Chief Engineering Officer

We are seeking a Chief Engineering Officer for a newly established defense tech startup, with the engineering lab to be based out of the Providence, Rhode Island area. This job will start full time in October 2026 when we move into the facility; the current founders are securing seed funding so will start all payroll then. As Chief Engineering Officer, you will be a cofounder in the company and we will offer a substantial equity award in addition to salary so that you're along for the ride. We are looking for a jack of all trades engineer and want someone who is risk-tolerant, creative, and a go-getter. You will work directly with the Chief Product Officer and co-founder (also an engineer) who will serve as the go-between for military/customer and engineering requirements so that the company delivers rapidly developed, operationally-ready prototypes for use in the field. You must have experience building things in real life, preferably involving drones or sensors; we don't care about years of experience, experience in high-level engineering leadership before this, or how fancy your degree is; if you're a go-getter, smart, can build, want to get after the military's hardest problems, and enable our warfighters ... this is the job and place for you.