data, hardware, product, and field teams.
Ability to make sound decisions across technical performance, schedule, resources, risk, and product requirements.
Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
High ownership, sound judgment, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Vision, or a related field.
Previous experience managing a Perception, ML, Robotics, or Autonomy engineering team.
Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, defense technology, aerospace, maritime systems, or other deployed autonomous systems.
Experience with multimodal sensor systems including cameras, EO/IR, radar, LiDAR, AIS, GPS/INS, or IMU.
Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorRT, ONNX, CUDA, MLflow, Docker, Kubernetes, NVIDIA Jetson, or similar ML and deployment technologies.
Experience with simulation, synthetic data, annotation workflows, and large-scale perception datasets.
Experience supporting field testing, customer demonstrations, operational evaluations, or deployed robotic systems.
Experience supporting government or DoD programs.
Active or prior security clearance.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs the Engineering Manager, Perception & Machine Learning, you will lead the team responsible for developing the perception and machine learning capabilities that enable HavocAI’s autonomous systems to understand and operate within the world around them.\n\nThis is a people leadership and technical management role for someone with a strong foundation in perception, machine learning, computer vision, sensor fusion, or robotics. You will be responsible for building and developing the team, setting priorities, driving execution, and ensuring perception capabilities move effectively from research and development into reliable, fielded products.\n\nYou’ll work closely with Autonomy, Embedded, Data, Simulation, Product, Programs, and Field Operations to translate mission and product requirements into clear engineering priorities. 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Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
As a Robotics Simulation Engineer, you will build the simulation environments, tools, and infrastructure HavocAI uses to develop, test, and validate autonomous systems before they reach the field.
You will create realistic, configurable simulation environments spanning autonomous boats, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent operations. Your work will enable engineering teams to evaluate autonomy and mission software against complex scenarios, simulated sensors, environmental conditions, and edge cases at a scale that would be difficult to reproduce in the real world.
This role sits at the intersection of robotics, simulation, software engineering, autonomy testing, and developer tooling. You’ll use platforms such as Unity and Unreal Engine while integrating directly with autonomy stacks, mission software, sensor models, and testing infrastructure.
This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys building tools that make other engineers faster and ultimately improve the reliability of systems deployed in the real world.
Build and maintain simulation environments and tools using Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar platforms.
Develop configurable scenarios, agents, sensors, environmental conditions, mission events, and test environments.
Support simulation across autonomous surface vessels, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent systems.
Develop realistic agent behaviors, traffic patterns, environmental conditions, and edge-case scenarios.
Use real-world field data, logs, and test results to continuously improve simulation fidelity and relevance.
Develop closed-loop simulation workflows that allow autonomy and mission software to operate against simulated vehicles, sensors, agents, and environments.
Support software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), replay, regression testing, and automated scenario evaluation.
Integrate simulation environments with autonomy stacks, mission software, command-and-control systems, sensor models, and data pipelines.
Build automated testing capabilities that help identify regressions and validate system behavior before field deployment.
Partner with engineering teams to reproduce field failures and complex operational scenarios in simulation.
Build tools for scenario generation, simulation orchestration, automated testing, visualization, debugging, and results analysis.
Improve the repeatability and scalability of simulation-based testing across engineering teams.
Support automated and large-scale execution of simulation scenarios where appropriate.
Develop clear interfaces and workflows that make simulation capabilities easy for engineers to adopt and use.
Maintain documentation, examples, and best practices for internal simulation tools.
Partner closely with Autonomy, Software, Perception, Product, Field Operations, and Program teams.
Translate engineering, testing, and operational requirements into useful simulation capabilities.
Incorporate feedback from field testing and deployed systems into simulation environments and test scenarios.
Help identify where simulation can reduce field-test cycles, accelerate development, and improve system reliability.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Simulation, Game Development, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
3+ years of experience building simulation software, robotics simulation, game-engine environments, developer tooling, or automated test infrastructure.
Hands-on experience with Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar 3D simulation platforms.
Strong programming skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages.
Experience building configurable environments, scenario systems, agent behaviors, or automated testing tools.
Understanding of closed-loop simulation, SIL, HIL, replay testing, or automated system evaluation.
Experience integrating complex software systems across simulation, data, and robotics workflows.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Ability to operate independently and take ownership in a fast-moving, ambiguous engineering environment.
Passion for building tools that enable engineering teams to move faster and deliver more reliable systems.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Experience simulating autonomous vehicles, sensors, robotics systems, or multi-agent environments.
Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, Cesium, CARLA, Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, AirSim, or similar platforms.
Experience with automated scenario generation, simulation orchestration, or large-scale simulation execution.
Experience with synthetic data generation, perception simulation, sensor modeling, environmental modeling, or physics-based simulation.
Experience integrating simulation with autonomy stacks, mission software, or command-and-control systems.
Experience with cloud or distributed simulation and CI/CD-based regression testing.
Familiarity with robotics middleware, telemetry systems, replay tooling, distributed systems, or real-time software.
Experience supporting defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomy, simulation, or dual-use technology programs.
Active or prior security clearance.
Within your first 12 months, you will have:
Built realistic, repeatable simulation environments that engineering teams use regularly to develop and validate autonomous systems.
Expanded automated SIL, HIL, regression, and scenario-based testing across HavocAI’s autonomy capabilities.
Enabled engineers to reproduce difficult field conditions and failures in simulation before returning to the field.
Improved simulation tooling and workflows so teams can create, execute, analyze, and iterate on scenarios more quickly.
Helped establish simulation as a core part of how HavocAI develops, tests, and validates autonomous systems before deployment.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Robotics Simulation Engineer, you will build the simulation environments, tools, and infrastructure HavocAI uses to develop, test, and validate autonomous systems before they reach the field.\n\nYou will create realistic, configurable simulation environments spanning autonomous boats, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent operations. Your work will enable engineering teams to evaluate autonomy and mission software against complex scenarios, simulated sensors, environmental conditions, and edge cases at a scale that would be difficult to reproduce in the real world.\n\nThis role sits at the intersection of robotics, simulation, software engineering, autonomy testing, and developer tooling. You’ll use platforms such as Unity and Unreal Engine while integrating directly with autonomy stacks, mission software, sensor models, and testing infrastructure.\n\nThis is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys building tools that make other engineers faster and ultimately improve the reliability of systems deployed in the real world.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\n\n\nSIMULATION DEVELOPMENT\n\n - Build and maintain simulation environments and tools using Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar platforms.\n\n - Develop configurable scenarios, agents, sensors, environmental conditions, mission events, and test environments.\n\n - Support simulation across autonomous surface vessels, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent systems.\n\n - Develop realistic agent behaviors, traffic patterns, environmental conditions, and edge-case scenarios.\n\n - Use real-world field data, logs, and test results to continuously improve simulation fidelity and relevance.\n\n\nAUTONOMY & SYSTEMS TESTING\n\n - Develop closed-loop simulation workflows that allow autonomy and mission software to operate against simulated vehicles, sensors, agents, and environments.\n\n - Support software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), replay, regression testing, and automated scenario evaluation.\n\n - Integrate simulation environments with autonomy stacks, mission software, command-and-control systems, sensor models, and data pipelines.\n\n - Build automated testing capabilities that help identify regressions and validate system behavior before field deployment.\n\n - Partner with engineering teams to reproduce field failures and complex operational scenarios in simulation.\n\n\nSIMULATION TOOLING & INFRASTRUCTURE\n\n - Build tools for scenario generation, simulation orchestration, automated testing, visualization, debugging, and results analysis.\n\n - Improve the repeatability and scalability of simulation-based testing across engineering teams.\n\n - Support automated and large-scale execution of simulation scenarios where appropriate.\n\n - Develop clear interfaces and workflows that make simulation capabilities easy for engineers to adopt and use.\n\n - Maintain documentation, examples, and best practices for internal simulation tools.\n\n\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL ENGINEERING\n\n - Partner closely with Autonomy, Software, Perception, Product, Field Operations, and Program teams.\n\n - Translate engineering, testing, and operational requirements into useful simulation capabilities.\n\n - Incorporate feedback from field testing and deployed systems into simulation environments and test scenarios.\n\n - Help identify where simulation can reduce field-test cycles, accelerate development, and improve system reliability.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Simulation, Game Development, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.\n\n - 3+ years of experience building simulation software, robotics simulation, game-engine environments, developer tooling, or automated test infrastructure.\n\n - Hands-on experience with Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar 3D simulation platforms.\n\n - Strong programming skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages.\n\n - Experience building configurable environments, scenario systems, agent behaviors, or automated testing tools.\n\n - Understanding of closed-loop simulation, SIL, HIL, replay testing, or automated system evaluation.\n\n - Experience integrating complex software systems across simulation, data, and robotics workflows.\n\n - Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.\n\n - Ability to operate independently and take ownership in a fast-moving, ambiguous engineering environment.\n\n - Passion for building tools that enable engineering teams to move faster and deliver more reliable systems.\n\n - U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.\n\n\n\n\nNICE TO HAVE\n\n - Experience simulating autonomous vehicles, sensors, robotics systems, or multi-agent environments.\n\n - Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, Cesium, CARLA, Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, AirSim, or similar platforms.\n\n - Experience with automated scenario generation, simulation orchestration, or large-scale simulation execution.\n\n - Experience with synthetic data generation, perception simulation, sensor modeling, environmental modeling, or physics-based simulation.\n\n - Experience integrating simulation with autonomy stacks, mission software, or command-and-control systems.\n\n - Experience with cloud or distributed simulation and CI/CD-based regression testing.\n\n - Familiarity with robotics middleware, telemetry systems, replay tooling, distributed systems, or real-time software.\n\n - Experience supporting defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomy, simulation, or dual-use technology programs.\n\n - Active or prior security clearance.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE\n\nWithin your first 12 months, you will have:\n\n - Built realistic, repeatable simulation environments that engineering teams use regularly to develop and validate autonomous systems.\n\n - Expanded automated SIL, HIL, regression, and scenario-based testing across HavocAI’s autonomy capabilities.\n\n - Enabled engineers to reproduce difficult field conditions and failures in simulation before returning to the field.\n\n - Improved simulation tooling and workflows so teams can create, execute, analyze, and iterate on scenarios more quickly.\n\n - Helped establish simulation as a core part of how HavocAI develops, tests, and validates autonomous systems before deployment.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"e4f41944-2b3b-4b88-b1ad-51abe6772e8c","title":"VP of Finance ","department":"Corporate","team":"Corporate","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote ","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-17T14:42:00.030+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"United States"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/e4f41944-2b3b-4b88-b1ad-51abe6772e8c","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/e4f41944-2b3b-4b88-b1ad-51abe6772e8c/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
HavocAI is seeking a Vice President of Finance to serve as a key leader within the finance organization and strategic partner to the CFO and executive team.
The VP of Finance will own financial planning and performance management, help shape the company’s financial strategy, lead critical strategic initiatives, and play a significant role in investor relations. This role will be responsible for ensuring HavocAI has the financial visibility, discipline, systems, and processes required to support continued growth.
You will operate at both the strategic and execution levels—developing long-range financial plans and capital strategies while ensuring the organization delivers accurate forecasts, actionable reporting, strong operating plans, and disciplined financial decision-making.
This is a highly visible leadership role for someone who combines exceptional financial and analytical capabilities with a hands-on, entrepreneurial approach. You should be comfortable creating structure in ambiguity, moving quickly when priorities change, and building a high-performing finance organization as HavocAI scales.
Own HavocAI’s financial planning processes, including annual and quarterly budgeting, long-range planning, cash flow forecasting, and monthly performance reporting.
Develop and execute financial strategies that support company objectives, including cash management, liquidity, capital allocation, and investment decisions.
Drive financial discipline, visibility, and fact-based decision-making across the organization.
Partner with executive leadership to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, commercial opportunities, and other major business decisions.
Develop sophisticated financial models, forecasts, scenarios, and analyses to support company strategy.
Identify key financial and operational risks and opportunities and proactively develop recommendations for leadership.
Establish clear reporting around financial performance, operating metrics, and organizational KPIs.
Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews, including analysis of actual results against plan and identification of key drivers and variances.
Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
Partner with leaders across the company to establish financial targets, evaluate performance, and improve accountability.
Drive dialogue across key stakeholders to establish and continuously evolve company-wide KPIs.
Serve as a key partner to the CFO on investor relations, with the ability to take increasing ownership of the function.
Develop financial analyses, reporting, presentations, and other materials supporting investor communications.
Anticipate investor questions regarding financial performance, forecasts, business drivers, and company strategy.
Support financing and capital planning activities as the company grows.
Manage and develop relationships with external financial partners, including lenders.
Lead the continued development of scalable finance systems, processes, reporting, and operating rhythms.
Drive finance transformation initiatives that improve speed, accuracy, visibility, and decision-making.
Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI within financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and internal workflows.
Partner closely with Accounting and other finance functions to ensure strong connectivity between financial reporting, planning, forecasting, and business decision-making.
Lead and develop the Finance team while planning for the continued growth of the function.
Build scalable organizational structures, processes, and operating practices as HavocAI grows.
Hire, develop, coach, and retain high-performing finance talent.
Establish clear expectations and accountability while creating an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
Foster a culture of high performance, ownership, accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement aligned with HavocAI’s values.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
10+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance experience, including 5+ years of people leadership experience.
Demonstrated success leading finance within a high-growth technology or similarly complex organization.
Deep expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, and financial modeling.
Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect financial performance to underlying operational drivers.
Exceptional ability to translate complex financial information into compelling, executive-level insights and recommendations.
Demonstrated experience building and developing high-performing finance teams.
Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders across an organization.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, incomplete information, and significant organizational growth.
Strong judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.
Entrepreneurial, hands-on leadership style with the willingness to move between strategic initiatives and detailed execution.
Finance leadership experience within a high-growth startup or technology company.
Experience supporting hardware or manufacturing businesses.
Experience with inventory management, cost accounting, or supply-chain-related finance.
Experience supporting SaaS or software business models.
Experience leading or supporting investor relations and capital-raising activities.
Experience implementing or scaling FP&A and financial reporting systems.
Experience introducing automation or AI into finance workflows.
You become a trusted strategic partner to the CFO, executive team, and leaders across HavocAI, providing the financial insight and discipline required to make better and faster decisions.
You establish scalable planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance-management processes; strengthen financial visibility throughout the company; and build a Finance team capable of supporting HavocAI as it continues to grow.
You bring structure to ambiguity without creating unnecessary bureaucracy—maintaining the hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” mentality called for in the original role while raising the quality and sophistication of the finance function.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nHavocAI is seeking a Vice President of Finance to serve as a key leader within the finance organization and strategic partner to the CFO and executive team.\n\nThe VP of Finance will own financial planning and performance management, help shape the company’s financial strategy, lead critical strategic initiatives, and play a significant role in investor relations. This role will be responsible for ensuring HavocAI has the financial visibility, discipline, systems, and processes required to support continued growth.\n\nYou will operate at both the strategic and execution levels—developing long-range financial plans and capital strategies while ensuring the organization delivers accurate forecasts, actionable reporting, strong operating plans, and disciplined financial decision-making.\n\nThis is a highly visible leadership role for someone who combines exceptional financial and analytical capabilities with a hands-on, entrepreneurial approach. You should be comfortable creating structure in ambiguity, moving quickly when priorities change, and building a high-performing finance organization as HavocAI scales.\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\n\n\nFINANCIAL PLANNING & STRATEGY\n\n - Own HavocAI’s financial planning processes, including annual and quarterly budgeting, long-range planning, cash flow forecasting, and monthly performance reporting.\n\n - Develop and execute financial strategies that support company objectives, including cash management, liquidity, capital allocation, and investment decisions.\n\n - Drive financial discipline, visibility, and fact-based decision-making across the organization.\n\n - Partner with executive leadership to evaluate strategic initiatives, investments, commercial opportunities, and other major business decisions.\n\n - Develop sophisticated financial models, forecasts, scenarios, and analyses to support company strategy.\n\n - Identify key financial and operational risks and opportunities and proactively develop recommendations for leadership.\n\n\nFINANCIAL PERFORMANCE & BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP\n\n - Establish clear reporting around financial performance, operating metrics, and organizational KPIs.\n\n - Lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews, including analysis of actual results against plan and identification of key drivers and variances.\n\n - Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.\n\n - Partner with leaders across the company to establish financial targets, evaluate performance, and improve accountability.\n\n - Drive dialogue across key stakeholders to establish and continuously evolve company-wide KPIs.\n\n\nINVESTOR RELATIONS & CAPITAL STRATEGY\n\n - Serve as a key partner to the CFO on investor relations, with the ability to take increasing ownership of the function.\n\n - Develop financial analyses, reporting, presentations, and other materials supporting investor communications.\n\n - Anticipate investor questions regarding financial performance, forecasts, business drivers, and company strategy.\n\n - Support financing and capital planning activities as the company grows.\n\n - Manage and develop relationships with external financial partners, including lenders.\n\n\nFINANCE SYSTEMS & SCALABILITY\n\n - Lead the continued development of scalable finance systems, processes, reporting, and operating rhythms.\n\n - Drive finance transformation initiatives that improve speed, accuracy, visibility, and decision-making.\n\n - Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI within financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and internal workflows.\n\n - Partner closely with Accounting and other finance functions to ensure strong connectivity between financial reporting, planning, forecasting, and business decision-making.\n\n\nTEAM LEADERSHIP\n\n - Lead and develop the Finance team while planning for the continued growth of the function.\n\n - Build scalable organizational structures, processes, and operating practices as HavocAI grows.\n\n - Hire, develop, coach, and retain high-performing finance talent.\n\n - Establish clear expectations and accountability while creating an environment of continuous learning and improvement.\n\n - Foster a culture of high performance, ownership, accuracy, collaboration, and continuous improvement aligned with HavocAI’s values.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.\n\n - 10+ years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance experience, including 5+ years of people leadership experience.\n\n - Demonstrated success leading finance within a high-growth technology or similarly complex organization.\n\n - Deep expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash flow management, and financial modeling.\n\n - Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect financial performance to underlying operational drivers.\n\n - Exceptional ability to translate complex financial information into compelling, executive-level insights and recommendations.\n\n - Demonstrated experience building and developing high-performing finance teams.\n\n - Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders across an organization.\n\n - Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, incomplete information, and significant organizational growth.\n\n - Strong judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.\n\n - Entrepreneurial, hands-on leadership style with the willingness to move between strategic initiatives and detailed execution.\n\n\n\n\nNICE TO HAVE\n\n - Finance leadership experience within a high-growth startup or technology company.\n\n - Experience supporting hardware or manufacturing businesses.\n\n - Experience with inventory management, cost accounting, or supply-chain-related finance.\n\n - Experience supporting SaaS or software business models.\n\n - Experience leading or supporting investor relations and capital-raising activities.\n\n - Experience implementing or scaling FP&A and financial reporting systems.\n\n - Experience introducing automation or AI into finance workflows.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE\n\nYou become a trusted strategic partner to the CFO, executive team, and leaders across HavocAI, providing the financial insight and discipline required to make better and faster decisions.\n\nYou establish scalable planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance-management processes; strengthen financial visibility throughout the company; and build a Finance team capable of supporting HavocAI as it continues to grow.\n\nYou bring structure to ambiguity without creating unnecessary bureaucracy—maintaining the hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” mentality called for in the original role while raising the quality and sophistication of the finance function.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"6ef8d155-1242-4d3d-881c-cbb4a2030a5c","title":"Principal Frontend Engineer ","department":"Mission Management Systems","team":"Mission Management Systems","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote ","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-24T15:00:37.449+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"United States"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/6ef8d155-1242-4d3d-881c-cbb4a2030a5c","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/6ef8d155-1242-4d3d-881c-cbb4a2030a5c/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
HavocAI is seeking a Principal Frontend Engineer to help architect, build, and scale the real-time interfaces operators use to command autonomous systems across air, surface, and subsurface domains.
Our operators command autonomous vehicles across air, surface, and subsurface domains through a single real-time geospatial interface. Live position and state data streams continuously onto a map, and the decisions made on that screen affect vehicles operating in the real world.
We are looking for a Principal Frontend Engineer with deep, hands-on experience building and scaling real-time geospatial applications. You have taken systems like this through significant growth in data volume and entity count, and you know from experience which problems arrive at each stage and how to get ahead of them. You will work directly with the Head of Frontend and a strong senior team, bringing that experience to the technical decisions that shape how the platform grows.
This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.
Bring proven, production-tested patterns for high-frequency real-time data in React applications: transport-to-render design, update throttling, and keeping telemetry off the render path
Guide the design and evolution of the map layer system: layer lifecycle, interaction state, feature identity, and rendering performance on large feature sets
Work with the Head of Frontend and senior engineers on scaling decisions, contributing the perspective of someone who has made them before
Build alongside the team: implement the hard parts, set the example in code, and review with an eye toward what will hold up at scale
Identify performance and architectural risks early, before they become incidents
Communicate technical decisions clearly through design reviews, technical proposals, and code, building alignment without creating unnecessary process
Mentor senior engineers in real-time and geospatial engineering
10+ years of frontend engineering experience, including significant experience operating at Staff, Principal, or equivalent technical scope.
Deep production experience building and scaling high-volume, real-time applications.
Expert-level experience with React and TypeScript, including a first-principles understanding of React’s rendering model and frontend performance.
Deep experience building map-based geospatial applications using MapLibre, Mapbox GL, Deck.gl, or equivalent technologies.
Demonstrated experience optimizing large and dynamic geospatial feature sets.
Hands-on experience scaling a real-time application through significant growth in tracked entities, update frequency, or data volume.
Experience with multiple real-time communication technologies such as WebSockets, MQTT, gRPC-web, SSE, or similar protocols.
Deep browser performance expertise across rendering, memory, CPU, networking, and GPU bottlenecks.
Experience designing client-side data architectures using workers, batching, caching, state boundaries, and other techniques for isolating high-frequency workloads.
Experience designing applications for degraded or intermittent connectivity, including reconnection and state reconciliation.
Strong software architecture and systems-design fundamentals.
Demonstrated ability to make sound technical tradeoffs and sequence architectural changes within a production system.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction without relying on formal authority.
High ownership and comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous engineering environment.
Experience taking an internal operational tool to a multi-tenant product
Data visualization depth (D3, custom charting, large-dataset rendering)
3D and WebGL: three.js, custom shaders, terrain, or vertically distributed asset rendering
Experience with defense, aerospace, robotics, or other operationally critical systems
Within your first 12 months, you will have:
Helped establish a frontend architecture capable of supporting significantly greater numbers of autonomous assets, telemetry streams, and real-time updates.
Improved the performance, responsiveness, and reliability of HavocAI’s geospatial interfaces.
Established scalable patterns for real-time data ingestion, state management, geospatial rendering, and degraded-connectivity scenarios.
Identified and addressed architectural risks before they became constraints on product or platform growth.
Raised the technical bar across the frontend organization through hands-on engineering, design reviews, architecture, and mentorship.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nHavocAI is seeking a Principal Frontend Engineer to help architect, build, and scale the real-time interfaces operators use to command autonomous systems across air, surface, and subsurface domains.\n\nOur operators command autonomous vehicles across air, surface, and subsurface domains through a single real-time geospatial interface. Live position and state data streams continuously onto a map, and the decisions made on that screen affect vehicles operating in the real world.\n\nWe are looking for a Principal Frontend Engineer with deep, hands-on experience building and scaling real-time geospatial applications. You have taken systems like this through significant growth in data volume and entity count, and you know from experience which problems arrive at each stage and how to get ahead of them. You will work directly with the Head of Frontend and a strong senior team, bringing that experience to the technical decisions that shape how the platform grows.\n\nThis is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO\n\n\nFRONTEND ARCHITECTURE & REAL-TIME SYSTEMS\n\n\nGEOSPATIAL ENGINEERING\n\n - Bring proven, production-tested patterns for high-frequency real-time data in React applications: transport-to-render design, update throttling, and keeping telemetry off the render path\n\n - Guide the design and evolution of the map layer system: layer lifecycle, interaction state, feature identity, and rendering performance on large feature sets\n\n - Work with the Head of Frontend and senior engineers on scaling decisions, contributing the perspective of someone who has made them before\n\n - Build alongside the team: implement the hard parts, set the example in code, and review with an eye toward what will hold up at scale\n\n - Identify performance and architectural risks early, before they become incidents\n\n - Communicate technical decisions clearly through design reviews, technical proposals, and code, building alignment without creating unnecessary process\n\n - Mentor senior engineers in real-time and geospatial engineering\n\n\nWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR\n\n - 10+ years of frontend engineering experience, including significant experience operating at Staff, Principal, or equivalent technical scope.\n\n - Deep production experience building and scaling high-volume, real-time applications.\n\n - Expert-level experience with React and TypeScript, including a first-principles understanding of React’s rendering model and frontend performance.\n\n - Deep experience building map-based geospatial applications using MapLibre, Mapbox GL, Deck.gl http://Deck.gl, or equivalent technologies.\n\n - Demonstrated experience optimizing large and dynamic geospatial feature sets.\n\n - Hands-on experience scaling a real-time application through significant growth in tracked entities, update frequency, or data volume.\n\n - Experience with multiple real-time communication technologies such as WebSockets, MQTT, gRPC-web, SSE, or similar protocols.\n\n - Deep browser performance expertise across rendering, memory, CPU, networking, and GPU bottlenecks.\n\n - Experience designing client-side data architectures using workers, batching, caching, state boundaries, and other techniques for isolating high-frequency workloads.\n\n - Experience designing applications for degraded or intermittent connectivity, including reconnection and state reconciliation.\n\n - Strong software architecture and systems-design fundamentals.\n\n - Demonstrated ability to make sound technical tradeoffs and sequence architectural changes within a production system.\n\n - Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction without relying on formal authority.\n\n - High ownership and comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous engineering environment.\n\n\n\n\nNICE TO HAVE\n\n - Experience taking an internal operational tool to a multi-tenant product\n\n - Data visualization depth (D3, custom charting, large-dataset rendering)\n\n - 3D and WebGL: three.js, custom shaders, terrain, or vertically distributed asset rendering\n\n - Experience with defense, aerospace, robotics, or other operationally critical systems\n\n\nWHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE\n\nWithin your first 12 months, you will have:\n\n - Helped establish a frontend architecture capable of supporting significantly greater numbers of autonomous assets, telemetry streams, and real-time updates.\n\n - Improved the performance, responsiveness, and reliability of HavocAI’s geospatial interfaces.\n\n - Established scalable patterns for real-time data ingestion, state management, geospatial rendering, and degraded-connectivity scenarios.\n\n - Identified and addressed architectural risks before they became constraints on product or platform growth.\n\n - Raised the technical bar across the frontend organization through hands-on engineering, design reviews, architecture, and mentorship.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"32426b89-a8d0-4510-98d3-2fcb52a1eea5","title":"Government Contracts and Compliance Counsel ","department":"Corporate","team":"Corporate","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote ","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-08T14:58:07.075+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"United States"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/32426b89-a8d0-4510-98d3-2fcb52a1eea5","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/32426b89-a8d0-4510-98d3-2fcb52a1eea5/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
HavocAI is seeking a Government Contracts & Compliance Counsel to support our rapidly growing portfolio of U.S. Government and defense business. This role will serve as a key legal and compliance partner to leadership and teams across contracts, finance, strategy, business development, programs, engineering, and operations.
This is a highly cross-functional role for an attorney who understands the realities of operating in the Defense Industrial Base and can translate complex government contracting requirements into practical, business-oriented guidance. You will advise across the full government contract lifecycle—from capture and proposal activities through negotiation, performance, compliance, and closeout—while helping HavocAI build scalable compliance infrastructure as the company grows.
The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities shift quickly and novel questions do not always have a playbook. You should be equally comfortable analyzing a FAR/DFARS clause, negotiating contract terms, developing a compliance framework, and advising executives on risk.
Key Responsibilities
Government Contracts
Provide legal counsel across the lifecycle of U.S. Government contracts, subcontracts, grants, OTAs, and other government agreements.
Review, draft, and negotiate prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, and other commercial and government-facing agreements.
Advise on FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, flow-down requirements, representations and certifications, and government contracting obligations.
Partner with Contracts, Finance, Strategy, and program teams on solicitations, proposals, negotiations, contract modifications, and performance issues.
Advise on contract interpretation, changes, disputes, terminations, intellectual property rights, technical data rights, and government rights in software.
Support diligence and risk analysis associated with new programs, customers, partners, and contracting vehicles.
Compliance & Risk
Develop, implement, and continuously improve HavocAI’s government contracting compliance program as the company scales.
Provide practical guidance on procurement integrity, organizational conflicts of interest, ethics, mandatory disclosures, lobbying restrictions, gifts and gratuities, and other federal contracting requirements.
Advise on business systems and compliance requirements applicable to government contractors, including accounting, purchasing, estimating, property management, and related controls.
Partner with Finance and Contracts on cost and pricing requirements, timekeeping, allowable costs, indirect costs, and audit readiness.
Support internal compliance reviews, risk assessments, investigations, and corrective actions.
Monitor regulatory developments affecting defense contractors and translate new requirements into actionable guidance for internal teams.
Develop policies, procedures, training, and internal controls that enable the business to move quickly while maintaining appropriate compliance standards.
Defense Trade & Regulatory Support
Partner with relevant internal and external stakeholders on ITAR, EAR, export controls, sanctions, and foreign-person access considerations.
Advise teams on regulatory considerations associated with international business, foreign partners, technical data, and defense-related products and services.
Coordinate with security, engineering, People, and business teams where government contracting requirements intersect with export controls, security requirements, or personnel considerations.
Business Partnership
Serve as a trusted legal advisor to executives and business leaders, providing clear recommendations rather than simply identifying legal risks.
Work closely with teams during fast-moving capture, proposal, contracting, and program decisions.
Balance legal and compliance requirements with operational realities, helping teams identify practical paths forward.
Partner with outside counsel and specialized advisors when additional expertise is required.
Help build scalable legal and compliance processes appropriate for a rapidly growing defense technology company.
Qualifications
J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
7+ years of relevant legal experience, with significant experience in U.S. Government contracting and federal procurement law.
Strong working knowledge of the FAR and DFARS and experience interpreting and applying government contract requirements.
Experience advising defense contractors, aerospace companies, technology companies, government agencies, or organizations operating within the Defense Industrial Base.
Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating government contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, and related agreements.
Experience advising on government contracting compliance programs and internal controls.
Strong understanding of government contract intellectual property and technical data considerations.
Ability to independently analyze complex regulatory issues and translate them into clear, actionable business guidance.
Excellent judgment, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple high-priority matters simultaneously and operate effectively with ambiguity and evolving requirements.
High degree of ownership, discretion, and integrity.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working directly within a defense technology, aerospace, autonomous systems, robotics, or high-growth government contractor.
Experience with Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements and non-traditional defense acquisition pathways.
Experience advising on ITAR, EAR, export controls, and international defense business.
Knowledge of government contract cost accounting, CAS, TINA/Truthful Cost or Pricing Data requirements, DCAA audits, and DCMA processes.
Experience with government rights in technical data and computer software, including SBIR/STTR data rights.
Familiarity with cybersecurity and government contractor requirements, including CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, and applicable DFARS cybersecurity clauses.
Experience supporting internal investigations, mandatory disclosures, government audits, or regulatory inquiries.
Prior in-house experience within a rapidly scaling organization.
Active or previously held DoD security clearance.
What Success Looks Like
You enable the business to move quickly without compromising compliance. You understand government contracting deeply enough to distinguish between meaningful risk and issues that can be solved pragmatically. You anticipate requirements before they become problems, build processes that scale without unnecessary bureaucracy, and become a trusted partner to leaders across the organization.
You are comfortable operating without a perfect roadmap, taking ownership of complex issues, and helping HavocAI successfully navigate the regulatory environment that comes with scaling a defense technology company.
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role\n\nHavocAI is seeking a Government Contracts & Compliance Counsel to support our rapidly growing portfolio of U.S. Government and defense business. This role will serve as a key legal and compliance partner to leadership and teams across contracts, finance, strategy, business development, programs, engineering, and operations.\n\nThis is a highly cross-functional role for an attorney who understands the realities of operating in the Defense Industrial Base and can translate complex government contracting requirements into practical, business-oriented guidance. You will advise across the full government contract lifecycle—from capture and proposal activities through negotiation, performance, compliance, and closeout—while helping HavocAI build scalable compliance infrastructure as the company grows.\n\nThe ideal candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities shift quickly and novel questions do not always have a playbook. You should be equally comfortable analyzing a FAR/DFARS clause, negotiating contract terms, developing a compliance framework, and advising executives on risk.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nGovernment Contracts\n\n - Provide legal counsel across the lifecycle of U.S. Government contracts, subcontracts, grants, OTAs, and other government agreements.\n\n - Review, draft, and negotiate prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, and other commercial and government-facing agreements.\n\n - Advise on FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, flow-down requirements, representations and certifications, and government contracting obligations.\n\n - Partner with Contracts, Finance, Strategy, and program teams on solicitations, proposals, negotiations, contract modifications, and performance issues.\n\n - Advise on contract interpretation, changes, disputes, terminations, intellectual property rights, technical data rights, and government rights in software.\n\n - Support diligence and risk analysis associated with new programs, customers, partners, and contracting vehicles.\n\nCompliance & Risk\n\n - Develop, implement, and continuously improve HavocAI’s government contracting compliance program as the company scales.\n\n - Provide practical guidance on procurement integrity, organizational conflicts of interest, ethics, mandatory disclosures, lobbying restrictions, gifts and gratuities, and other federal contracting requirements.\n\n - Advise on business systems and compliance requirements applicable to government contractors, including accounting, purchasing, estimating, property management, and related controls.\n\n - Partner with Finance and Contracts on cost and pricing requirements, timekeeping, allowable costs, indirect costs, and audit readiness.\n\n - Support internal compliance reviews, risk assessments, investigations, and corrective actions.\n\n - Monitor regulatory developments affecting defense contractors and translate new requirements into actionable guidance for internal teams.\n\n - Develop policies, procedures, training, and internal controls that enable the business to move quickly while maintaining appropriate compliance standards.\n\nDefense Trade & Regulatory Support\n\n - Partner with relevant internal and external stakeholders on ITAR, EAR, export controls, sanctions, and foreign-person access considerations.\n\n - Advise teams on regulatory considerations associated with international business, foreign partners, technical data, and defense-related products and services.\n\n - Coordinate with security, engineering, People, and business teams where government contracting requirements intersect with export controls, security requirements, or personnel considerations.\n\nBusiness Partnership\n\n - Serve as a trusted legal advisor to executives and business leaders, providing clear recommendations rather than simply identifying legal risks.\n\n - Work closely with teams during fast-moving capture, proposal, contracting, and program decisions.\n\n - Balance legal and compliance requirements with operational realities, helping teams identify practical paths forward.\n\n - Partner with outside counsel and specialized advisors when additional expertise is required.\n\n - Help build scalable legal and compliance processes appropriate for a rapidly growing defense technology company.\n\nQualifications\n\n - J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.\n\n - 7+ years of relevant legal experience, with significant experience in U.S. Government contracting and federal procurement law.\n\n - Strong working knowledge of the FAR and DFARS and experience interpreting and applying government contract requirements.\n\n - Experience advising defense contractors, aerospace companies, technology companies, government agencies, or organizations operating within the Defense Industrial Base.\n\n - Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating government contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, and related agreements.\n\n - Experience advising on government contracting compliance programs and internal controls.\n\n - Strong understanding of government contract intellectual property and technical data considerations.\n\n - Ability to independently analyze complex regulatory issues and translate them into clear, actionable business guidance.\n\n - Excellent judgment, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.\n\n - Ability to manage multiple high-priority matters simultaneously and operate effectively with ambiguity and evolving requirements.\n\n - High degree of ownership, discretion, and integrity.\n\n - U.S. Citizenship required.\n\n - Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n - Experience working directly within a defense technology, aerospace, autonomous systems, robotics, or high-growth government contractor.\n\n - Experience with Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements and non-traditional defense acquisition pathways.\n\n - Experience advising on ITAR, EAR, export controls, and international defense business.\n\n - Knowledge of government contract cost accounting, CAS, TINA/Truthful Cost or Pricing Data requirements, DCAA audits, and DCMA processes.\n\n - Experience with government rights in technical data and computer software, including SBIR/STTR data rights.\n\n - Familiarity with cybersecurity and government contractor requirements, including CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, and applicable DFARS cybersecurity clauses.\n\n - Experience supporting internal investigations, mandatory disclosures, government audits, or regulatory inquiries.\n\n - Prior in-house experience within a rapidly scaling organization.\n\n - Active or previously held DoD security clearance.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\n\nYou enable the business to move quickly without compromising compliance. You understand government contracting deeply enough to distinguish between meaningful risk and issues that can be solved pragmatically. You anticipate requirements before they become problems, build processes that scale without unnecessary bureaucracy, and become a trusted partner to leaders across the organization.\n\nYou are comfortable operating without a perfect roadmap, taking ownership of complex issues, and helping HavocAI successfully navigate the regulatory environment that comes with scaling a defense technology company.\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"6d28e989-15f9-4e43-8724-8463a65107e0","title":"Mechanical Engineer","department":"Hardware","team":"Hardware","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"North Kingstown, RI","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-08T19:42:54.115+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"postalCode":"02852","addressRegion":"Rhode Island","streetAddress":"121 Ocean State Dr, Unit A North Kingstown, RI 02852","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"North Kingstown"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/6d28e989-15f9-4e43-8724-8463a65107e0","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/6d28e989-15f9-4e43-8724-8463a65107e0/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
We're looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team. The role is mechanical first: you'll also work with electrical systems, but mainly through integration and interfaces. You'll support new system development, payload integration and subsystem design for our uncrewed surface vessels. You'll work closely with electrical and software engineers to deliver hardware that is robust, manufacturable and ready for the field.
The ideal candidate is highly skilled in mechanical design and CAD and has taken complex mechanical systems from concept through production. You're comfortable working with electrical engineers to define interfaces, routing and packaging, without being the primary electrical designer.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
System Development & Architecture: Lead and contribute to the mechanical design and integration of new systems and payloads, including structures, enclosures, mounts and overall system packaging. Support electrical integration by defining mechanical interfaces, routing paths and mounting solutions.
Mechanical Design: Create detailed SolidWorks models, assemblies and drawings for structures, housings, brackets, mounts and mechanisms built for marine environments.
Electrical Interface Support: Work with electrical engineers to integrate wiring harnesses, connectors and electronic subsystems. Read electrical schematics as needed and own the mechanical side of cable routing, strain relief, connector mounting and environmental protection.
Integration & Testing: Take part in hardware builds, subsystem and bench testing, vehicle integration and troubleshooting to validate designs and make sure they perform reliably in real operating conditions.
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with mechanical, electrical and software engineers to specify, design, build, test and integrate mechanical subsystems and electromechanical components such as actuators, motors and power distribution hardware.
Documentation: Produce and maintain accurate CAD drawings, bills of materials, interface control documents (ICDs), test results and configuration management records.
Manufacturing & Production Support: Partner with technicians and manufacturing teams to make sure designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, serviceable and built for rugged marine environments.
Qualifications
3+ years of experience in mechanical engineering design and system integration
Strong proficiency in SolidWorks for modeling and drafting
Solid understanding of mechanical systems, materials, tolerances and structural design
Enough familiarity with electrical systems to support integration, such as connectors, harness routing, grounding and environmental sealing
Hands-on experience prototyping, assembling, testing and troubleshooting mechanical and electromechanical systems
Experience on cross-functional engineering teams, integrating subsystems into complete platforms
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field
U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret security clearance
Able to work onsite at our North Kingstown, RI office at least 3 days per week
Preferred Skills
Payload integration experience on uncrewed vehicle systems, especially maritime or aerospace platforms
Familiarity with the mechanical side of harness routing, connectorization and enclosure design
Knowledge of thermal management, sealing, vibration and shock for embedded hardware
Experience with design for manufacturability (DFM) and ruggedized or marine systems
Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis and field-support mindset
Experience with additive manufacturing
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role\nWe're looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team. The role is mechanical first: you'll also work with electrical systems, but mainly through integration and interfaces. You'll support new system development, payload integration and subsystem design for our uncrewed surface vessels. You'll work closely with electrical and software engineers to deliver hardware that is robust, manufacturable and ready for the field.\n\nThe ideal candidate is highly skilled in mechanical design and CAD and has taken complex mechanical systems from concept through production. You're comfortable working with electrical engineers to define interfaces, routing and packaging, without being the primary electrical designer.\n\nKey Responsibilities and Requirements\n\n - System Development & Architecture: Lead and contribute to the mechanical design and integration of new systems and payloads, including structures, enclosures, mounts and overall system packaging. Support electrical integration by defining mechanical interfaces, routing paths and mounting solutions.\n\n - Mechanical Design: Create detailed SolidWorks models, assemblies and drawings for structures, housings, brackets, mounts and mechanisms built for marine environments.\n\n - Electrical Interface Support: Work with electrical engineers to integrate wiring harnesses, connectors and electronic subsystems. Read electrical schematics as needed and own the mechanical side of cable routing, strain relief, connector mounting and environmental protection.\n\n - Integration & Testing: Take part in hardware builds, subsystem and bench testing, vehicle integration and troubleshooting to validate designs and make sure they perform reliably in real operating conditions.\n\n - Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with mechanical, electrical and software engineers to specify, design, build, test and integrate mechanical subsystems and electromechanical components such as actuators, motors and power distribution hardware.\n\n - Documentation: Produce and maintain accurate CAD drawings, bills of materials, interface control documents (ICDs), test results and configuration management records.\n\n - Manufacturing & Production Support: Partner with technicians and manufacturing teams to make sure designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, serviceable and built for rugged marine environments.\n\nQualifications\n\n - 3+ years of experience in mechanical engineering design and system integration\n\n - Strong proficiency in SolidWorks for modeling and drafting\n\n - Solid understanding of mechanical systems, materials, tolerances and structural design\n\n - Enough familiarity with electrical systems to support integration, such as connectors, harness routing, grounding and environmental sealing\n\n - Hands-on experience prototyping, assembling, testing and troubleshooting mechanical and electromechanical systems\n\n - Experience on cross-functional engineering teams, integrating subsystems into complete platforms\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field\n\n - U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret security clearance\n\n - Able to work onsite at our North Kingstown, RI office at least 3 days per week\n\nPreferred Skills\n\n - Payload integration experience on uncrewed vehicle systems, especially maritime or aerospace platforms\n\n - Familiarity with the mechanical side of harness routing, connectorization and enclosure design\n\n - Knowledge of thermal management, sealing, vibration and shock for embedded hardware\n\n - Experience with design for manufacturability (DFM) and ruggedized or marine systems\n\n - Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis and field-support mindset\n\n - Experience with additive manufacturing\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"157ed82d-65db-4e7b-81f4-32517650cbf3","title":"Electrical Technician","department":"Hardware","team":"Hardware","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"North Kingstown, RI","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-13T18:44:34.522+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"postalCode":"02852","addressRegion":"Rhode Island","streetAddress":"121 Ocean State Dr, Unit A North Kingstown, RI 02852","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"North Kingstown"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/157ed82d-65db-4e7b-81f4-32517650cbf3","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/157ed82d-65db-4e7b-81f4-32517650cbf3/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
As an Electrical Technician on our Hardware Engineering team, you’ll help fabricate, test and troubleshoot our uncrewed surface vessels and their subsystems. Your work will range from building test setups for individual components to integrating complete vehicles.
We’re looking for a versatile technician with strong skills in electrical fabrication, instrumentation and test, plus some experience with mechanical assembly. Attention to detail matters here. One week you might build several identical assemblies, the next you might create a one-off solution to a brand-new problem. You’re organized and document your work, but you can also think on your feet. You’ll learn new tools and software and work alongside engineers from several disciplines.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
Build, Test & Troubleshoot: Build, test and troubleshoot electrical systems from 5V to 48V, including battery-powered components, RF devices, data acquisition systems, sensors, payloads, motors and actuators.
Problem Solving: Help develop solutions by bringing insights from your past hands-on experience.
Documentation: Document build, test and troubleshooting processes so work can be repeated and improved.
Shop & Equipment: Maintain shop equipment, tools and instrumentation. Help keep the shop organized, and set best practices for fabrication and the safe use of tools and equipment.
Sourcing: Source parts and tools to support design and build efforts.
Prototype to Production: Help move prototypes into production by simplifying and standardizing components and processes.
Qualifications
Hands-on experience with electrical fabrication, instrumentation and test
Strong attention to detail and an organized, well-documented approach to your work
Comfortable switching between repeat builds and one-off problem solving
Eager to learn new tools and software and to work across technical disciplines
U.S. citizenship
Able to work onsite at our North Kingstown, RI facility
Able to travel up to 4 weeks per year
Preferred Skills
Soldering and crimping of electrical connectors and wiring
Assembly of electromechanical systems
Basic electrical troubleshooting equipment, such as multimeters and oscilloscopes
Familiarity with wiring and PCB schematics and the tools used to create and document electrical systems
Familiarity with AC and DC electrical systems, and able to read electrical specifications and schematics
Familiarity with a 3D CAD package
Experience working on boats and in maritime environments
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
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Your work will range from building test setups for individual components to integrating complete vehicles.\n\nWe’re looking for a versatile technician with strong skills in electrical fabrication, instrumentation and test, plus some experience with mechanical assembly. Attention to detail matters here. One week you might build several identical assemblies, the next you might create a one-off solution to a brand-new problem. You’re organized and document your work, but you can also think on your feet. You’ll learn new tools and software and work alongside engineers from several disciplines.\n\nKey Responsibilities and Requirements\n\n - Build, Test & Troubleshoot: Build, test and troubleshoot electrical systems from 5V to 48V, including battery-powered components, RF devices, data acquisition systems, sensors, payloads, motors and actuators.\n\n - Problem Solving: Help develop solutions by bringing insights from your past hands-on experience.\n\n - Documentation: Document build, test and troubleshooting processes so work can be repeated and improved.\n\n - Shop & Equipment: Maintain shop equipment, tools and instrumentation. Help keep the shop organized, and set best practices for fabrication and the safe use of tools and equipment.\n\n - Sourcing: Source parts and tools to support design and build efforts.\n\n - Prototype to Production: Help move prototypes into production by simplifying and standardizing components and processes.\n\nQualifications\n\n - Hands-on experience with electrical fabrication, instrumentation and test\n\n - Strong attention to detail and an organized, well-documented approach to your work\n\n - Comfortable switching between repeat builds and one-off problem solving\n\n - Eager to learn new tools and software and to work across technical disciplines\n\n - U.S. citizenship\n\n - Able to work onsite at our North Kingstown, RI facility\n\n - Able to travel up to 4 weeks per year\n\nPreferred Skills\n\n - Soldering and crimping of electrical connectors and wiring\n\n - Assembly of electromechanical systems\n\n - Basic electrical troubleshooting equipment, such as multimeters and oscilloscopes\n\n - Familiarity with wiring and PCB schematics and the tools used to create and document electrical systems\n\n - Familiarity with AC and DC electrical systems, and able to read electrical specifications and schematics\n\n - Familiarity with a 3D CAD package\n\n - Experience working on boats and in maritime environments\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
As Office Manager at HavocAI's operational headquarters in North Kingstown, RI, you'll be at the center of our day-to-day workplace experience, keeping the office running smoothly, efficiently and professionally. You'll own the details that keep our team moving: shipping and receiving, events, visitors and office operations.
This role combines workplace operations with hands-on executive and event support. You'll create a polished experience for employees, candidates, customers, partners and visitors. You'll also support executives onsite and make sure meetings and events run seamlessly. You'll work closely with teams across the company, anticipate needs, solve problems quickly, and keep improving how we support our growing team.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
Office Operations & Facilities: Own day-to-day office operations, including maintenance, repairs, utilities, furniture, supplies, shared spaces, security systems and overall workplace readiness. Do regular walkthroughs to find and fix issues early.
Vendor & Administrative Management: Manage property management, contractors, cleaners and other vendors, including service schedules, contracts, invoices, expenses, inventory and operational records.
Front Desk & Visitor Experience: Be the main onsite point of contact for employees, candidates, visitors, executives, VIPs, vendors and deliveries. Manage visitor procedures and keep the office professional and welcoming.
Executive & Event Support: Provide onsite administrative and logistical support for executives, VIP visits, customer meetings, company events, team gatherings and offsites. Coordinate meeting spaces, catering, vendors, supplies, setup and day-of logistics.
Shipping & Receiving: Manage incoming and outgoing mail, packages, equipment, food deliveries and other shipments. Coordinate carriers and pickups, track deliveries, and make sure everything is received, organized and distributed correctly.
Employee & Workplace Support: Support office access, workspace setup, supplies and day-to-day employee needs. Maintain conference rooms, kitchens and common areas, and support workplace safety, security and emergency preparedness.
Cross-Functional Operations & Communication: Share office updates and procedures, respond to unexpected needs, and find ways to improve office operations and the employee experience.
Qualifications
1–3 years of experience in office administration, front desk operations, facilities coordination, hospitality, workplace operations or a related role
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Ability to manage multiple priorities and see tasks through to completion
A proactive, resourceful approach to spotting and solving problems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Professional, friendly and service-oriented with employees, candidates, visitors and vendors
Discretion with confidential or sensitive information
Comfortable with Microsoft Office, Slack or similar workplace tools
Able to work onsite five days a week at our North Kingstown, RI office
Able to occasionally lift, move or organize office supplies and equipment
U.S. citizenship or U.S. person status, per our facility requirements
Preferred Skills
Experience supporting a fast-growing startup or technology company
Experience managing office repairs, maintenance schedules, vendor relationships and service contracts
Familiarity with workplace safety, building access, security and emergency procedures
Experience tracking office budgets, expenses, inventory and invoices
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role\nAs Office Manager at HavocAI's operational headquarters in North Kingstown, RI, you'll be at the center of our day-to-day workplace experience, keeping the office running smoothly, efficiently and professionally. You'll own the details that keep our team moving: shipping and receiving, events, visitors and office operations.\n\nThis role combines workplace operations with hands-on executive and event support. You'll create a polished experience for employees, candidates, customers, partners and visitors. You'll also support executives onsite and make sure meetings and events run seamlessly. You'll work closely with teams across the company, anticipate needs, solve problems quickly, and keep improving how we support our growing team.\n\n\n\nKey Responsibilities and Requirements\n\n - Office Operations & Facilities: Own day-to-day office operations, including maintenance, repairs, utilities, furniture, supplies, shared spaces, security systems and overall workplace readiness. Do regular walkthroughs to find and fix issues early.\n\n - Vendor & Administrative Management: Manage property management, contractors, cleaners and other vendors, including service schedules, contracts, invoices, expenses, inventory and operational records.\n\n - Front Desk & Visitor Experience: Be the main onsite point of contact for employees, candidates, visitors, executives, VIPs, vendors and deliveries. Manage visitor procedures and keep the office professional and welcoming.\n\n - Executive & Event Support: Provide onsite administrative and logistical support for executives, VIP visits, customer meetings, company events, team gatherings and offsites. Coordinate meeting spaces, catering, vendors, supplies, setup and day-of logistics.\n\n - Shipping & Receiving: Manage incoming and outgoing mail, packages, equipment, food deliveries and other shipments. Coordinate carriers and pickups, track deliveries, and make sure everything is received, organized and distributed correctly.\n\n - Employee & Workplace Support: Support office access, workspace setup, supplies and day-to-day employee needs. Maintain conference rooms, kitchens and common areas, and support workplace safety, security and emergency preparedness.\n\n - Cross-Functional Operations & Communication: Share office updates and procedures, respond to unexpected needs, and find ways to improve office operations and the employee experience.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n\n - 1–3 years of experience in office administration, front desk operations, facilities coordination, hospitality, workplace operations or a related role\n\n - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail\n\n - Ability to manage multiple priorities and see tasks through to completion\n\n - A proactive, resourceful approach to spotting and solving problems\n\n - Strong written and verbal communication skills\n\n - Professional, friendly and service-oriented with employees, candidates, visitors and vendors\n\n - Discretion with confidential or sensitive information\n\n - Comfortable with Microsoft Office, Slack or similar workplace tools\n\n - Able to work onsite five days a week at our North Kingstown, RI office\n\n - Able to occasionally lift, move or organize office supplies and equipment\n\n - U.S. citizenship or U.S. person status, per our facility requirements\n\n\n\nPreferred Skills\n\n - Experience supporting a fast-growing startup or technology company\n\n - Experience managing office repairs, maintenance schedules, vendor relationships and service contracts\n\n - Familiarity with workplace safety, building access, security and emergency procedures\n\n - Experience tracking office budgets, expenses, inventory and invoices\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. 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Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
As a Vehicle Autonomy Integration Engineer, you'll bring HavocAI autonomy onto real vehicles and robotic platforms. You'll work where autonomy software meets physical systems: vehicle controls, autopilots, sensors, actuators, onboard compute, networking and platform interfaces. Your job is to make autonomous systems perform reliably in the field.
This is a hands-on role. You'll spend a lot of time with hardware: bringing up new platforms, debugging interfaces, validating vehicle behavior and supporting field tests. We're hiring several engineers across experience levels, from early-career engineers to senior and staff-level technical leaders.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
Platform Integration: Integrate HavocAI autonomy software onto new and existing robotic platforms, including autonomous vessels, drones, ground vehicles and other unmanned systems. Connect it to vehicle control systems, autopilots, sensors, actuators, embedded compute and platform-specific interfaces.
Vehicle Controls & Autopilots: Work with autopilot and flight or vehicle control systems, including MAVLink-based interfaces. Configure, validate and troubleshoot the command and telemetry paths between HavocAI autonomy and low-level vehicle systems.
Sensors & Communication Interfaces: Integrate and debug sensors including GPS/INS, IMUs, cameras, radar, lidar, environmental sensors and other payloads. Build and maintain interfaces over CAN, serial, Ethernet, UDP/TCP, MQTT and other vehicle and sensor protocols.
Test & Field Support: Support system bring-up, bench and hardware-in-the-loop testing, dockside and ground testing, sea trials, flight tests and field demonstrations.
Troubleshooting: Diagnose issues across software, networking, embedded hardware, sensors, power, controls and platform behavior, using logs, telemetry, test equipment and what you see in the field.
Tools & Documentation: Build scripts, tools, configuration files, interface documentation and repeatable integration procedures that make each new platform bring-up faster and more reliable.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Improvement: Partner with autonomy, embedded software, hardware, field operations and product teams to improve integration and reliability. Turn lessons from field testing into product, architecture and process improvements.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
Experience integrating software with real hardware, such as robotic platforms, vehicles, sensors, actuators or embedded systems
Programming or scripting experience in C++, Python, Bash or similar languages
Comfortable working in Linux and troubleshooting with command-line tools, logs, telemetry and network diagnostics
Working knowledge of at least one hardware or network interface, such as CAN, serial, Ethernet, UDP/TCP or MQTT
Strong systems thinking and debugging skills across software, hardware, networking and controls
High ownership, strong communication, and comfort working in fast-moving lab and field environments
Able to work a hybrid schedule from our North Kingstown, RI facility, with regular hands-on vehicle integration and testing
Able to travel up to 25% for field testing, customer demonstrations, integration events and deployments
U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Preferred Skills
ROS or ROS 2 and distributed robotics software architectures
CAN bus, serial, Ethernet, MQTT, DDS or other real-time vehicle communication systems
MAVLink, ArduPilot, PX4, MAVSDK, MAVROS, QGroundControl, Mission Planner or similar autopilot ecosystems
Integrating autonomous vessels, drones, ground vehicles or other robotic systems
Vehicle control systems, actuators, motor controllers, ESCs, steering, propulsion or safety interfaces
Integrating GPS/INS, radar, cameras, lidar, radios or other autonomy sensors
Docker, embedded Linux, NVIDIA Jetson or other edge-compute platforms
Hardware-in-the-loop testing, system bring-up, field testing, sea trials, flight testing or operational demonstrations
Maritime, drone, robotics, defense or dual-use technology experience
Active or prior security clearance
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role\nAs a Vehicle Autonomy Integration Engineer, you'll bring HavocAI autonomy onto real vehicles and robotic platforms. You'll work where autonomy software meets physical systems: vehicle controls, autopilots, sensors, actuators, onboard compute, networking and platform interfaces. Your job is to make autonomous systems perform reliably in the field.\n\nThis is a hands-on role. You'll spend a lot of time with hardware: bringing up new platforms, debugging interfaces, validating vehicle behavior and supporting field tests. We're hiring several engineers across experience levels, from early-career engineers to senior and staff-level technical leaders.\n\nKey Responsibilities and Requirements\n\n - Platform Integration: Integrate HavocAI autonomy software onto new and existing robotic platforms, including autonomous vessels, drones, ground vehicles and other unmanned systems. Connect it to vehicle control systems, autopilots, sensors, actuators, embedded compute and platform-specific interfaces.\n\n - Vehicle Controls & Autopilots: Work with autopilot and flight or vehicle control systems, including MAVLink-based interfaces. Configure, validate and troubleshoot the command and telemetry paths between HavocAI autonomy and low-level vehicle systems.\n\n - Sensors & Communication Interfaces: Integrate and debug sensors including GPS/INS, IMUs, cameras, radar, lidar, environmental sensors and other payloads. Build and maintain interfaces over CAN, serial, Ethernet, UDP/TCP, MQTT and other vehicle and sensor protocols.\n\n - Test & Field Support: Support system bring-up, bench and hardware-in-the-loop testing, dockside and ground testing, sea trials, flight tests and field demonstrations.\n\n - Troubleshooting: Diagnose issues across software, networking, embedded hardware, sensors, power, controls and platform behavior, using logs, telemetry, test equipment and what you see in the field.\n\n - Tools & Documentation: Build scripts, tools, configuration files, interface documentation and repeatable integration procedures that make each new platform bring-up faster and more reliable.\n\n - Cross-Functional Collaboration & Improvement: Partner with autonomy, embedded software, hardware, field operations and product teams to improve integration and reliability. Turn lessons from field testing into product, architecture and process improvements.\n\nQualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience\n\n - Experience integrating software with real hardware, such as robotic platforms, vehicles, sensors, actuators or embedded systems\n\n - Programming or scripting experience in C++, Python, Bash or similar languages\n\n - Comfortable working in Linux and troubleshooting with command-line tools, logs, telemetry and network diagnostics\n\n - Working knowledge of at least one hardware or network interface, such as CAN, serial, Ethernet, UDP/TCP or MQTT\n\n - Strong systems thinking and debugging skills across software, hardware, networking and controls\n\n - High ownership, strong communication, and comfort working in fast-moving lab and field environments\n\n - Able to work a hybrid schedule from our North Kingstown, RI facility, with regular hands-on vehicle integration and testing\n\n - Able to travel up to 25% for field testing, customer demonstrations, integration events and deployments\n\n - U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance\n\nPreferred Skills\n\n - ROS or ROS 2 and distributed robotics software architectures\n\n - CAN bus, serial, Ethernet, MQTT, DDS or other real-time vehicle communication systems\n\n - MAVLink, ArduPilot, PX4, MAVSDK, MAVROS, QGroundControl, Mission Planner or similar autopilot ecosystems\n\n - Integrating autonomous vessels, drones, ground vehicles or other robotic systems\n\n - Vehicle control systems, actuators, motor controllers, ESCs, steering, propulsion or safety interfaces\n\n - Integrating GPS/INS, radar, cameras, lidar, radios or other autonomy sensors\n\n - Docker, embedded Linux, NVIDIA Jetson or other edge-compute platforms\n\n - Hardware-in-the-loop testing, system bring-up, field testing, sea trials, flight testing or operational demonstrations\n\n - Maritime, drone, robotics, defense or dual-use technology experience\n\n - Active or prior security clearance\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."},{"id":"07c21698-4b28-4352-8eb8-a76e64ae0103","title":"Electrical Engineer ","department":"Hardware","team":"Hardware","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"North Kingstown, RI","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-13T14:13:36.627+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"postalCode":"02852","addressRegion":"Rhode Island","streetAddress":"121 Ocean State Dr, Unit A North Kingstown, RI 02852","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"North Kingstown"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/07c21698-4b28-4352-8eb8-a76e64ae0103","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/07c21698-4b28-4352-8eb8-a76e64ae0103/application","descriptionHtml":"Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .
About the Role
We're looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team. You'll design, specify, integrate and test electrical systems for our uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and other unmanned platforms. You'll own components and subsystems across power conversion, energy storage, RF and communications, signal distribution and overall electrical architecture.
The ideal candidate has taken electrical hardware from concept through design, assembly, integration and test. You'll work closely with mechanical, software and systems engineers to deliver robust, reliable solutions for maritime environments.
Key Responsibilities and Requirements
Electrical System Design & Architecture: Design, specify and integrate electrical subsystems, including power converters, radios, compute, harnesses, circuit protection, batteries, actuators and antennas. Develop system-level architectures for USVs, including power trees, grounding schemes, communications pathways and redundancy. Evaluate electrical loads, routing and environmental requirements to support vessel capabilities and mission payloads.
Wiring Harness & Component Integration: Produce wiring schematics, harness drawings, connector specifications and interface definitions. Oversee harness fabrication and verify assembly quality, routing, strain relief and suitability for marine environments.
Build, Test & Troubleshooting: Lead subsystem bring-up, bench testing, environmental validation and vehicle-level integration. Verify RF performance, signal integrity, interference mitigation and link reliability on the bench and on the vehicle. Diagnose issues with power systems, EMI/EMC, communication links, sensors and embedded electronics. Support field testing, including hands-on troubleshooting during sea trials.
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work with mechanical engineers on enclosure design, thermal considerations, EMC shielding and component packaging. Partner with software and systems engineers to make sure electrical interfaces are robust, deterministic and well documented.
Documentation: Create and maintain electrical schematics, block diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), test reports and configuration records. Support design reviews and engineering change processes.
Manufacturing Support: Partner with technicians and manufacturing teams to make sure electrical designs are manufacturable, cost-effective and suited to rugged marine environments. Help develop test procedures, build instructions and QA processes for electrical subsystems.
Qualifications
5+ years of electrical engineering experience focused on system design, integration and testing
Strong background in power electronics, power conversion and electrical subsystem integration
Experience with RF and communications systems, including antennas, radios, GPS and digital communication links
Able to create, read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams and harness documentation
Hands-on experience with prototype builds, electrical assembly, test equipment and troubleshooting
Strong understanding of electrical components, grounding, EMI/EMC, and marine or ruggedized design
Experience integrating electrical subsystems into complex platforms such as unmanned vehicles
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field
U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret security clearance
Able to work onsite at our North Kingstown, RI office.
Must be able to travel 1 week per quarter.
Preferred Skills
Experience with uncrewed systems, especially maritime platforms (USVs, UUVs, UAVs or UGVs)
Familiarity with harness design, ECAD or PLM tools such as SolidWorks Electrical, Altium, Zuken or Arena
Knowledge of embedded systems packaging, grounding, shielding, and thermal and electrical tradeoffs
Experience with design for manufacturability (DFM) for ruggedized, outdoor or marine environments
Strong analytical, diagnostic and root cause analysis skills
100% Employer paid Health Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.
HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
","descriptionPlain":"ABOUT US:\n\nHavoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.\n\nHavoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy http://havocai.com/ .\n\nAbout the Role \n We're looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team. You'll design, specify, integrate and test electrical systems for our uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and other unmanned platforms. You'll own components and subsystems across power conversion, energy storage, RF and communications, signal distribution and overall electrical architecture.\n\nThe ideal candidate has taken electrical hardware from concept through design, assembly, integration and test. You'll work closely with mechanical, software and systems engineers to deliver robust, reliable solutions for maritime environments.\n\n\n\nKey Responsibilities and Requirements\n\n - Electrical System Design & Architecture: Design, specify and integrate electrical subsystems, including power converters, radios, compute, harnesses, circuit protection, batteries, actuators and antennas. Develop system-level architectures for USVs, including power trees, grounding schemes, communications pathways and redundancy. Evaluate electrical loads, routing and environmental requirements to support vessel capabilities and mission payloads.\n\n - Wiring Harness & Component Integration: Produce wiring schematics, harness drawings, connector specifications and interface definitions. Oversee harness fabrication and verify assembly quality, routing, strain relief and suitability for marine environments.\n\n - Build, Test & Troubleshooting: Lead subsystem bring-up, bench testing, environmental validation and vehicle-level integration. Verify RF performance, signal integrity, interference mitigation and link reliability on the bench and on the vehicle. Diagnose issues with power systems, EMI/EMC, communication links, sensors and embedded electronics. Support field testing, including hands-on troubleshooting during sea trials.\n\n - Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work with mechanical engineers on enclosure design, thermal considerations, EMC shielding and component packaging. Partner with software and systems engineers to make sure electrical interfaces are robust, deterministic and well documented.\n\n - Documentation: Create and maintain electrical schematics, block diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), test reports and configuration records. Support design reviews and engineering change processes.\n\n - Manufacturing Support: Partner with technicians and manufacturing teams to make sure electrical designs are manufacturable, cost-effective and suited to rugged marine environments. Help develop test procedures, build instructions and QA processes for electrical subsystems.\n \n \n\nQualifications\n\n - 5+ years of electrical engineering experience focused on system design, integration and testing\n\n - Strong background in power electronics, power conversion and electrical subsystem integration\n\n - Experience with RF and communications systems, including antennas, radios, GPS and digital communication links\n\n - Able to create, read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams and harness documentation\n\n - Hands-on experience with prototype builds, electrical assembly, test equipment and troubleshooting\n\n - Strong understanding of electrical components, grounding, EMI/EMC, and marine or ruggedized design\n\n - Experience integrating electrical subsystems into complex platforms such as unmanned vehicles\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field\n\n - U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Secret security clearance\n\n - Able to work onsite at our North Kingstown, RI office.\n\n - Must be able to travel 1 week per quarter.\n\n\n\nPreferred Skills\n\n - Experience with uncrewed systems, especially maritime platforms (USVs, UUVs, UAVs or UGVs)\n\n - Familiarity with harness design, ECAD or PLM tools such as SolidWorks Electrical, Altium, Zuken or Arena\n\n - Knowledge of embedded systems packaging, grounding, shielding, and thermal and electrical tradeoffs\n\n - Experience with design for manufacturability (DFM) for ruggedized, outdoor or marine environments\n\n - Strong analytical, diagnostic and root cause analysis skills\n\n\nBENEFITS:\n\n - 100% Employer paid Health Insurance\n\n - Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families\n\n - Life Insurance (Employer Paid)\n\n - Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) \n\n - Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum\n\n - Equity Package\n\n - Work / Home Office Stipend\n\n - Global Entry\n\n - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave\n\n - Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend\n\n\n\nOUR VALUES:\n\n - Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.\n\n - Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.\n\n - Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.\n\n - Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.\n\n - Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.\n\n - Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.\n \n \n\nHavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status."}],"apiVersion":"1"}