HavocAI

Full-stack Engineer

• 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

Mission Software Engineer

Vice President

• Own HavocAI’s Navy strategy, including long-term roadmap alignment, customer targeting, and mission-driven positioning across maritime autonomy.
• Define and execute the multi-year plan to expand HavocAI’s Navy portfolio across R&D, prototyping, production, and sustainment.
• Establish HavocAI as a trusted Navy partner across key commands, PEOs, warfare centers, and operational units.
• Lead Navy capture strategy across new and existing opportunities, including pipeline development, win strategy, and competitive positioning.
• Drive proposal development and executive-level engagement for RFIs, RFPs, OTAs, and follow-on production pathways.
• Partner with BD, Contracts, and Finance to shape pricing, resourcing, and contracting approaches that support scalable growth.
• Maintain executive accountability for delivery of Navy programs—ensuring performance against scope, schedule, budget, and technical objectives.
• Oversee program operating rhythm, program reviews, and executive reporting across multiple concurrent efforts.
• Ensure high-quality deployments, mission outcomes, and sustainment performance.
• Serve as the senior HavocAI interface with Navy customers, primes, and mission partners.
• Lead strategic customer engagements, executive briefings, and program reviews.
• Maintain strong customer trust through transparency, performance, and consistent delivery.
• Lead and scale a high-performing Navy-focused team, including program management, mission operations, and customer-facing execution roles.
• Drive alignment across Engineering, Product, Test, Ops, and Production to ensure delivery excellence and roadmap relevance.
• Establish repeatable processes and operating systems to scale Navy execution without losing speed.
• Own portfolio-level performance, including program financials, forecasting, and risk management.
• Implement execution discipline using metrics such as Earned Value Management (EVM), delivery KPIs, and operational readiness measures.
• Drive early risk identification and mitigation across technical, schedule, and cost domains.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape HavocAI’s product roadmap based on Navy mission needs.
• Ensure customer insights, CONOPS, and operational constraints are translated into durable product direction.
• Drive prioritization decisions across near-term delivery and long-term platform evolution.

VP of Navy Programs

Technical Project Manager

• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and dependencies.
• Lead execution across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring alignment with technical and program objectives.
• Track progress against scope, schedule, and risk, driving accountability across teams.
• Serve as the primary liaison across engineering, product, manufacturing, and external partners.
• Facilitate regular project reviews, standups, and executive updates.
• Ensure tight integration between hardware, software, and manufacturing workflows.
• Identify technical, operational, and schedule risks early and drive mitigation strategies.
• Proactively troubleshoot issues and coordinate rapid resolution with relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain program stability in dynamic, high-uncertainty environments.
• Work closely with engineering teams to understand system architectures, dependencies, and constraints.
• Ensure project plans reflect real technical realities and priorities.
• Support technical decision-making by balancing tradeoffs across scope, schedule, and risk.
• Establish and continuously improve project management processes and best practices.
• Leverage metrics and reporting to drive execution discipline and continuous improvement.
• Support agile and hybrid execution models across teams.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise updates for executive leadership and external stakeholders.
• Maintain transparency on progress, risks, and changes.
• Own program documentation, dashboards, and reporting cadence.
• Coordinate with external vendors and manufacturing partners to ensure delivery against requirements and quality standards.
• Manage contractual deliverables and timelines in collaboration with internal teams.

Recruitment

• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, build job descriptions, and craft effective recruiting strategies across technical and non-technical roles.
• Own full-cycle recruiting across multiple functions, including:
• Technical: software, hardware, systems, autonomy, maritime engineering
• Non-technical: operations, program management, finance, legal, people, and GTM roles (as needed)
• Source, engage, and build pipelines of exceptional talent using LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, networking, and creative sourcing strategies.
• Manage the full candidate lifecycle: outreach, screening, interview coordination, feedback, and offer closing.
• Ensure an outstanding candidate experience that reflects HavocAI’s mission, values, and high bar.
• Maintain structured processes in our ATS (Ashby) for tracking candidates, reporting, and compliance.
• Build and nurture relationships with passive candidates and relevant industry networks.
• Contribute to HavocAI’s employer branding efforts to attract talent from diverse backgrounds and non-traditional pipelines.
• Provide market insights, pipeline data, and hiring metrics to support headcount planning and recruiting strategy.

Senior Recruiter

Operations

• 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.

Mission Operations Specialist

Account Manager

• Develop and execute HavocAI’s partnership strategy across maritime, land, and air domains.
• Identify and prioritize strategic partners, including systems integrators, OEMs, autonomy-adjacent technology providers, and sensor companies.
• Build multi-year partnership roadmaps tied to revenue, pipeline growth, and product integration.
• Create repeatable onboarding processes for smaller partners to reduce operational load on internal teams.
• Lead negotiations for MOUs, teaming agreements, reseller and integrator agreements, joint development agreements, and strategic alliances.
• Partner with Legal and Finance to structure commercially viable, scalable partnership models.
• Drive partner onboarding and establish governance frameworks.
• Create joint go-to-market plans with partners, including target customers, campaigns, demonstrations, proposals, and events.
• Support major defense captures and commercial pursuits in coordination with Business Development and Sales.
• Shape partner participation in exercises, pilots, and demonstrations.
• Serve as the internal quarterback for active partnerships, ensuring commitments are delivered across product integration, marketing, and field programs.
• Establish operating cadence, including QBRs, executive reviews, pipeline reviews, and integration roadmaps.
• Monitor ecosystem trends, competitor alliances, and emerging technology partners.
• Recommend new partnership categories and routes to market.

Senior Manager, Partnerships

Frontend Engineer

• Build performant, responsive, and accessible user interfaces for map-based applications.
• Develop core functionality using React and visualization libraries such as Mapbox, Leaflet, or Deck.gl.
• Collaborate with designers to ensure user needs are reflected in implemented UIs.
• Integrate data from backend services using REST or GraphQL.
• Optimize rendering and frontend performance, particularly for large datasets.
• Help maintain and expand our component library and design system.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code with an eye toward scalability and reusability.
• Participate in UX reviews, usability testing, and cross-functional design sessions.