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title: 'Rivet - Embedded Software Engineer (Copy) at Arsenal Pulse'
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# Rivet - Embedded Software Engineer (Copy) at Arsenal Pulse

- **Company:** Arsenal Pulse
- **Location:** San Jose, CA
- **Compensation:** $250k–$275k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/ketchtalent/am9icG9zdDrkz8XeuVKNX6IWo9nG-TP8

## Job description

## About Rivet

Rivet is an American company building integrated task systems — fusing hardened hardware with software, sensors, AI, and networking — for industrial workforces and defense personnel. We create capabilities that multiply the effectiveness of every individual and withstand the world’s toughest environments.

We serve the people who build, operate, maintain, and defend our way of life. From technicians and engineers to first responders and service members, they embody the hard work, ingenuity, and meritocratic values that drive Western prosperity. Yet too often they are forced to rely on outdated tools that fail under modern pressures. Rivet exists to reset that priority.

At Rivet, you’ll join a mission-driven team that fuses disciplines to deliver decisive outcomes where they matter most. Whether shaping our technology, strengthening our partnerships, or building our culture, every role here contributes to equipping the front lines with the modern systems they deserve.

Work Authorization Requirement: Due to the nature of our business and compliance with federal regulations, all candidates must be a "U.S. Person". Upon hire, you will be required to provide documentation verifying your status as a U.S. Citizen, a lawful permanent resident, or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). Summary We’re seeking a Head of War to lead Rivet’s warfighting growth and implementation efforts across the U.S. Department of War and coalition partners. This leader will own growth across established programs—including our Soldier Borne Mission Command program—and lead new capability initiatives spanning combat and all frontline use cases. The ideal candidate has deep operational expertise, exceptional business acumen, and is a proven leader who understands the warfighter firsthand. They will reliably forecast and drive growth, navigate acquisition processes and budgeting cycles, and ensure programs execute on time and meet the standard. They will build and lead the team, processes, systems, and business infrastructure required to scale our business and deliver critical capabilities to our warfighters.

## Responsibilities

- Own warfighting growth: Set and deliver annual growth targets across the U.S. Department of War and coalition partners by identifying, prioritizing, shaping, and winning high-value opportunities.
- Lead customer execution: As an advocate for the end-user, ensure established programs—including Soldier Borne Mission Command—meet their needs, and create strong references for future growth.
- Navigate the defense acquisition system: Develop and execute strategies aligned to acquisition processes, budgeting and appropriations cycles, requirements development, contracting pathways, and program milestones.
- Build the pipeline: Develop senior relationships across military, civilian, acquisition, and operational stakeholders; maintain a disciplined pipeline and reliably forecast bookings, probability, timing, and revenue.
- Build the organization: Hire, develop, and lead a high-performing growth and implementation team capable of scaling our business.
- Build the operating system: Establish the processes, systems, metrics, and BD infrastructure required to consistently identify, shape, pursue, close, and expand opportunities.

## Requirements

- 10+ years of experience in defense and national security, with significant experience selling, delivering, and operating with the U.S. Department of War and/or allied military organizations.
- Proven business development track record with direct responsibility for winning substantial government programs and delivering measurable growth.
- Deep expertise in defense acquisition: Strong understanding of acquisition processes, budgeting and appropriations cycles, requirements management, contracting pathways, and how programs move from need identification through procurement and execution.
- Exceptional operator: Able to turn strategy into execution, manage complex programs, anticipate risks, and consistently deliver against commitments.
- Strong customer and people leader: Credibility with senior military, civilian, acquisition, and operational stakeholders, combined with a demonstrated ability to recruit, develop, and lead high-performing teams.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Veteran of the U.S. military, ideally the U.S. Army, with meaningful operational experience and firsthand understanding of warfighter needs and military organizations.
- Experience leading DoW programs operating in all domains.
- Prior experience at a high-growth defense technology company, particularly in a role spanning business development and program execution.

## About Arsenal Pulse

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Arsenal Pulse is a boutique recruiting and talent advisory firm that helps venture-backed defense, aerospace, manufacturing, gov-tech, and energy companies hire top-tier talent.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; early stage)
- **Headquarters**: United States (specific city not publicly listed)
- **Founded**: Not publicly disclosed; founded in the past several years
- **Founders**: Mike Moriarty (CEO & Co-Founder), Geo Saba (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Staffing and Recruiting (specialist in defense, aerospace, manufacturing, gov-tech, energy)
- Target customers: VC-backed seed to Series C companies building in defense, aerospace, energy, and national security sectors; also pre-seed and later-stage select clients; mission-driven organizations.
- Mission: To place outlier talent in roles that strengthen the nation’s future, with a focus on quality over volume.

## Products & Services
- **Contingent Search**: Pay-for-performance model for urgent hires (4 or fewer, or 5+ searches). High-touch sourcing.
- **Executive Search**: Retained, discreet process to secure senior leaders (C-suite, VP) with rigorous vetting and compensation benchmarking.
- **Fractional Head of Talent**: Part-time senior talent leader to build recruiting infrastructure and strategy without a full-time hire.
- **Strategic Advisory**: Pre-agreed hours per week of coaching for CEOs or in-house recruiters, focused on hiring strategy/org design.
- **Board Search**: Recruiting board members with governance and mission alignment; access to a proprietary network of 250+ former senior government officials across defense, aerospace, energy, transportation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private, bootstrapped).
- **Key Metric**: 26 employees as of latest data. Annual revenue not disclosed.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not applicable (no external funding disclosed). Partners include mission-driven defense/tech startups (e.g., Anduril Industries, Nominal, Meta, Coinbase, others as former employers of team members).
- **Growth Signals**: +4.3% monthly employee growth; 2,827 monthly website visits (+63.6% monthly traffic growth); global rank #4,934,854 (small but growing). Reports a time-to-fill under 35 days.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Specialized boutique model**: Takes on fewer searches per client to ensure deep focus and high-quality placements, contrasting with high-volume agencies.
- **Mission alignment**: Recruits exclusively for companies building “technologies and defenses that strengthen our nation,” creating a strong brand and candidate pull in defense/national security.
- **Proprietary network**: 250+ former senior government officials for board searches; deep relationships in defense, aerospace, energy.
- **Data-driven process**: Tracks time-to-fill by client and role; uses AI tools for sourcing efficiency.
- **Fractional and advisory offerings**: Provides strategic HR leadership that goes beyond placement, helping companies scale effectively.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale its team of recruiters and sourcers (actively hiring) to meet growing demand from VC-backed defense/gov-tech startups.
- Continue to deepen specialization in defense, aerospace, manufacturing, gov-tech, and energy sectors.
- Build long-term partnerships with seed-to-Series C companies at critical hiring inflection points.
- Expand advisory and fractional services to support org design and talent strategy.

## Why Work Here
- **Boutique, mission-driven culture**: Small team (26 people) focused on high-impact work. Described as an “awkward family” with a close-knit, non-corporate vibe.
- **Growth and earning potential**: “Real opportunity to make real money” — not a churn-and-burn agency; hires recruiters and sourcers to scale.
- **Flexibility**: Likely remote/hybrid (not explicitly stated; typical for boutique recruiting firms).
- **Ownership and variety**: Recruiters own searches end-to-end and work with a diverse set of cutting-edge defense/tech companies.
- **Company culture**: Emphasizes quality, teamwork, and purpose over metrics. Team members have backgrounds at Anduril, Meta, Coinbase, and other top tech firms.

## Sources
1. [arsenalpulse.com](https://www.arsenalpulse.com/)
2. [arsenalpulse.com/offering](https://www.arsenalpulse.com/offering)
3. [arsenalpulse.com/about-us](https://www.arsenalpulse.com/about-us)
4. [linkedin.com/company/arsenal-pulse](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arsenal-pulse)
5. [linkedin.com/posts/arsenal-pulse](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arsenal-pulse_americas-reindustrialization-boom-needs-activity-7416302673404026880-SqD_)

## Other roles at Arsenal Pulse

- [Archetype - Forward Deployed Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/archetype-forward-deployed-engineer-arsenal-pulse-san-francisco-fef2mwp4154x) — San Francisco, CA