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We build AI/ML tools that help the Department of War (DoW) find threats, help researchers find new treatments, and help industry keep machinery safe. Our engineers take hard problems out of the lab and into systems that actually get used.\nAbout this position\nCoVar develops technology under DARPA and DoW research programs that has value well beyond the original contract. Some of it is ready to become a product. We are hiring a General Manager to build a business around one of these technologies.\nYou will develop a new line of business, from first customer conversations through initial sales, revenue, and ultimately product P&L. The product is software built under a DARPA program to test and evaluate autonomous and AI-enabled systems, a market where Government test organizations, primes, and commercial developers all face the same problem: proving that AI-enabled systems behave as intended.\nYou will talk to buyers in the DoW test community, at defense primes, and in commercial robotics and AI assurance. You will turn what you learn into a value proposition backed by real numbers. You will also build the go-to-market and financing plans, and take them to customers and investors. 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You know how the DoW buys and tests technology, and how a product moves from a research program to a program of record. You communicate easily with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, from engineers and test directors to program managers and investors. 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