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SkillBridge - Mission Operations Engineer

Distributed Spectrum· Growth
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New York CityFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Distributed Spectrum is offering a DoD SkillBridge opportunity for transitioning active-duty service members to support Mission Operations. It is a structured training/internship pathway in field deployment support, technical integration, test and validation, customer mission execution, troubleshooting, and operator-to-engineering translation in a defense-technology environment. Participants remain on active duty and receive military pay/benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Support preparation and execution for field deployments, mission events, test activities, exercises, and customer-facing demonstrations
  • Assist with system setup, configuration, integration, readiness checks, and troubleshooting in lab and field environments
  • Learn how mission-user and customer feedback is captured, triaged, and translated into product, engineering, training, and workflow improvements
  • Help document issues, improve deployment procedures, and contribute to checklists, quick-reference guides, training materials, and after-action deliverables
  • Shadow and support personnel working with technical teams, customers, and operators across deployment, validation, and mission-support workflows
  • Gain exposure to fielded mission systems operating in RF, sensing, tactical communications, autonomy-adjacent, and mission-system environments
  • Contribute to the connective work between operators, customers, systems, and engineering teams that helps mission outcomes improve over time

Qualifications

  • Experience in one or more areas: mission systems, mission support, deployment engineering, systems integration, test & evaluation, readiness, validation, sustainment, SIGINT, EW, cyber, tactical communications, ISR, tactical sensing, UAS/C-UAS, mission planning, payload/sensor support, operational technical support, technical training, troubleshooting, or operator-facing field work
  • Ability to operate credibly in the seam between operators and engineers in real-world, time-sensitive environments

Skills

Required:Field deployment supportSystem setup and configurationTechnical documentationCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Above-market salary, equity, and benefits package
  • Early Series A Equity
  • Excellent health, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) match - up to 4% of your salary
  • Flexible PTO
  • Daily office lunches in NYC
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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