The Future Is Plural. Build the best outcome.
North Star Labs is a research-grade team working on problems most of the industry has decided are impossible. Origins in research at MIT and Carnegie Mellon; mission at the intersection of frontier technology and national security.
The Mission
Deterministic ground truth for every network — IT, OT, and space. A category problem that has never been solved. The work is technically ambitious and operationally consequential at national scale.
The Team
Alumni from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University CyLab, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. Engineers who have built and deployed systems at national scale.
The Environment
We support publication of unclassified research. Clearance sponsorship available. Remote-friendly with hybrid expectations. All roles require U.S. citizenship.
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Embedded Engineer
QA Engineer
Forward Deployed Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
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We're always interested in exceptional talent. If you have a strong background in offensive security, signals intelligence, or advanced R&D, reach out.
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