Jobs at Saronic

Owns standard costing, inventory valuation, cost accounting close, variance analysis, and ERP data integrity in a manufacturing environment. Partners with finance, supply chain, production, engineering, and inventory teams to improve costing processes, implement controls, automate workflows, support audits, and provide manufacturing cost analysis for leadership decisions.

Own budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, monthly reviews, variance analysis, and management reporting for operational teams. Partner with leaders to evaluate staffing, spending, utilization, capacity, and resource tradeoffs. Maintain headcount and labor forecasts, reconcile cost allocations, improve planning processes, and translate operational activity into financial recommendations and decisions.

Lead strategic growth and capture efforts for U.S. government programs outside the Department of War, particularly DHS and maritime agencies. Shape and secure major Programs of Record, build growth teams, develop acquisition strategies, partner on proposals and contracts, advise executives, and ensure compliance with ITAR, cybersecurity, and MIL-STD requirements. The role requires deep DHS, maritime, acquisition, congressional, and rapid-acquisition expertise, plus a current TS/SCI clearance.

Designs, builds, validates, and maintains manufacturing and assembly tooling for autonomous maritime products. Collaborates with design and manufacturing engineering, evaluates mechanical designs, creates GD&T drawings, performs hand calculations and finite element analysis, and develops tooling validation plans. The role supports the complete engineering lifecycle from concept through full-rate production while meeting company quality standards.

Build, integrate, validate, troubleshoot, and deploy prototype mechanical and electrical systems for autonomous surface vessels. The role includes fabrication, wiring harness construction, testing, root cause investigations, documentation, lab and shop organization, design-for-serviceability feedback, and field support during dockside, sea trials, and deployments. Travel is typically 50–70%, with frequent work in marine environments and collaboration across engineering, field, mission support, and technical writing teams.

Support and enhance manufacturing systems including MES, ERP, MRP, and PLM. Translate manufacturing processes into system workflows, maintain dashboards and KPIs, analyze production data, ensure traceability, support integrations and automation, troubleshoot system issues, and partner with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, IT, and software teams on continuous improvement, new product introduction, and production scaling.

Own shipyard project scope, schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, vendors, and contractors from kickoff through handover. Coordinate engineering, construction, and functional teams; maintain progress and action tracking; identify and escalate risks; ensure safety and quality standards; and communicate clear status updates to leadership. The role requires delivering complex projects on time and within budget in a fast-paced, potentially on-site and travel-oriented environment.

Supports the company’s compliance program by coordinating cross-functional requests, implementing workflows and tracking systems, assisting with investigations, and translating regulatory requirements into practical guidance. The role collaborates with Legal, Engineering, Security, Supply Chain, Production, Mission Operations, People, and Finance. It also supports compliance tooling and processes related to export controls, spectrum authorization, ethics, anti-bribery, international compliance, and internal investigations.

Leads manufacturing finance, including budgeting, forecasting, product costing, overhead rates, variance analysis, COGS, inventory valuation, and margin reporting. Partners with Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Accounting on financial models, investment decisions, and operational insights. Builds and develops a finance team while improving costing, reporting, planning processes, and tools in a high-growth manufacturing environment.

Administer and secure classified servers, workstations, networks, virtualized systems, and appliances across SIPR, JWICS, SAP, and laboratory environments. Responsibilities include system hardening, STIG remediation, patching, account administration, logging, incident support, RMF evidence production, COMSEC and TACLANE support, documentation, inventory management, and inspection readiness. The role requires independent work in SCIFs and field sites, collaboration with network and security personnel, and 30–40% travel to sites, shipyards, and integration events.

Designs, operates, and sustains classified LAN/WAN infrastructure, firewalls, TACLANE encryptors, CDS, and network/crypto paths. Integrates government payloads while preserving accredited architectures, produces ATO and RMF evidence, applies STIGs, supports classified circuit turn-up, and performs Tier 2/3 troubleshooting. The role requires hands-on classified network engineering, COMSEC coordination, red/black separation, equipment installation, and frequent travel to facilities, shipyards, labs, and deployed integration sites.

Sources and engages specialized engineering talent across autonomy, robotics, AI/ML, hardware, electrical, embedded, and systems engineering. Develops creative sourcing strategies, builds long-term pipelines, conducts initial technical and eligibility screens, partners with recruiters and engineering leaders, tracks sourcing metrics, maintains ATS records, and supports a strong candidate experience in a fast-paced defense technology environment.

Own the full P&L, forecasting, planning, program economics, cost baselines, EAC reviews, earned value, capital planning, and working capital for shipbuilding defense products. Advise leadership on investments, bids, capacity, and program performance. Build finance processes, reporting, controls, and operating cadences from scratch while hiring and leading a product finance team. Apply defense contracting, manufacturing finance, and long-cycle hardware program finance expertise.

Leads supply chain finance and the monthly S&OP process, translating demand and supply plans into financial forecasts for revenue, costs, inventory, cash, and working capital. Owns raw material standard costing, variance analysis, material cost forecasting, sourcing decisions, and financial models. Partners with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Accounting, and executives while improving planning systems and processes. The role will build and lead a team of finance professionals as the function scales.

Leads quality engineering for autonomous surface vessel construction, integration, testing, and acceptance. Develops inspection strategies, quality processes, and compliance documentation; oversees hull fabrication, welding, mechanical and electrical integration, and sea trials. Investigates nonconformances, drives CAPA and continuous improvement, manages quality risks, supports suppliers and external inspections, and mentors quality personnel. Ensures vessels meet maritime, naval, regulatory, customer, safety, reliability, and performance requirements.

Designs, integrates, and qualifies ruggedized optomechanical assemblies for cameras and imaging sensors on autonomous maritime vessels. Responsibilities include lens mounts, enclosures, gimbals, thermal control, tolerance analysis, COTS component integration, environmental testing, prototyping, documentation, and on-water validation. The role requires collaboration with hardware, perception, and autonomy teams to ensure reliable performance under marine vibration, shock, temperature, and sealing constraints.

Coordinates complex Mission Operations programs across operations, sustainment, training, and R&D. Tracks milestones, schedules, deliverables, decisions, dashboards, and program health; supports leadership reviews, meetings, logistics, calendars, documentation, expenses, onboarding, and stakeholder communication. Partners with engineering, testing, and mission teams to remove blockers, improve processes, and maintain operational readiness. The role requires U.S. and international travel and eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance.

Own and advance software verification for autonomous maritime vessels. Build unified testing infrastructure spanning Rust tests, VM integration, HITL stations, simulation, replay, fuzzing, fault injection, and CI orchestration. Develop reusable testing frameworks, investigate failures, improve reliability, and collaborate with autonomy, controls, networking, hardware, and infrastructure teams. The role requires strong systems engineering, debugging, and cross-functional collaboration, with occasional travel to operational test sites.

Manages shipboard combat system equipment tracking, configuration, installation, software delivery, integration, stage testing, Combat System Light-Off, qualification trials, and deficiency closure. Coordinates Saronic, shipbuilder, engineering agent, government, and vendor stakeholders to maintain readiness, schedule, safety, and configuration alignment through post-delivery shipyard activities and system turnover.

Provides on-site People Operations support for shipyard production employees, serving as the first contact for HR questions, attendance, benefits, and policies. Supports onboarding and offboarding, maintains confidential employee records, manages attendance documentation, coordinates PPE and uniforms, troubleshoots basic systems, and prepares HR reports. This entry-level role requires strong communication, attention to detail, confidentiality, and willingness to follow established procedures while escalating sensitive matters appropriately.