Mission Lead - Minneapolis (Clearance Required)
Vannevar Labs · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · Minneapolis
CHECKED 18H AGO
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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