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Epirus
An opportunity for test and integration people who want to help turn military evaluation into broader adoption.
By Luis Avila · Reviewed
The company
Epirus develops high-power microwave counter-drone systems. CEO Andy Lowery's background includes electronic-warfare engineering at Raytheon and Navy service. Leadership
What deserves attention
Its August 10, 2026, $11 million HAVOC award includes a system, testing, training, and support. In a same-month interview, Lowery described wider Marine Corps adoption as something the company hoped would follow testing. He also described available production capacity. Capacity and committed orders are different signals. Award · CEO interview
The recruiting read
Our read: the consequential work includes proving the system in customer conditions and making it supportable. Current product-test and field-logistics openings fit that need, although neither posting establishes a HAVOC assignment.
Candidates with acceptance testing, systems integration, or military sustainment experience should explain how they turned field problems into repeatable fixes. That is a clearer contribution than enthusiasm for counter-drone technology.
Before you commit
Ask whether your role is budgeted against awarded deliverables or anticipated follow-on demand, what acceptance milestones remain, and who owns the path to the next order. A funded evaluation can be a worthwhile career bet; it offers different certainty from a committed production program.