Aurelius Systems
Lead, Forward Deployed Engineer
We captured this posting once, on 2026-06-16, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.
- Employer
- Aurelius Systems
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience asked for
- 3+ years
- Pay band
- Not disclosed
When we saw it
- Posted 2026-05-31 — the date the employer published it
- Archived 2026-06-16 — when we saved this copy
Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.
Skills the posting named
From the posting
Who We Are: Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones. We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system. Our namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. That's how we operate — small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable. In addition to our San Francisco lab, we’ve opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range. …
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