Join a team where engineers and scientists work on technologies that actually matter—radiation diagnostics, survivability systems, advanced materials, RF hardware, micro/nano devices, and next-generation test architectures. At Pelican Defense, your work doesn’t disappear into a slide deck. It becomes real hardware, real missions, and real impact.
We hire people who love solving hard problems, experimenting with new ideas, and building products that push the boundary of what’s possible in defense microelectronics and advanced materials.
Why Work Here
Real Technical Ownership
We’re not a contracting mill. Engineers at Pelican Defense design, prototype, test, and field their own ideas. If you want to build things that get used—not just studied—you’ll fit right in.
Spin-Out & Innovation Pathways
Our company structure allows employees to participate in technology spin-outs and early-stage product ventures. If you have entrepreneurial instincts, this is a place where they’re supported, not stifled.
Diverse, Challenging Assignments
Radiation effects, RF systems, MEMS, nanomaterials, coatings, embedded diagnostics—no two projects look the same. You’ll work across disciplines and see the full lifecycle from concept to delivered capability.
Competitive Benefits & Compensation
We offer full benefits, competitive salaries, flexible work options, and a culture built around professionalism, trust, and technical excellence.
A Mission That Matters
Based in rural North Louisiana, we’re building high-tech capability in a region that deserves—and needs—opportunity. When you work here, you contribute to national security and to community development.
Equal Opportunity
Pelican Defense Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.
Contact: chester.wilson@pelicandefense.com