Careers

Build the systems that defend the mission.

Telesis is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business advancing missile defense, systems engineering, AI, and aerospace design — on our own programs and in support of our partners. Most roles require U.S. citizenship and an active security clearance. Select a role to see full details.

Why Telesis?

At Telesis, you won't be a badge number buried ten layers deep on someone else's contract. We're a service-disabled veteran-owned small business doing serious work at the center of national defense — missile defense engineering, next-generation command and control, and the integration challenges that legacy primes move too slowly to solve. Our people work directly with customers who know their names, on problems that actually matter, with leadership that's still in the technical fight rather than managing from a distance.

We also believe the people who grow the business should share in that growth. If you bring in work — a new customer, a new contract, a capability that opens doors — you're rewarded for it directly. Every Telesis employee is empowered to build their own business within ours: develop the relationships, shape the offering, win the work, and see the upside land in your pocket instead of disappearing into someone else's overhead.

And beyond the money, there's the career itself. We'll help you shape your career — not force it into a template. Want to stay deeply technical for the next twenty years? Great. Want to grow into leading people and programs? Also great. Being part of a small company means you can see and touch every part of the business — proposals, customer relationships, hiring, strategy — the kind of access you'd wait a decade for at a big prime, if it ever came at all. You won't just have a job here; you'll have a hand in building the company around you.

Small team, high trust, no bureaucracy. If you want real responsibility, cleared work that challenges you, and a stake in what you help create, we should talk.

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