Vannevar Labs
Mission Strategist - San Diego (Clearance Required)
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
About the job
Embed with Navy users in San Diego to identify mission problems, configure and test AI-enabled workflows, and deliver funded prototypes on classified networks.
What you'll do
- Discover and test operational problem hypotheses with users; configure and validate prompts, agent workflows, databases, reports, and dashboards.
- Lead funded prototypes from discovery through demos, coordinating sprint plans, dependencies, and customer updates.
- Test releases on classified networks and provide engineering feedback; help scope follow-on work with Mission Leads and business development.
What they ask for
- Active Secret clearance at minimum and U.S. Persons status.
- Based in San Diego or willing to relocate; in-person work is required.
- Experience using technology to solve hard operational problems through product building or fielding new military technology.
- Hands-on technical ability, strong problem-scoping and hypothesis generation, ownership, and clear writing.
Nice to have
- TS/SCI clearance.
- Navy experience, watch-floor or operations-center experience, or experience with LLM-based tools or light scripting.
Tools
AI, agent workflows, prompts, databases, reports, dashboards, LLM-based tools
AI focus
Configure and validate agentic AI workflows and prompts for operational tasks on a classified platform.
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