Noda

Developer Relations

• Own GitHub-based engineering workflows, including PR validation, CI triggers, quality gates, and release automation.
• Improve engineering feedback loops, build reliability, and deployment confidence across local and CI environments.
• Own the developer-facing SDK and CLI experience, including install flow, CLI ergonomics, Python package usability, examples, quickstarts, and release quality.
• Eliminate workflow friction and reduce dependency on tribal knowledge through automation and self-service tooling.
• Build and maintain reproducible, secure, and air-gapped developer and release workflows.
• Use metrics and developer feedback to continuously improve engineering workflows and platform adoption.
• Partner across autonomy, simulation, systems, and field engineering teams to ensure workflows reflect real operational needs.

Developer Experience Engineer

QA Engineer

• Own the test automation framework across Rust and Python, covering unit, integration, regression, and scenario-level testing.
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD with enforced gates at every stage, including security checks (SAST, dependency scanning, vulnerability).
• Enforce NODA's compliance boundary so CUI and export-controlled data never reach clean-zone or vendor-accessible test paths.
• Drive build quality metrics: coverage, flake rate, false positive rate, and mean time to detect and triage.
• Maintain a component-level quality dashboard feeding into the program-level go/no-go view for engineering and program leadership.
• Own go/no-go checklists and issue release recommendations backed by functional, security, and compliance evidence.
• Triage failures before routing, giving engineers a diagnosis rather than a symptom.
• Keep the test suite healthy: review cadence, deprecation of stale tests, and coverage gap identification.
• Translate quality state into language that drives release decisions at leadership level.
• Grow the QE function under Core Engineering as headcount scales.

Senior Quality Engineer

Executive Assistant

• Manage complex calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate travel for executives
• Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations, and other documents
• Act as a liaison between executives, team members, and external partners
• Support board meetings, investor updates, and other high-profile engagements
• Handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism
• Anticipate the needs of executives to ensure smooth daily operations
• Serve as the primary point of contact for office operations and facilities.
• Oversee office inventory, ordering supplies and ensuring availability of resources.
• Coordinate and book domestic and international travel, including flights, hotels, ground transportation, and itineraries for executives
• Process and reconcile select employee travel reimbursements in compliance with company policy.
• Assist with special projects, events, and team initiatives as needed

Platform Engineer

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for deploying ROS2-based microservices and orchestration software across multiple environments
• Implement container orchestration using Docker, with a growth path toward Kubernetes as the platform scales
• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure, on-premises deployments, and edge device provisioning for autonomous vehicle fleets
• Develop infrastructure automation and configuration management tools to ensure consistent, repeatable deployments
• Implement and maintain DoD IL4/IL5 security compliance, including encryption, access controls, and audit logging
• Build internal tooling and CLI utilities to improve developer productivity and deployment reliability
• Design observability and monitoring systems for distributed autonomous vehicle orchestration across multiple domains
• Ensure infrastructure resilience and disaster recovery capabilities for mission-critical deployments
• Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize deployment strategies for constrained edge computing environments
• Support field deployment operations and troubleshoot infrastructure issues during customer demonstrations

Senior Platform Engineer

Operations

• Engage with customers onsite, providing technical guidance and representing NODA professionally.
• Assist in planning logistics for travel, shipping, and equipment readiness.
• Build, wire, and test UAS/robotic platforms, payloads, and support equipment.
• Track, repair, and maintain lab equipment, spare parts, and test assets.
• Lead setup/teardown and technical troubleshooting at multi-domain field exercises.
• Conduct inspections to ensure accuracy, durability, and repeatability of assemblies.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and well-documented lab and field environment.
• Draft and maintain event-specific documentation: assembly procedures, deployment logs, checklists, and after-action reports (AARs).
• Oversee junior field staff during operations and ensure smooth team coordination.

Field Operations Associate

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Build and own the company’s operating model, including bottoms-up revenue forecast, headcount plan, OpEx build, and cash forecast
• Lead the annual budgeting process and quarterly reforecasts in partnership with department leaders
• Translate the operating model into board, investor, and management reporting on a recurring cadence
• Develop and report on the KPIs that matter for a hybrid prototype-to-production defense business — bookings, backlog, contract value, burn, runway, gross margin, and unit economics
• Build the pipeline-to-revenue framework that connects capture stages to expected bookings, recognized revenue, and cash collection
• Develop pricing strategy and contract economics across cost-reimbursable, fixed-price, OTA, SBIR, and production vehicles
• Partner with capture, contracts, and program teams on bid strategy, price-to-win analysis, and margin discipline
• Maintain the bookings, backlog, and ARR architecture that supports scaling defense and commercial revenue
• Support the next equity raise from materials development through diligence and close
• Own investor reporting, board materials, and quarterly business reviews
• Develop and maintain the capital strategy across equity, debt, government funding (SBIR, OTA, contract financing), and other non-dilutive capital options
• Lead financial diligence on partnerships, teaming arrangements, and potential acquisitions
• Serve as financial partner to the Head of Operations, BD, and engineering leadership on the decisions that shape strategy
• Build the financial infrastructure to evaluate program-level economics and resource allocation trade-offs
• Translate financial outputs into language that operators, engineers, and investors can act on

VP/Director of Finance

Controller

• Own day-to-day accounting operations including general ledger, AP, AR, payroll integration, and month-end close
• Build and maintain the chart of accounts, indirect cost pools, and cost structure required for government contracting
• Establish close calendars, reconciliation procedures, and accounting policies that scale with the business
• Manage external relationships with auditors, tax preparers, banking partners, and outsourced accounting providers as the function transitions in-house
• Stand up and maintain a DCAA-compliant accounting system, including timekeeping, labor distribution, and indirect cost allocation
• Develop and submit provisional billing rates, incurred cost submissions (ICE), and forward pricing rate proposals as required
• Ensure compliance with FAR, DFARS, and CAS as applicable to NODA’s contract portfolio
• Support pre-award accounting system reviews, DCAA audits, and contract-specific compliance requirements
• Produce timely, accurate monthly and quarterly financial statements for management and board reporting
• Lead preparation for the company’s first external audit and own audit readiness as the company scales toward Series B
• Establish revenue recognition policies aligned with ASC 606 across prototype, production, and government contract revenue
• Implement internal controls appropriate to company stage, with a clear roadmap toward public-company readiness
• Select, implement, and administer the accounting, billing, expense, and payroll systems that will carry NODA from early stage through scale
• Build the integrations and reporting layer that connect financial systems to project accounting, contracts, and operations
• Establish documentation, SOPs, and training for finance processes as the team grows

Human Resources

• Own end-to-end recruiting across engineering, mission, growth, and G&A functions, including roles requiring security clearances
• Personally source, screen, and close candidates while building the systems, tooling, and pipelines that scale recruiting beyond a single hire at a time
• Design and run the interview process — scorecards, debriefs, calibration, and offer strategy
• Build relationships with cleared talent communities, military transition programs, and defense-friendly technical pipelines
• Manage external recruiting partners and search firms as needed for specialized roles
• Establish recruiting metrics and reporting that make hiring legible to the founding team and hiring managers
• Design and own NODA’s compensation philosophy, salary bands, and equity framework appropriate to a venture-backed defense startup
• Manage benefits programs including health, dental, vision, 401(k), leave, and ancillary benefits, including annual renewal and broker management
• Benchmark compensation across defense, technology, and cleared talent markets to keep NODA competitive
• Lead the offer process in partnership with hiring managers and finance, balancing candidate expectations with internal equity and budget
• Stand up the HRIS, ATS, and supporting systems that scale with the team
• Own onboarding, offboarding, employee records, and the day-to-day operational rhythm of HR
• Establish HR policies, the employee handbook, and people processes appropriate for a federal contractor
• Ensure compliance with federal contractor obligations including OFCCP, AAP, EEO, E-Verify, and applicable state and federal employment law
• Partner with the security team on personnel security workflows, clearance-related HR processes, and the cleared employee lifecycle
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the founding team on org design, headcount planning, and people decisions
• Build the performance, feedback, and development practices that fit NODA’s stage and culture
• Develop manager enablement and leadership development as the team grows
• Help define and protect the cultural elements that make NODA the team it is today

Director of Human Resources

Capture Manager

• Build and manage a qualified opportunity pipeline across DoD, IC, and adjacent federal customers, prioritizing fit with NODA's autonomous systems capabilities
• Shape opportunities early: engage with program offices, contracting officers, and end users before RFPs are released to influence requirements and establish incumbency
• Lead go/no-go decisions with discipline: qualify opportunities against NODA's technical strengths, competitive position, and bandwidth
• Develop and lead capture plans for priority pursuits, including competitive analysis, teaming strategy, price-to-win positioning, and solution differentiation
• Build and maintain customer relationships across acquisition, requirements, and user communities within key DoD and government accounts
• Coordinate with BD, proposal, and technical teams to ensure capture intelligence flows into winning proposals
• Support proposal development on priority pursuits: contribute to executive summaries, technical narratives, and win themes, ensuring capture strategy is reflected throughout the final submission
• Identify and negotiate teaming arrangements with primes, subcontractors, and technology partners that strengthen NODA's competitive position
• Represent NODA at industry days, conferences, and customer engagement events to build visibility and pipeline
• Establish capture frameworks, opportunity tracking systems, and account plans that scale as NODA grows
• Leverage AI and CRM tools to manage pipeline with rigor and report clearly on opportunity status and probability

Capture Manager – Defense, Government

Engineer

• Design a federated "sim-of-sims" architecture integrating low-fidelity SITL with high-fidelity mission environments (UE5 + Cesium for geo-specific terrain, VBS4 for combined-arms scenarios) into a unified stack.
• Solve distributed time synchronization across heterogeneous nodes; select and implement the right federation approach (HLA/DIS, custom, or hybrid).
• Integrate the autonomy stack into sim and support SITL/HITL workflows for autopilots across multi-vehicle, multi-domain scenarios, exercising real execution paths across mission planning, autonomy, and comms.
• Model realistic network and DDIL conditions to validate behavior in contested environments.
• Build observability into the stack: frame timing, sync health, scenario replay, and diagnostics.
• Partner with autonomy, systems, and field ops teams, and communicate simulation results and the company's asymmetric advantage to operators, mission leads, and C-suite.

Senior Mission Simulation Engineer

Communications

• Design and optimize the full communication stack that keeps fleets of unmanned systems coordinated in real time.
• Physically configure and validate tactical radios, integrate communications hardware into unmanned platforms, and ensure reliable connectivity.
• Collaborate closely with autonomy and AI engineers to ensure networking becomes a force multiplier for mission planning, dynamic task allocation, and swarm-level decision-making.
• Perform physical bring-up, configuration, and validation of tactical radios.
• Configure RF link parameters to achieve reliable connectivity.
• Establish and validate communication links based on different hardware configurations.
• Design and implement software-defined networking features for constrained networks.
• Debug RF and physical layer issues including interference and connectivity loss.
• Author and maintain field networking runbooks and documentation for exercises and live events.