Mission Development Lead, Aircraft

Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.
The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.
The Opportunity
As the Aircraft Commercial and Civil Development Lead, you will carry Gamera into commercial and civil markets. Long range, heavy payload, low cost per flight hour, and autonomy that scales is a combination those operators have never been offered. You will work directly with customers to understand their needs, represent their circumstances internally as you interface closely with engineering teams, and shape and capture opportunities.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own your portfolio from day one. You will be handed real responsibility immediately. Rapid learning, iteration, and tenacity are what turn that into results.
- Understand customers from first principles. Sit with them, learn their missions and constraints the way they experience them, and become the person internally who can represent that accurately.
- Stay technical. You will be directly involved in product, working closely with Swarm engineers to build for your customers' operational needs. The best opportunities get found by people who understand both the customer and the aircraft.
- Find and shape opportunities. Identify them, evaluate them, decide what is worth pursuing, and bring ideas to the rest of the team.
- Write the things that move decisions. Bring structure to complex pools of information and turn it into white papers, proposals, presentations, and analysis that land with internal and external audiences.
- Organize and scale. As the company and your portfolio grow, so will your role in leading mission execution across many parallel threads. You will manage complex accounts and relationships efficiently and precisely.
WHAT YOU'VE DONE
- Moved with urgency to make big things happen
- Worked on complex hardware and software systems
- Managed complex technical projects
- Business development, productization, and contracting
WHAT SETS YOU APART
- Mission alignment
- Strong writing and research skills
- Comfortable setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment
- An enthusiasm for and broad knowledge of technology development
- Humility
- Ability to travel 25 to 75 percent required
- Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
ITAR requirement
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability.
What We Offer
- Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
- Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
- PTO and paid sick leave
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Daily catered lunch (office)
- Paid parental leave
- Direct impact on a critical national security mission
- A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems

Employment type
FullTime

Work arrangement
No