Mission Lead - Tampa (Clearance Required)
Vannevar Labs · Tampa, Florida, United States · Tampa
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Defenseonsite
At a glance
Highlights
- Embed directly with DOW operators to deploy AI for consequential missions.
- Helped field 24/7 operations product serving 9,000+ users in three months.
- Support great-power competition, combat ops, and counter-narcotics missions.
What they offer
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO and company-wide end-of-year downtime
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle and wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
Ideal candidate
Mission-driven operator who thrives in ambiguity and earns trust on site with warfighters. You push through friction and iteration to turn complex problems into real mission impact.
Requirements
- U.S. Person status with current Top Secret clearance
- Based in Tampa, FL with ability to work in secure environments and travel
- Strong mission judgment to identify where product creates value
- Technical intuition for how software systems work and break
- Curiosity about agentic AI and applying it for warfighters
- Professional presence as trusted partner in government environments
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