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About Wild West Systems

Wild West Systems is a defense technology startup redefining autonomous edge defense through modular, AI-powered weapon systems-designed, built, and launched in the USA. We're arming the future warfighter with precision, affordability, and swagger. If you're ready to embrace the grit and chaos of cutting-edge defense innovation, welcome to the frontier.

Why This Role Matters

As our Energetics SME, you'll be driving development, testing, integration and productization of rocket solid propellants, destructive devices, warheads, fuses, ignition device, and related components. You'll also own the certification and qualification requirements as needed to comply with related regulations, MIL-SPECs, and so on. There's no "that's not my job" here-only "let's get it done." Your work directly arms the warfighter, and that's a responsibility we don't take lightly.

Responsibilities

• Materials and process: Work with Propulsion Engineering team to develop solid propellant recipes, processing procedures, documentation, productization and automation for efficiency and scale.
• Energetics: Develop incendiary and explosive payloads for various delivery devices and intended impact, with varying levels of lethality.
• Compliance : Understand the regulatory landscape and guide engineering team to ensure products meet all necessary criteria and pass any require certification and qualifications.
• DFM & Engineering Collaboration: Provide feedback to improve manufacturability and support engineers in rapid design iterations.
• Procurement: Identify, source, and purchase materials to keep the production engine running.
• Testing Support: Assist with live-fire test setups and operations at our Texas proving grounds.
• Ownership & Rapid Adaptation: Jump into whatever needs doing-day-to-day can look different by hour.
• Documentation & Continuous Improvement: Catalog key processes, promote safety, and drive improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience with solid rocket propellants development, characterization, and mass production.
• Hands-on experience with full cycle development of energetic devices from concept, through testing, qualification, and mass production.
• Deep familiarity with regulatory landscape around producing, handling, and commercializing energetic devices .
• Problem-solving mindset; comfort working independently in high-stakes environments.
• U.S. citizenship or ITAR-compliant status (green card, refugee/asylee, or eligible for required export authorization).
• Thirst for ownership, bias for action, and ability to roll with fast-moving priorities.
• Fierce American pride and dedication to the mission.

Preferred Experience

• Track record in startup environments or small-team, high-impact roles .

What You'll Find at Wild West Systems

• A high-velocity, mission-driven culture that thrives on grit, ingenuity, and disruption.
• The chance to architect-literally build-the future of autonomous drone defense.
• Clear impact: your work goes from bench to battlefield, quickly.
• A tight-knit team that's rewriting the rules of engagement for a new era in warfare.

We are seeking a Sustaining and R&D Engineer (Engineer III) with approximately 8 years of experience to support both sustaining engineering and new product development (NPD) initiatives. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, hands-on mechanical engineer with strong communication skills and a background in SolidWorks modeling and test fixture development. This engineer will be part of a high-energy, fast-paced culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Sustaining Engineering:

• Provide mechanical expertise to support CAPA and design change activities
• Create solutions for design changes to address performance and end-of-life activities
• Design and assemble test fixtures (simple to mid-level complexity).
• Perform design verification testing and complete documentation for CAPAs and design changes.
• Author Design Verification protocols and reports related to design changes.

New Product Development (NPD):

• Contribute to housing and closure design for capital equipment.
• Support compliance testing processes.

Required Skills & Experience:

• SolidWorks proficiency – essential for modeling and fixture design.
• Experience with test fixture development and testing.
• Exposure to electrical systems is a plus.
• Strong documentation and protocol ownership experience.
• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in mechanical engineering with exposure to electrical components.
• Experience in regulated environments (medical device or similar industries).
• Ability to adapt to changing onsite schedules and collaborate across teams.
• Familiarity with injection molding and thermoplastics.

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role:  R&D and Regulatory Intern 

As an R&D and Regulatory Intern, you will be executing a project that impacts Elanco’s regulatory, clinical development, or innovation processes. In this role you will directly enable Elanco to deliver products to our customers in ways such as identifying regulatory pathways to approval, improving internal data management systems, evaluating the competitive landscape, or assessing clinical efficacy models.   

Your Responsibilities:   

• Managing regular check-ins and reporting/presenting work to your direct supervisor  

• Managing data in accordance with project deliverables 

• Providing recommendations on process improvements or competitive landscape  

• Working within cross-functional teams to implement project outcomes 

• Some roles may include hands-on animal experience 

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):  

• Education: Currently enrolled in a field such as animal science, veterinary medicine (pre-vet or DVM), chemistry, biology, biochemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical science, molecular biology or other related fields 

• Degree: This role is open to students pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, PhD, or professional degree (e.g., DVM, MBA, PharmD, etc.) 

• Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel experience 

• Highly self-motivated, demonstrated learning agility, and critical thinking  

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):  

• Experience working with statistical software or data management tools, proficient in Microsoft Excel 

• Innovation and ideation mindset 

• Hands-on experience with companion or farm animals and/or veterinary clinics 

• Ability to work exceptionally well independently and with minimal supervision 

• Have an interest in wanting to make a difference for pets, sustainability, veterinary medicine, or data-driven approaches 

• Strong communication, interpersonal skills, speaking, and presentation skills  

• Ability to make decisions within the context of uncertainty and ambiguity  

• Strong organizational and time management skills  

Additional Information:   

• Travel:  0%  

• Locations:  

• Global Elanco Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN - Hybrid Work Environment 

• Fort Dodge, IA – Hybrid Work Environment 

Our Internship Program  

Our internship program is designed to provide students with experiences! Internships are project based and comprised of business-critical needs. All interns have the opportunity to significantly impact Elanco’s success over the summer and kickstart a career that counts.  

• Internship Dates: May 18th – August 7th (12 Weeks) 

• Competitive salary: $20-$0/hour (dependent upon major and year in school) 

• Networking events 

• Assigned mentors  

• Professional development opportunities  

• Optional all-inclusive housing for $150 p r week or a 4000 housing stipend (ONLY for Sales and Kansas City/Elwood interns) 

• Full time roles or additional internships for interns with outstanding performance  

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status

Our client, a cutting-edge research institution at the forefront of Scientific Research & Development, is actively seeking a highly skilled Senior Computational Biologist to join their innovative and collaborative remote team. This position is ideal for a seasoned researcher passionate about leveraging large-scale biological data to drive discovery and advance our understanding of complex biological systems. The role will involve significant contributions to groundbreaking projects using advanced computational and statistical methodologies.

The Senior Computational Biologist will be responsible for designing and executing computational analyses of diverse biological datasets, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and epigenomics. You will develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines, build predictive models, and contribute to the interpretation of experimental results. Key responsibilities include collaborating closely with experimental biologists and other researchers, identifying novel biological insights, visualizing complex data, and communicating findings through presentations and publications in high-impact journals. You will also mentor junior scientists, stay abreast of the latest advancements in computational biology and bioinformatics tools, and contribute to the strategic direction of research initiatives.

The ideal candidate will possess a Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related quantitative field, with a minimum of 7 years of post-doctoral or industry research experience. A strong track record of peer-reviewed publications in reputable journals is required. Expertise in programming languages such as Python or R, experience with high-performance computing environments, and proficiency in various bioinformatics databases and tools are essential. Experience with machine learning techniques applied to biological data is highly desirable. Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are paramount for success in this research-focused, remote role. If you are a passionate and innovative scientist eager to make significant contributions to biological discovery through computational approaches, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities:

• Perform advanced computational analyses of large-scale biological data.
• Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines and algorithms.
• Identify and interpret novel biological insights from multi-omics data.
• Collaborate with experimental researchers on project design and data analysis.
• Build predictive models and statistical frameworks.
• Visualize complex biological datasets effectively.
• Communicate research findings through presentations and publications.
• Mentor junior computational biologists and bioinformaticians.
• Stay current with advancements in computational biology and bioinformatics.
• Contribute to the development of research strategies and proposals.

Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work. At Microsoft Research, you will join a global organization of over 1,000 scientists, engineers, and technical staff across the United States, United Kingdom, China, India, Canada, and the Netherlands. Together, we are transforming scientific research through cutting-edge technology, enabling discoveries that shape the future of AI.
As an **Research and Development (R&D) Service Engineer** in Orchestration Platforms, you will contribute directly to the design, deployment, and support of next-generation orchestration systems that power large-scale AI workloads. This area spans the full lifecycle, from an initial requirement to run a workload, to the ongoing maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of the orchestration platform itself. You will help provide unified architecture and a curated set of tools, so researchers always have the best possible platform for their specific computational needs.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
**Responsibilities**
+ You will develop andoperateorchestration platforms using Kubernetes and Volcano, ensuring seamless job submission, scheduling, and monitoring for large-scale AI workloads.
+ Contribute to service design by recommendingoptimalconfigurations with awareness of cost, security, resiliency, and scalability.
+ Refine cluster and scheduler configurations to improve availability, reliability, observability, and performance.
+ Collaborate closely with Edge, Networking, Reliability, and Automation teams to integrate orchestration with hybrid and distributed systems.
+ Take part in design reviews, share learnings, and help define measurable health and performance metrics for orchestration services.
+ Stayinformedof evolving orchestration technologies, adoptingnew solutionsand proactively seeking opportunities to improve.
+ Embody our culture ( and values ( .
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 2+ years of experience managing and supporting Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD) with an emphasis on uptime, availability, and proactive maintenance.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience with Kubernetes and Volcano or other advanced workload scheduling frameworks for large-scale Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) jobs.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience troubleshooting across hardware, software, networking, and system logs, with a proven ability to resolve complex issues.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud, GPU or distributed systems
+ OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ Proficiency with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) for tracking system health, performance, and service-level indicators.
+ Familiarity with CUDA programming, GPU optimization, or large-scale model training environments.
+ Experience designing or optimizing orchestration platforms for hybrid or distributed systems spanning edge and cloud.
+ Demonstrated ability to improve cost efficiency, reliability, and scalability of services through infrastructure or platform design.
+ Prior experience in log analysis, automation, and proactive issue detection to minimize downtime and maximize service health.
+ Ability to collaborate across distributed global teams, communicate effectively, and meet uptime and service-level objectives.
Service Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $99,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD 131,400 - 215,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: will accept applications for the role until October 12, 2025.
#Research
#MSRR
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work. At Microsoft Research, you will join a global organization of over 1,000 scientists, engineers, and technical staff across the United States, United Kingdom, China, India, Canada, and the Netherlands. Together, we are transforming scientific research through cutting-edge technology, enabling discoveries that shape the future of AI.
As an **Research and Development (R&D) Service Engineer** in Orchestration Platforms, you will contribute directly to the design, deployment, and support of next-generation orchestration systems that power large-scale AI workloads. This area spans the full lifecycle, from an initial requirement to run a workload, to the ongoing maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of the orchestration platform itself. You will help provide unified architecture and a curated set of tools, so researchers always have the best possible platform for their specific computational needs.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
**Responsibilities**
+ You will develop andoperateorchestration platforms using Kubernetes and Volcano, ensuring seamless job submission, scheduling, and monitoring for large-scale AI workloads.
+ Contribute to service design by recommendingoptimalconfigurations with awareness of cost, security, resiliency, and scalability.
+ Refine cluster and scheduler configurations to improve availability, reliability, observability, and performance.
+ Collaborate closely with Edge, Networking, Reliability, and Automation teams to integrate orchestration with hybrid and distributed systems.
+ Take part in design reviews, share learnings, and help define measurable health and performance metrics for orchestration services.
+ Stayinformedof evolving orchestration technologies, adoptingnew solutionsand proactively seeking opportunities to improve.
+ Embody our culture ( and values ( .
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 2+ years of experience managing and supporting Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD) with an emphasis on uptime, availability, and proactive maintenance.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience with Kubernetes and Volcano or other advanced workload scheduling frameworks for large-scale Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) jobs.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience troubleshooting across hardware, software, networking, and system logs, with a proven ability to resolve complex issues.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud, GPU or distributed systems
+ OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ Proficiency with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) for tracking system health, performance, and service-level indicators.
+ Familiarity with CUDA programming, GPU optimization, or large-scale model training environments.
+ Experience designing or optimizing orchestration platforms for hybrid or distributed systems spanning edge and cloud.
+ Demonstrated ability to improve cost efficiency, reliability, and scalability of services through infrastructure or platform design.
+ Prior experience in log analysis, automation, and proactive issue detection to minimize downtime and maximize service health.
+ Ability to collaborate across distributed global teams, communicate effectively, and meet uptime and service-level objectives.
Service Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $99,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD 131,400 - 215,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: will accept applications for the role until October 12, 2025.
#Research
#MSRR
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work. At Microsoft Research, you will join a global organization of over 1,000 scientists, engineers, and technical staff across the United States, United Kingdom, China, India, Canada, and the Netherlands. Together, we are transforming scientific research through cutting-edge technology, enabling discoveries that shape the future of AI.
As an **Research and Development (R&D) Service Engineer** in Orchestration Platforms, you will contribute directly to the design, deployment, and support of next-generation orchestration systems that power large-scale AI workloads. This area spans the full lifecycle, from an initial requirement to run a workload, to the ongoing maintenance, monitoring, and optimization of the orchestration platform itself. You will help provide unified architecture and a curated set of tools, so researchers always have the best possible platform for their specific computational needs.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
**Responsibilities**
+ You will develop andoperateorchestration platforms using Kubernetes and Volcano, ensuring seamless job submission, scheduling, and monitoring for large-scale AI workloads.
+ Contribute to service design by recommendingoptimalconfigurations with awareness of cost, security, resiliency, and scalability.
+ Refine cluster and scheduler configurations to improve availability, reliability, observability, and performance.
+ Collaborate closely with Edge, Networking, Reliability, and Automation teams to integrate orchestration with hybrid and distributed systems.
+ Take part in design reviews, share learnings, and help define measurable health and performance metrics for orchestration services.
+ Stayinformedof evolving orchestration technologies, adoptingnew solutionsand proactively seeking opportunities to improve.
+ Embody our culture ( and values ( .
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 2+ years of experience managing and supporting Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters (e.g., NVIDIA, AMD) with an emphasis on uptime, availability, and proactive maintenance.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience with Kubernetes and Volcano or other advanced workload scheduling frameworks for large-scale Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) jobs.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience troubleshooting across hardware, software, networking, and system logs, with a proven ability to resolve complex issues.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud, GPU or distributed systems
+ OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ Proficiency with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) for tracking system health, performance, and service-level indicators.
+ Familiarity with CUDA programming, GPU optimization, or large-scale model training environments.
+ Experience designing or optimizing orchestration platforms for hybrid or distributed systems spanning edge and cloud.
+ Demonstrated ability to improve cost efficiency, reliability, and scalability of services through infrastructure or platform design.
+ Prior experience in log analysis, automation, and proactive issue detection to minimize downtime and maximize service health.
+ Ability to collaborate across distributed global teams, communicate effectively, and meet uptime and service-level objectives.
Service Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $99,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD 131,400 - 215,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: will accept applications for the role until October 12, 2025.
#Research
#MSRR
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

**Description**
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It is Company's policy not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. The Company will endeavor to provide a reasonable accommodation consistent with the law to otherwise qualified employees and prospective employees with a disability and to employees and prospective employees with needs related to their religious observance or practices. Should you wish to apply for this position or any other position with the Company and you believe you require assistance to complete an application or participate in an interview, please contact