Account Executive, Defense

Posted 15 Days Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
200K-350K Annually
Mid level
Robotics • Database
Visualize, debug, and manage multimodal data in one purpose-built platform for robotics and embodied AI development.
The Role
As an Account Executive for the Defense sector, you will engage with key organizations to expand Foxglove's presence, drive sales, and ensure solutions meet customer needs.
Summary Generated by Built In

Robotics will have a massive positive impact on the world economy and global human productivity over the coming decade. At Foxglove, we're excited for this future, and we're building powerful open source and commercial tools to accelerate it.

We're an experienced team of independent thinkers, with a passion for creating high quality products. We're looking for self-motivated and fast-learning individuals to join our mission.

About the role

At Foxglove, we’re on a mission to empower the next wave of robotics innovation by providing developers with cutting-edge tools to build, test, and deploy advanced robotic systems. The defense technology sector presents a critical opportunity for Foxglove to support organizations in scaling autonomous systems, optimizing mission-critical data workflows, and tackling complex technical challenges.

As one of the early members of our sales team, you’ll play a pivotal role in expanding Foxglove’s presence in the defense sector by engaging with key organizations, navigating the full sales process, and positioning our platform as an essential tool for their success. You’ll partner closely with our CEO and Sales Engineers to ensure our solutions meet the unique demands of defense-focused customers while driving meaningful growth for the company.

This is a unique chance to join Foxglove at an early stage and make a lasting impact in the defense technology space as robotics continue to shape the future.

Location

We're a small, fully remote company with team members across five countries, including the U.S. and Australia. We prioritize connection through daily syncs to collaborate and share progress.

For this position, we're looking for someone located in Southern California or Washington D.C.

What we’re looking for
  • 3+ years experience in Account Executive or similar role in the Defense Technology industry

  • Track record of exceeding quota selling bespoke, complex enterprise deals

  • Technical background and/or experience selling highly technical products

  • Experience and credibility in the defense tech community

  • Experience responding to technical RFP/RFIs

  • Excellent written & verbal communication skills

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

  • Available to travel up to 50% of the time

  • U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident

Bonus points
  • Experience with robotics and/or autonomous vehicles

  • CS or AI background/experience

What We Offer
  • $300 monthly budget towards commuter benefits or building your personal workspace (remote only)

  • Competitive equity grant in a Series A company

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Term Life insurance coverage at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents

  • 401k matching up to 4%

  • 4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break

  • All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year

Top Skills

AI
Autonomous Vehicles
Defense Technology
Robotics
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
24 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

At Foxglove, we’re building powerful tools to accelerate robotics development. We believe that robotics will have a massive impact on our daily lives and the world economy over the coming decade, and that better quality software tooling will significantly accelerate this trend. Our team’s years of experience working in the robotics and self-driving industries means we are uniquely positioned to bring the advanced tools built in-house at larger companies to the increasing number of startups in this space, across a wide range of verticals.

Our first product, Foxglove Studio, is an open source visualization and diagnosis platform, specifically designed for working with robotics and sensor data. It allows you to easily inspect sensor inputs such as images, point clouds, and time series data, via a highly customizable 2D & 3D environment.

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