Director of IT

ABOUT HEAVISIDE INDUSTRIES

Heaviside Industries builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied special operations and conventional forces. While modern warfare has rapidly evolved with the proliferation of unmanned systems, hyper-precise munitions in contested environments are the future of the battlefield. Economical precision strike capabilities are critical to U.S. and allied war efforts, enabling successful defeat of enemy military assets and infrastructure. Heaviside builds precision munitions designed to operate in GPS-denied and spectrum-jammed battlefields—where traditional systems degrade or fail—without inflated prices or sacrifice to performance.

All engineering and manufacturing is conducted in-house in Heaviside’s Los Angeles, CA headquarters and Oslo, Norway office.

Heaviside is backed by Interlagos, Menlo Ventures, Flume Ventures, Cantos, Anorak Ventures, and Ravelin Ventures.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build and lead the IT team, including hiring, mentoring, and managing IT support staff as the company scales.

• Architect, operate, and harden secure enterprise networks (firewalls, segmentation, VPN, wireless) appropriate for an export-controlled defense manufacturer, spanning office, lab, and manufacturing environments.

• Drive compliance with NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC requirements for handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), including gap assessments, SSP/POA&M ownership, and audit readiness, in partnership with Security and Legal.

• Administer the Microsoft 365 / Entra ID environment: identity and access management, conditional access, licensing, and account lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding.

• Own mobile device management end to end—enrollment, configuration, patching, and compliance—keeping every endpoint secure across both sites.

• Plan and execute IT infrastructure for facility buildouts, manufacturing floor systems, lab and test networks, and conference/AV environments.

• Establish and maintain IT policies, disaster recovery and backup strategy, and incident response procedures.

• Manage IT vendors, contracts, procurement, budget, and hardware/software asset lifecycle.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 8+ years of progressive IT experience, including 3+ years leading an IT function or team.

• Deep expertise with Microsoft 365, Entra ID / Azure AD, and modern MDM platforms (Intune, Jamf, or similar).

• Hands-on experience designing and operating enterprise networking—firewalls, VLANs, VPN, and wireless (Meraki, Cisco, Palo Alto, or similar).

• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, and CUI handling requirements in a defense, aerospace, or other export-controlled environment.

• Experience supporting engineering and manufacturing environments, including CAD/EDA workstations, lab equipment, and shop-floor systems.

• A builder's mentality: comfortable being hands-on-keyboard today while designing the systems, policies, and team the company will need at 200+ people.

• Excellent communication skills and the judgment to balance security, compliance, and engineering velocity.

• [BONUS] CISSP, CISM, Security+, or similar security certification.

• [BONUS] Experience achieving CMMC Level 2 certification or passing a DIBCAC / NIST 800-171 assessment.

• [BONUS] Experience with classified information systems or facility clearance (FCL) environments.

• [BONUS] Scripting and automation experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python).

• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62).

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

(https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987).

Heaviside is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Heaviside is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical disability or any other legally protected status.