Maritime Operations Planner

Fathom Robotics • Leesdale, CA

2d • $188,000 - $218,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Fathom Robotics is hiring a Maritime Operations Planner to plan and coordinate multiple complex maritime operations supporting ongoing government and commercial defense programs. The work spans research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) timelines, logistics, manned and unmanned systems operations, and payload integrations. The planner connects engineering, logistics, field teams, and the government customer, ensuring all groups work from a shared plan and status.

The role is based on site at Naval Base Ventura County / Point Mugu Sea Range in Point Mugu, California, with regular travel for planning conferences, rehearsals, and operations. Schedules may shift with weather, range availability, and customer priorities; some events involve time on vessels. Periods before rehearsals and during execution windows require extended hours, including early mornings and occasional weekends.

Applicants must be U.S. persons, pass a background check, and be eligible and willing to start the SECRET clearance process after hire; an active clearance is not required at hire. Compensation is $188,000–$218,000 per year, commensurate with experience. Fathom Robotics offers an ICHRA health reimbursement arrangement with eligible employees receiving up to $750 per month toward an individual health plan or other eligible medical expenses, and a 401(k) plan.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in programmatic or technical support of RDT&E of complex systems, including planning operations with multiple dependencies and organizations.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience managing several operations or programs at once with shared resources.
• Demonstrated experience building a schedule backward from a fixed execution date.
• Experience running or supporting recurring synchronization meetings and update briefs.
• Experience coordinating logistics and equipment staging across multiple parties.
• Strong cross-organizational coordination skills, including driving action across teams not directly managed.
• Organized, resourceful, and self-directed, able to work with minimal oversight.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• U.S. Person status required.
• Must be able to pass a background check and be eligible and willing to start the SECRET clearance process after hire; an active clearance is not required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Experience planning complex maritime military operations, such as MEU Logistics Officer, Future Operations/Plans, or a similar staff planning role.
• Field operations experience with manned and uncrewed or autonomous maritime systems.
• Experience with RDT&E test planning, payload integration, or technical rehearsal planning.
• Experience coordinating with DoD test ranges.
• Familiarity with IDIQ contracts and task order execution.
• Completion of a military planning course, such as JPME or the Maritime Operational Planners Course.
• PMP or similar project/program management credential.
• Maritime or naval logistics experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the backward-planning schedule for each operation, sequencing rehearsals, logistics, equipment arrival, payload integration, and testing from the execution date.
• Build and maintain RDT&E test and event timelines, and deconflict range time, vessels, personnel, and equipment across concurrent efforts.
• Plan manned and unmanned systems operations, including crewing, platform availability, launch and recovery, and range scheduling.
• Coordinate equipment, logistics, payload integration, and integration testing timelines across engineering, operations, and test teams, including staging, transport, and arrival of government- and contractor-furnished equipment.
• Serve as the planning point of contact across the government customer, subcontractors, and test range staff.
• Plan and execute rehearsals, including scheduling and role assignment, and lead after-action reviews that inform the next plan.
• Turn customer and leadership direction into specific tasking with a named owner and due date.
• Run the operational battle rhythm, including daily synchronization meetings and execution briefs, and maintain an action-item tracker with named owners to drive open items to closure.
• Support operational risk assessments, range safety coordination, and contingency planning for each operation.
• Produce and brief planning products, including schedules, timelines, orders, and status updates, to leadership and government stakeholders.

Benefits

• Flexible ICHRA (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement); eligible employees receive up to $750 per month toward an individual health plan, with unused funds available for other eligible medical expenses.
• 401(k) plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior