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title: 'Intelligence / Targeting Mission Integrator at Spear AI'
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# Intelligence / Targeting Mission Integrator at Spear AI

- **Company:** Spear AI
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/spear-ai/19acf919-5b13-424c-92ca-c4d8c53102f2

## Job description

## The Role

Spear AI is seeking Intelligence / Targeting Mission Integrators to sit at the seam between operational targeting and AI-enabled capability development. You know the Joint Targeting Cycle from the inside — object-based intelligence, target development, target system analysis, collection management — and you can translate that operational reality into workflows, requirements, and user stories that developers can build against. Your job is to spot where operational workflows, data sources, and AI capabilities should connect, then make that integration happen. This is a small, fast-moving, multi-vendor program. Your operational judgment shapes what we build and how fast it reaches the warfighter. We are filling four of these roles.

## About Spear AI

Spear AI is a growing defense-technology company delivering AI/ML software and engineering services built for the hardest national-security problems. Founded by U.S. Navy veterans, we help joint, combatant command, and interagency teams see what’s happening and respond faster — turning data into decisions that matter. As we grow, we’re building a flat, mission-driven culture where your voice reaches leadership and your impact is visible. Spear AI serves the national security industry and deploys software to cloud environments that span unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret regions. We also deploy software to the edge in some of the harshest conditions on Earth, including U.S. nuclear submarines.

## What You’ll Do

- Bring operational targeting expertise to bear across the Joint Targeting Cycle at the CCMD, Joint Staff, SOCOM, or IC level.
- [Priority] Identify integration opportunities between operational workflows, data sources, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- [Priority] Apply advanced, systems-level target development (target system analysis) to shape capability direction.
- Translate operational targeting processes into developer-consumable workflows, requirements, and user stories.
- Communicate architectural tradeoffs, technical risks, integration constraints, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Coordinate across operational users, platform owners, and technical development teams.
- Maintain awareness of theater-level targeting coordination across joint and service organizations.
- Work with joint targeting tools, intelligence platforms, and data environments — and their governance and ownership structures.

## What We’re Looking For

You have demonstrated operational experience supporting the Joint Targeting Cycle and a deep understanding of intelligence support to targeting. You can move fluidly between the operations floor and the development team, and you know how to turn a targeting problem into something engineers can build. Direct experience in the IC or a CCMD J2 is highly preferred. Preferred experience - Prior roles in CCMD J2T/J2C/J23, Joint Staff J2, SOCOM, or IC targeting support. - Supporting targeting operations within USINDOPACOM. - Familiarity with weaponeering workflows and target-to-effects integration. - Existing relationships with operational platform or data owners (highly desired). - Supporting DoD software, AI/ML, or operational capability development programs.

Core Team Requirements (All Personnel)

- Active TS/SCI clearance required. TS/SCI with CI Poly preferred where applicable.
- US Citizenship Required.
- Ability to support periodic travel (approximately every 30 days) to CCMDs, service components, operational units, and industry/vendor locations.
- Ability to operate in fast-paced, multi-vendor, government-led development environments with evolving priorities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical developers, operational users, senior leaders, and external vendors.
- Experience in classified operational environments and cross-domain data constraints preferred.
- Familiarity with Agile development practices, rapid capability delivery, and iterative user-feedback cycles preferred.

## Compensation

We’re committed to equitable pay and will share a range aligned to your level and geography during the hiring process. In accordance with applicable state law, candidates in jurisdictions such as CA, CO, WA, NY, and others will be provided a good-faith salary range upon request and through the hiring process. This is a full-time, exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible for overtime pay. Compensation is provided on a salaried basis and is not subject to reduction based on hours worked.

## Benefits

- Unlimited PTO and a supportive, low-ego environment.
- A flat organizational structure — your ideas reach leadership and your impact is visible.
- Mission-driven work that directly supports national security.
- A team where over half the workforce are veterans, military family members, or military spouses, spanning all five service branches.

## Equal Opportunity

Spear AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

## About Spear AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spear AI develops advanced AI and machine learning solutions for maritime defense and national security, turning sensor data into actionable intelligence.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, D.C., United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Michael Hunter (founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing; Maritime AI / Defense Technology
- **Target Customers**: B2G (government) – U.S. Navy (COMSUBFOR, PEO UWS, PMS offices), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), Intelligence Community (IC), and allied partners (AUKUS)
- **Mission / Purpose**: “Building AI solutions that help maritime operators decide faster and see farther” – transforming raw sensor data into decision advantage for mission-critical operations.

## Products & Services
- **AI/ML Software Suite**: Edge AI and cloud-based analytics for acoustic intelligence, threat assessment, and situational awareness. Deploys to IL5, IL6, and TS/SCI environments.
- **Expendable Maritime Sensors**: Affordable, real-time data collection hardware optimized for maritime environments.
- **Services**: Custom AI/ML implementation, acoustic ML, reinforcement learning, cloud architecture, and strategic advisory for defense clients.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Seed round led by Cortical Ventures and Scare the Bear Capital (amount undisclosed)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Cortical Ventures, Scare the Bear Capital; customers include ONR, CDAO, PEO UWS, COMSUBFOR, and intelligence agencies.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 69 employees (rapidly growing, with 13 active job postings); 42% of employees are military veterans; software deployed to high-security clearance environments; 15,000+ hours of maritime data produced and labeled; 94+ collective years of acoustic intelligence experience.

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep domain expertise in maritime acoustic intelligence and defense-specific AI.
- Strong government relationships and clearances (IL5, IL6, TS/SCI) creating high barriers to entry.
- Vertically integrated from custom sensor hardware to edge/cloud AI software.
- High percentage of veteran employees signals mission alignment and operational credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling AI capabilities for the U.S. Navy and allied (AUKUS) undersea warfare programs.
- Expanding affordable, expendable sensor deployments to gather more real-world maritime data.
- Growing the engineering and mission integration teams to support increasing government contracts.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven environment with a strong emphasis on national security impact. Rated 5.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (based on 1 review).
- **Work Policy**: Flexible / hybrid / onsite depending on the role; relocation assistance available for onsite positions.
- **Perks**: Unlimited PTO, comprehensive health/dental/vision, 401(k) match, performance bonuses, and professional growth opportunities.
- **Engineering Culture**: “Move quickly. Test rigorously. Release often.” Modern tech stack (Python, React, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, PostgreSQL, etc.); practical coding assessments reflect real work.
- **Hiring Process**: Recruiter screen, practical exercise (coding or hardware), team interviews, and founder conversation.
- **Open Roles**: Data engineers, full-stack engineers, machine learning engineers, mission engineers, infrastructure engineers – many requiring active security clearance (Secret or TS/SCI).

## Sources
1. [spear.ai](https://www.spear.ai/) – Company overview, products, customers, key stats
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spear-ai) – Company details, employee count, funding, recent departures, tech stack, locations
3. [spear.ai/careers](https://www.spear.ai/careers) – Culture, benefits, hiring process, values
4. [jobs.lever.co/spear-ai](https://jobs.lever.co/spear-ai) – Open positions list

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