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Mission Lead - Minneapolis (Clearance Required)

Vannevar Labs · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · Minneapolis

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Embed on-site with Department of War operators to deploy AI for critical missions.
  • Turn ambiguous mission problems into tested product workflows that drive impact.
  • Configure and troubleshoot AI-enabled systems directly in classified field environs.

What they offer

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO with federal holiday downtime and year-end break
  • 401(k) match
  • Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
  • Remote friendly with WeWork access

Ideal candidate

Mission-driven operator who thrives in ambiguity and earns trust in high-stakes government settings. You love embedding with users, iterating through friction, and applying AI to solve real warfighter problems.

Requirements

  • U.S. Person with current Top Secret clearance
  • Based in Minneapolis and able to work on-site in secure/classified environments with periodic travel
  • Persist through ambiguity, iteration, and friction to drive impact
  • Strong mission judgment to identify high-value user problems
  • Technical intuition for how software systems work, break, and improve
  • Curiosity about agentic AI and applying AI-enabled systems for mission impact
  • Professional presence as trusted technical partner in high-stakes government environments
remote policy
Remote friendly with WeWork access

Lab profile

About Vannevar Labs

Builds AI systems for the Department of War's most consequential missions.

What they build

  • Core platform
  • Collection Platform
  • Security Platform

Known for

  • Forward-deployed engineering with mission owners
  • Rapid fielding for combat operations

Key facts

  • 125 deployments across branches and combatant commands
  • 9,000+ users on fielded product
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