<p>Rainmaker provides water for farms, watersheds, and ecosystems, fortifying growth and stewarding the natural world. We are Making Earth Habitable.</p><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern precipitation enhancement system. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather resistant drones, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective water resource solution.</p>

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Rainmaker provides water for farms, watersheds, and ecosystems, fortifying growth and stewarding the natural world. We are Making Earth Habitable.

<div><div>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide. We develop and integrate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable seeding agents into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</div><div> </div><div>Rainmaker is building something that hasn't existed before. If you're the kind of person who gets energized by hard problems, new territory, and the opportunity to lead programs that have real impact on water resources, we want to hear from you.</div></div><div> </div><div>As Rainmaker's Logistics Director, you will own the build out of a logistics landscape that is evolving, with many processes, systems, and operating standards that still need to be defined. You will build programs and strategy that support Rainmaker's manufacturing, test facilities, and field operations teams and their goal of making water more abundant. </div><br><br><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><div><li>Lead logistics across headquarters, manufacturing, test facilities, and field operations, including transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and returns.</li><li>Plan and execute equipment deployment, site mobilization, resupply, and demobilization across operating regions.</li><li>Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Field Operations to ensure aircraft, spare parts, batteries, seeding materials, and support equipment are available ahead of mission requirements.</li><li>Establish regional storage locations, distribution routes, and contingency plans to support expansion and rapid deployment.</li><li>Manage inventory accuracy, serialized asset tracking, critical spares, and replenishment levels across all locations.</li><li>Select and manage carriers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics providers; negotiate contracts and hold partners accountable for cost and delivery performance.</li><li>Oversee receiving, storage, packaging, and shipping procedures to protect equipment and maintain material traceability.</li><li>Coordinate equipment recovery, repair shipments, and replacement deliveries to minimize operational downtime.</li><li>Implement logistics systems and processes that improve shipment visibility, inventory control, and coordination between teams.</li><li>Own the logistics budget and improve delivery reliability, deployment readiness, freight costs, and inventory utilization.</li><li>Ensure compliance with applicable transportation, hazardous materials, customs, and import/export requirements.</li><li>Hire, train, and lead the logistics team; resolve critical shortages and transportation issues supporting field operations.</li></div></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>6-10 years of progressively responsible experience in logistics, transportation, warehousing, inventory management, supply chain operations, or a related field. </li><li>Demonstrated experience building a logistics function, network, or major capability from an early or undefined stage into a disciplined, scalable operation. </li><li>Experience leading logistics in a fast-growing, operationally complex, or geographically distributed environment. </li><li>Strong record of creating processes and systems where limited infrastructure, incomplete information, or unclear ownership previously existed. </li><li>Willingness and ability to operate as a hands-on leader, moving comfortably between long-term strategy, process design, team leadership and direct operational problem solving. </li><li>Experience supporting time-sensitive deployments, field operations, manufacturing operations, or complex technical equipment. </li><li>Strong knowledge of domestic transportation, warehousing, inventory controls, serialized asset management, reverse logistics, and third-party logistics management.</li><li>Experience selecting and implementing inventory, warehouse, transportation, or shipment-tracking systems and negotiating with and managing carriers, freight forwarders, custom brokers, warehouses, and third-party logistics providers.</li><li>Working knowledge of hazardous-materials transportation, lithium-battery shipping, customs, and import/export requirements and developing programs with requirements in mind. </li><li>Experience developing budgets, operating metrics, service-level expectations, and continuous-improvement programs. </li><li>Strong analytical judgment and the ability to make sound decisions quickly when information is incomplete and operational timelines are compressed.</li><li>Experience hiring, developing and leading logistics or supply chain teams. </li><li>Willingness to travel and provide support outside standard business hours when deployments or critical operational issues require it. </li><li>Experience in aerospace, aviation, robotics, advanced manufacturing, defense, energy, agriculture, or another field involving complex techinical assets, hardware and distributed operatons preferred.</li></ul><br>

Logistics Director

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern precipitation enhancement cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, and numerical weather modeling to make water abundant.</p><p>As Rainmaker’s Director of Science Policy, you will own our engagement with the federal science enterprise, such as DOE, NOAA, NSF, and the research offices and national laboratories that fund atmospheric science in the United States. You will find the programs where our work and their priorities meet, build the proposals that win them, and own the Congressional and community relationships that make that work durable.</p><p>Rainmaker is building the best atmospheric science lab in the world. This role connects that ambition to the agencies funding the parallel research.</p><p>This position is based in Washington, DC.</p></div><br><br><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li><strong>Federal Science Agency Engagement:</strong> Own Rainmaker’s relationships across the federal research enterprise. Build durable relationships with program managers, division directors, and lab leadership, and understand where funding decisions actually get made.</li><li><strong>Research Funding &amp; Partnerships: </strong>Maintain a live pipeline of the federal funding opportunities that fit our capabilities, and partner with Rainmaker’s Research Team to build the proposals that win them. Build the collaborations with universities, national laboratories, and other research institutions that make us a credible partner on multi-institution awards.</li><li><strong>Science Policy &amp; Legislative Strategy:</strong> Maintain command of the statutory and budgetary landscape governing federal atmospheric research, including agency authorization vehicles, the appropriations accounts that fund research directorates, and the interagency coordination structures. Develop legislative proposals and appropriations language that expand the space for the research we want to do.</li><li><strong>Congressional Engagement:</strong> Own relationships with the House Science, Space, and Technology and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees, and with the Energy and Water and Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations subcommittees that fund DOE, NOAA, and NSF. Prepare briefing materials that make the case for atmospheric research investment in terms a non-technical staffer can carry.</li><li><strong>Scientific Community &amp; Coalition Building:</strong> Represent Rainmaker across the atmospheric science community. Identify the positive-sum opportunities where our research objectives and theirs align, and convert them into shared advocacy. Build the network of scientific validators who give Rainmaker standing in the field.</li><li><strong>Research Liaison:</strong> Serve as the interface between Rainmaker’s Research Team and the agencies that fund them. Translate our technical capabilities into terms a program manager can act on, and translate agency priorities, review feedback, and funding shifts into direction our researchers can plan around. Coordinate closely with Federal Affairs and the water, agricultural, and international functions so the verticals reinforce one another.</li><li><strong>Field Demonstrations &amp; Site Visits:</strong> Organize visits for agency program managers, lab leadership, Congressional staff, and academic collaborators.</li><li><strong>Grant Writing &amp; Proposal Leadership:</strong> Spearhead the development of compelling, scientifically rigorous proposals for major federal grant programs, driving Rainmaker’s grant strategy and securing transformative resources across government agencies.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li><p>5+ years in science policy, federal research administration, or government relations for a research-driven organization. Examples include time at DOE, NOAA, NSF, or another federal science agency, a national laboratory or university research office, a Congressional science or appropriations role, or the policy function of a comparable technology company.</p></li><li>Advanced degree in atmospheric science, physics, engineering, or a related field required with a preference to someone with a PhD. </li><li><p>Working knowledge of how federal research gets funded: how solicitations are written and reviewed, how merit review actually works, and where a proposal lives between submission and award.</p></li><li><p>Genuine scientific fluency. You should be able to read a paper in atmospheric science, follow the argument, ask a useful question about the methods, and represent our research accurately in a room where no one from the Research Team is present. </p></li><li><p>Track record of building and winning competitive federal research proposals, including familiarity with the mechanics of grants, cooperative agreements, subawards, and cost-share.</p></li><li><p>Command of the science policy landscape, especially the authorization and appropriations cycles that drive agency research budgets, the interagency coordination bodies, and the advisory committee processes that shape agency priorities.</p></li><li><p>Current relationships across the federal science agencies, the Congressional science committees, and the atmospheric or earth science research community.</p></li><li><p>Ability to operate as both a strategist and a hands-on operator in a fast-paced startup environment, comfortable building a function from the ground up.</p></li><li><p>Must be based in DC with willingness and ability to travel domestically for Hill engagement, agency and lab visits, scientific conferences, coalition work, and field site demonstrations.</p></li></ul><br>

Director of Science Policy

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern precipitation enhancement cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, and numerical weather modeling to make water abundant.</p><p>As Rainmaker’s Director of Agricultural Development, you will own our engagement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the agricultural community in Washington. You will build the programs, partnerships, and funding pathways that connect precipitation enhancement to the conservation and water supply needs of American producers, and you will own the Congressional relationships and coalition presence that make the work durable.</p><p>This position is based in Washington, DC.</p></div><br><br><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li><strong>USDA Engagement:</strong> Own Rainmaker’s relationship with USDA end to end, specifically NRCS at the national headquarters, regional, and local office levels, along with FSA, RMA, ARS, ERS, and NIFA. Build durable relationships with senior career and political leadership, and understand where decision authority actually sits between Washington and the states.</li><li><strong>Conservation Program Development:</strong> Identify and secure the USDA vehicles that can fund precipitation enhancement as a conservation practice. Own proposal development, submission, and follow-through, and pursue the longer-horizon work of establishing cloud seeding within USDA’s conservation practice architecture.</li><li><strong>Farm Bill &amp; Legislative Strategy:</strong> Own Rainmaker’s Farm Bill strategy. Track and shape the conservation and research titles, develop legislative proposals and appropriations language, and understand how authorization interacts with the annual Agriculture appropriations process. </li><li><strong>Congressional Engagement:</strong> Own relationships with the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, the Agriculture appropriations subcommittees, and the Western delegations whose districts our projects serve. Prepare member- and staff-level briefing materials that make the case for precipitation enhancement as agricultural water supply.</li><li><strong>State &amp; Federal Alignment:</strong> Work in close partnership with Rainmaker’s State Government Affairs team, who own our relationships with state water agencies, districts, and basin bodies. Understand what each state and basin is working toward, then find the federal authorities, funding, and relationships that advance it.</li><li><strong>Agricultural Coalition Building: </strong>Represent Rainmaker across Washington’s agricultural community. Identify positive-sum opportunities on water policy, and convert it into shared advocacy.</li><li><strong>Regional &amp; Producer-Facing Work:</strong> Build relationships with state conservationists, state technical committees, extension services, and producer groups in the regions where we operate. Translate what producers need into terms federal program managers can act on, and translate federal program mechanics into terms producers can use.</li><li><strong>Field Demonstrations &amp; Site Visits:</strong> Organize visits for USDA leadership, Congressional staff, state officials, and agricultural stakeholders, building first-hand understanding of what the technology does and where it fits in a working agricultural water system.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li><p>10+ years in agricultural policy, conservation policy, or agricultural government relations. Examples include time at USDA, a Congressional agriculture or agriculture appropriations role, a commodity or producer organization, a conservation NGO, or the government affairs function of a comparable company.</p></li><li><p>Thorough working knowledge of how USDA operates at both the national and state/regional level, including the relationship between headquarters policy and state office implementation.</p></li><li><p>In-depth command of USDA conservation and water programs, and how producers actually access them.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated command of the Farm Bill: how it is written, reauthorized, and funded, and how the conservation and research titles interact with annual appropriations.</p></li><li><p>Track record of developing programs and securing federal funding for them, including familiarity with the mechanics of federal grant, cooperative agreement, and cost-share processes.</p></li><li><p>Current relationships across USDA, the Congressional agriculture committees, and the Washington agricultural community.</p></li><li><p>Substantive understanding of western water policy and the agricultural water landscape.</p></li><li><p>Ability to operate as both a strategist and a hands-on operator in a fast-paced startup environment.</p></li><li><p>Direct agricultural or ranching background is a bonus.</p></li><li><p>Must be based in Washington, DC with willingness and ability to travel domestically for Hill engagement, agency meetings, state and regional office visits, coalition work, and project site demonstrations.</p></li></ul><br>

Director of Agricultural Development

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern precipitation enhancement cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, and numerical weather modeling to make water abundant.</p><p>As Rainmaker’s Director of Water Development, you will own our engagement with the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation. You will build the programs, partnerships, and funding pathways that put precipitation enhancement to work in the basins Reclamation manages, and you will own the Congressional relationships and coalition presence that make the work durable.</p><p>This position is based in Washington, DC.</p></div><br><br><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li><strong>Interior &amp; Reclamation Engagement:</strong> Own Rainmaker’s relationship with DOI and Reclamation end to end, including the Commissioner’s office, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, the policy and program offices, and Research and Development. Build durable relationships with senior career and political leadership, and know where decision authority sits between Washington and the regions. </li><li><strong>Program Development &amp; Funding:</strong> Identify and secure the Reclamation authorities and funding vehicles that can support precipitation enhancement, such as WaterSMART and its component programs, drought response and resiliency authorities, Science and Technology and R&amp;D funding, basin-specific and system conservation programs, cooperative agreements, and the standing weather modification authorities. Own proposal development, submission, and follow-through.</li><li><strong>Authorities &amp; Legislative Strategy:</strong> Maintain command of the statutory landscape governing Reclamation, develop legislative proposals and appropriations language, and pursue new authorities where existing ones do not reach.</li><li><strong>Congressional Engagement:</strong> Own relationships with the House Natural Resources and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committees, the Energy and Water appropriations subcommittees, and the Western delegations whose states and districts our projects serve. Prepare member- and staff-level briefing materials that make the case for precipitation enhancement as federal water supply infrastructure.</li><li><strong>State &amp; Federal Alignment:</strong> Work in close partnership with Rainmaker’s State Government Affairs team, who own our relationships with state water agencies, districts, and basin bodies. Understand what each state and basin is working toward, then find the federal authorities, funding, and relationships that advance it.</li><li><strong>Reclamation Regional Engagement:</strong> Build direct relationships with Reclamation’s regional and area offices, where projects are administered and where much of the practical decision-making on federal water operations happens. </li><li><strong>Coalition &amp; Community Building:</strong> Represent Rainmaker across the Washington water community. Identify the positive-sum opportunities on water policy where our objectives and theirs align, and convert them into shared advocacy. Build the network of validators and allies that gives Rainmaker standing on these issues.</li><li><strong>Field Demonstrations &amp; Site Visits:</strong> Organize visits for Interior and Reclamation leadership, Congressional staff, state and basin officials, and water user groups, building first-hand understanding of what the technology does and where it fits in a working water system.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><div><li><p>10+ years in Western water policy, natural resources policy, or federal government relations. Examples include time at Interior or Reclamation, a Congressional natural resources role, a state or local water agency, a water NGO, or the government affairs function of a comparable company.</p></li><li><p>Thorough working knowledge of how DOI and Reclamation operate at both the national and regional level.</p></li><li><p>In-depth command of Reclamation programs, authorities, and funding vehicles.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated command of Western water law and policy.</p></li><li><p>Track record of developing projects and securing federal funding for them, including familiarity with the mechanics of federal grant, cooperative agreement, and cost-share processes, and with appropriations and authorization cycles.</p></li><li><p>Current relationships across the Department of the Interior, the Congressional natural resources and appropriations committees, and the Western water community.</p></li><li><p>Working familiarity with the federal environmental compliance landscape.</p></li><li><p>Ability to operate as both a strategist and a hands-on operator in a fast-paced startup environment, comfortable building a function from the ground up.</p></li><li><p>Bachelor’s degree required. Hydrology, engineering, or water resources background is a bonus.</p></li><li><p>Must be based in DC with willingness and ability to travel domestically for Hill engagement, agency meetings, regional and area office visits, coalition work, and project site demonstrations.</p></li></div></ul><br>

Director of Water Development

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern precipitation enhancement cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, and numerical weather modeling to make water abundant.</p><p>As Rainmaker’s Director of International Development, you will be the bridge between Rainmaker’s International Team and the U.S. federal government. You will own our engagement with the Department of State by building the programs, partnerships, and funding pathways that pair American precipitation enhancement technology with the water security needs of partner nations.</p><p>Water scarcity is a geopolitical problem before it is a technical one. Rainmaker’s goal is to make American cloud seeding the technology partner nations turn to, and this role is how we get there in Washington.</p><p>This position is based in Washington, DC and works as an embedded member of the International Team.</p></div><br><br><h3></h3><ul><li><strong>State Department Engagement:</strong> Own Rainmaker’s relationship with the Department of State end to end, including regional and functional bureaus, embassies and country teams, and the offices that shape science, environment, energy, and technology diplomacy. Build durable relationships with senior career and political leadership.</li><li><strong>Program Development &amp; Funding:</strong> Work alongside the International Team and our international partners to develop programs, then identify and secure the federal vehicles to fund them. These include foreign assistance mechanisms, development finance, export promotion, science and technology cooperation agreements, and multilateral channels. Own proposal development, submission, and follow-through.</li><li><strong>Congressional Engagement:</strong> Support Rainmaker’s relationships with the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, and with their accompanying appropriations subcommittees. Develop legislative proposals and appropriations language, and prepare member- and staff-level briefing materials that make the case for cloud seeding as an instrument of American foreign policy.</li><li><strong>Federal Liaison:</strong> Serve as the International Team’s primary interface with the U.S. government. Translate partner-country requirements into terms federal stakeholders can act on, and translate federal policy shifts into guidance the International Team can plan around. Coordinate closely with Rainmaker’s Federal Affairs team so that international and domestic engagement reinforce one another.</li><li><strong>Coalition &amp; Community Building:</strong> Represent Rainmaker across Washington’s international affairs community, including NGOs, coalitions, and industry associations. Build the network of validators and allies that gives Rainmaker standing on these issues.</li><li><strong>Geopolitical Analysis:</strong> Track foreign cloud seeding and weather modification programs, the strategic implications of foreign leadership in this space, and the water security dynamics shaping partner-country demand. </li><li><strong>Partner Government Engagement:</strong> Support the International Team’s engagement with foreign ministries, water and agriculture authorities, and multilateral institutions. Prepare principals for bilateral meetings, delegations, and site visits, and coordinate the U.S. government stakeholders involved.</li><li><strong>Cross-Functional Coordination:</strong> Partner with the Global Head of Business Development, Head of International, Federal Affairs, technical teams, regulatory, communications, legal, and finance to align international strategy with company priorities — including export control, sanctions, anti-corruption, and disclosure obligations attached to international work.</li><li><strong>Delegations &amp; Demonstrations:</strong> Organize visits and field demonstrations for foreign officials, embassy staff, State Department leadership, and Congressional delegations, building first-hand understanding of what the technology does and where it fits.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><div><li><p>10+ years of experience in foreign policy, international affairs, or international government relations, including time in the Department of State, the National Security Council, a Congressional foreign policy or foreign operations role, a development or export finance institution, an international organization, or the international affairs function of a comparable company.</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated command of geopolitics and how technology, resources, and strategic competition intersect, with the judgment to make that case credibly to both policymakers and commercial partners.</p></li><li><p>Working fluency in the emerging technology policy landscape, including autonomous systems, export controls, technology transfer, and the way emerging technologies are negotiated in bilateral and multilateral settings.</p></li><li><p>Track record of developing international programs and securing government funding for them, including familiarity with foreign assistance appropriations and the mechanics of federal grant and cooperative agreement processes.</p></li><li><p>Current relationships across the State Department, the Congressional foreign policy committees, and the Washington international affairs community.</p></li><li><p>Experience working directly with foreign government counterparts, embassies, and international partners, with the cultural and protocol judgment that requires.</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with the compliance landscape governing international engagement, such as FARA, LDA, ITAR/EAR, FCPA, and sanctions regimes.</p></li><li><p>Ability to operate as both a strategist and a hands-on operator in a fast-paced startup environment, comfortable building a function from the ground up.</p></li><li><p>Bachelor’s degree required. Foreign language proficiency and active or recent security clearance eligibility are a bonus.</p></li><li><p>Must be based in DC with willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally for Hill engagement, agency meetings, partner-country visits, coalition work, and project site demonstrations.</p></li></div></ul><br>

Director of International Development

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</p><p>The Engineering team at Rainmaker works on our UAS, dispersion payload, and in-situ/remote sensing systems. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in our operational system, this is a fantastic opportunity.</p><p>This role reports to the <strong>Lead, Mechanical Engineering </strong>and will support mission-critical subsystems for our UAS platform, working closely with senior engineers to grow your skills in a hands-on, fast-paced hardware environment</p><br><br></div><br><br><br>

Mechanical Engineer

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</p><p>The Engineering team at Rainmaker works on our UAS, dispersion payload, and in-situ/remote sensing systems. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in our operational system, this is a fantastic opportunity.</p><p>This role combines <strong>hands-on individual contribution with technical leadership</strong> — you'll own hardware from concept to production while also guiding and reviewing the work of other engineers on the team.</p></div><br><br><br>

Lead, Mechanical Engineering

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</p><p>The Engineering team at Rainmaker works on our UAS, dispersion payload, and in-situ/remote sensing systems. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in our operational system, this is a fantastic opportunity.</p><p>In this role you will be reporting directly to the Electrical Engineering Lead and will be working on mission critical subsystems for our UAS platform.</p><br><br></div><br><br><br><div><h3>Benefits:</h3><ul><li>Significant stock options with high potential upside as an early-stage company</li><li>401(k) with employer matching</li><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)</li><li>Unlimited PTO </li><li>Paid parental leave for both parents</li></ul></div>

Electrical Engineer

<div>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to mitigate water scarcity and inclement weather. We develop and incorporate radar and satellite validation, weather-resistant UAS, weather modeling, and novel sensors and dispersions into an effective precipitation enhancement solution. </div><br><br><br>

Facilities Manager

<p>Rainmaker builds systems to increase precipitation and improve water availability. We combine atmospheric science, autonomous aircraft, radar and satellite observations, weather modeling, and novel sensing technologies.</p><p>Our software connects these systems, supports field operations, and turns each operation into data that improves the next one.</p><br><br><h3>The role</h3><ul><p>Rainmaker is hiring a Software Engineer to own our production infrastructure and security.</p><p>Your scope includes cloud infrastructure, deployments, observability, identity and access, secrets, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery. You will build remote systems that work 24/7 and accommodate lost comms. Storms do not wait for business hours.</p></ul><h3>What you'll do</h3><ul><li>Own production infrastructure end to end, setting the standards for how services get deployed, monitored, and recovered.</li><li>Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure for rapid agentic development.</li><li>Balance rigor and security with the need for engineers to move quickly.</li><li>Work across software, science, aircraft engineering, and field operations.</li></ul><h3>What we're looking for</h3><ul><li>A software engineer with experience building production infrastructure.</li><li>Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated.</li><li>Willing to relocate to El Segundo, CA.</li><li>Built and operated production systems. We care more about what you have shipped than your degree or years in the industry.</li><li>Deep familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi or Terraform.</li><li>Managed secrets and credential lifecycles in a fast-moving environment.</li><li>Designed or maintained zero-trust, WireGuard-based networks; we run almost everything on Tailscale.</li></ul><h3>What success looks like</h3><ul><p>You will understand all of Rainmaker's critical systems, data flows, access model, and largest operational and security risks and have shipped at least one material improvement. Within your first year, critical services will be easier to deploy, observe, secure, and recover. Software capabilities should scale faster than requisite operational effort.</p></ul><br><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul><li>Significant stock options with high potential upside as an early-stage company</li><li>401(k) with employer matching</li><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)</li><li>Unlimited PTO</li><li>Paid parental leave for both parents</li><li>Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette</li></ul>

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

<div><p><strong>Location Note: </strong>This is a full-time position <strong>based in Salt Lake City</strong>, UT. The selected candidate will complete an <strong>onsite training period in El Segundo, CA through January 2027</strong>, before relocating to Salt Lake City, UT to continue in the role. </p><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</p><p>We're looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to serve as the critical link between Engineering and Production as our drone platform evolves. You'll own the process of translating design revisions into actionable build and maintenance documentation, and ensure the production floor is always working from the latest, most accurate build standards.</p></div><br><br><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><div><li><p><strong>Engineering Coordination</strong>: Partner closely with Engineering to understand, plan, and roll out design revisions and changes to the drone platform.</p></li><li><p><strong>Build Documentation</strong>: Draft clear, precise build instructions for new revisions and engineering changes, ensuring technicians can execute builds consistently and correctly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Maintenance Documentation</strong>: Develop and maintain maintenance procedures for drone systems, supporting reliability and serviceability throughout the product lifecycle.</p></li><li><p><strong>Production Liaison</strong>: Coordinate with the production team to communicate changes to build processes, ensuring smooth implementation on the floor with minimal disruption to throughput or quality.</p></li><li><p>Build out quality assurance processes</p></li><li><p>Support root-cause investigations and process improvements tied to engineering changes.</p></li><li><p>Maintain version control and traceability of build/maintenance documentation as revisions are released.</p></li><li><p>Support training of production staff on new or updated build processes as needed.</p></li><li><p>Work with procurement to ensure purchasing happens in a timely manner</p></li><li><p>identify improvements in equipment, jigs, or assembly workflows, general shop management.</p></li></div></ul><h3>Required Qualifications</h3><ul><div><li><p>Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).</p></li><li><p>Well versed with PCB manufacturing processes and quality standards, IPC class 2 and class 3.</p></li><li><p>Experience with CAD tools, PLM/ERP systems, and documentation platforms.</p></li><li><p>Well versed with manufacturing processes like fabrication, machining, anodizing, etc</p></li><li><p>5+ years of industry experience in manufacturing engineering, ideally within aerospace, robotics, drones, or another complex hardware environment.</p></li><li>2+ years of Management experience</li><li><p>Comfortable working across multiple software systems and platforms to manage documentation, revisions, and production data (PLM/ERP, file management systems, internal tools).</p></li><li><p>Experience or familiarity using AI coding/prompt-based tools (e.g., Codex, ChatGPT, Copilot) to support technical documentation, scripting, or process automation — including writing clear, effective prompts to get useful output.</p></li><li><p>Proven experience drafting technical build instructions, work instructions, or maintenance procedures.</p></li><li><p>Strong cross-functional communication skills — comfortable working between Engineering and Production teams.</p></li><li><p>Experience managing engineering change orders (ECOs) or similar revision-control processes.</p></li><li><p>Strong attention to detail and ability to translate technical designs into clear, actionable instructions for production technicians.</p></li></div></ul><br><div><p><em>Rainmaker is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Rainmaker 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, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</em></p><br><em>Rainmaker participates in E-Verify. To learn more, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit</em><a href="http://e-verify.gov/"><em> </em><em>E-Verify.gov</em></a><em>.</em></div>

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

<div><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;">As a member of Rainmaker’s State Business Development team, you will grow Rainmaker’s business with state government customers in Utah. You will identify and develop opportunities for Rainmaker’s precipitation enhancement and water resource programs — from state appropriations and grant programs to agency contracts and pilot programs — while building the long-term relationships and policy environment that turn those opportunities into funded work.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;">Because our customers are primarily state agencies and publicly funded entities, success in this role combines business development instincts with the legislative, budget, and procurement fluency needed to work effectively with government partners. The role also offers the opportunity to coordinate public/private partnerships — bringing together state agencies, water districts, agricultural interests, and private capital — making this a dynamic opportunity to build the business across both public and private channels.</span></p></div><br><br><h3>Requirements</h3><ul><div><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Drive New Business: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Own a revenue target tied to state-funded programs in Utah. Build and manage a pipeline of opportunities including appropriations, grants, agency contracts, and pilot programs, and drive pursuits from identification through award.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Opportunity Identification &amp; Capture: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Identify emerging state funding pathways — infrastructure bills, budget line items, grant programs, and procurement vehicles — and convert them into qualified opportunities. Develop multi-year capture plans spanning fiscal years and legislative sessions.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Customer &amp; Stakeholder Relationships: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Cultivate and sustain relationships with the legislators, agency leaders, regulatory staff, water districts, and industry associations who influence and award state-funded work. Build coalitions of supporters who champion Rainmaker programs.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Legislative &amp; Budget Engagement: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Drive Rainmaker’s engagement in Utah legislative sessions and budget cycles to create and protect funding for water infrastructure, agricultural resilience, and precipitation enhancement programs. Prepare and deliver testimony, briefings, and presentations to committees and decision-making bodies.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Policy Shaping in Support of Growth: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Advocate for policies that expand the market for Rainmaker’s services, aligning policy initiatives directly with funding and contract opportunities.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Public/Private Partnerships: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Identify and coordinate public/private partnership opportunities that pair state programs with private-sector partners and funding, structuring collaborations that expand Rainmaker’s reach and accelerate program delivery.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Cross-Functional Deal Support: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Partner with leadership, technical, legal, and communications teams to scope winnable programs, develop compelling proposals, and ensure compliance with state regulations and procurement requirements.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Events &amp; Demonstrations: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Organize site visits, demonstrations, roundtables, and educational forums for lawmakers, agency officials, and prospective customers to showcase Rainmaker’s technology and economic and environmental impact.</span></p></li><li style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial , sans-serif;"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Market Intelligence &amp; Reporting: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;">Track legislative, regulatory, and budgetary developments across the water, agriculture, and environmental sectors to keep the pipeline ahead of the market. Report pipeline status, forecasts, and strategic recommendations to leadership.</span></p></li></div></ul><br><div><div>If you are passionate about shaping the future of water in Utah and are eager to build, join Rainmaker’s Business Development team. Together, we’ll help ensure a more resilient water future for communities and environments across Utah.</div><div> </div><div>No recruiting agencies.</div></div>

Director of Business Development - Utah

<h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;color:#274e13;">About Rainmaker</span></strong></h2><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;">Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide. We develop and integrate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable seeding agents into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</span></p><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;">Rainmaker is building something that hasn't existed before. If you're the kind of person who gets energized by hard problems, new territory, and the opportunity to lead programs that have real impact on water resources, we want to hear from you.</span></p><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;color:#274e13;">About the Role</span></strong></h2><p>The Department of Regulatory &amp; Compliance is hiring a Regulatory Permitting Specialist to own the state and local regulatory pathway for Rainmaker's domestic cloud seeding programs.</p><p>The Regulatory Permitting Specialist plays a critical role at Rainmaker, scoping the full set of regulatory requirements imposed by state permitting authorities, state environmental agencies, and local jurisdictions for each program, and then driving the completion of every requirement to closure before operations begin. This person will work closely with the Program Management team to align regulatory timelines with operational start dates, and with the Director of Regulatory &amp; Compliance to ensure every domestic program is authorized, licensed, and reporting-ready on day one. This is a role for someone who thrives in fragmented regulatory environments, can hold dozens of concurrent requirements in their head across multiple states, and treats a missed permit deadline as a fundamentally unacceptable outcome.</p><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;color:#274e13;">Mission</span></strong></h2><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;">The Regulatory Permitting Specialist exists to ensure Rainmaker's domestic operations are never gated by missing state or local authority. Embedded in the regulatory communities that govern precipitation enhancement across the western United States, this person builds durable relationships with state permitting boards, water resource agencies, and state environmental regulators, and translates the differing requirements of each jurisdiction into a clear, executable path to operational authorization. In doing so, they are expected to continuously challenge and improve how Rainmaker scopes, documents, and delivers state regulatory submissions, building a reusable foundation of templates, playbooks, and stakeholder relationships that scales with the company's growth into new states.</p><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;color:#274e13;">Responsibilities</span></strong></h2><p><strong>Regulatory Scoping &amp; Planning</strong></p><ul><li>Scope the complete set of state and local regulatory requirements for each new program, including precipitation enhancement permits, operator licensing, state environmental and air quality approvals, water resource agency coordination, and any applicable local permits</li><li>Develop and maintain a state-by-state regulatory playbook that captures requirements, lead times, agency points of contact, and submission templates for every jurisdiction where Rainmaker operates or intends to operate</li><li>Partner with Program Management to align regulatory timelines with contracted operational start dates and flag risks to those dates early</li></ul><div><strong>Permitting, Licensing &amp; Environmental Approvals</strong></div><ul><li>Draft, submit, and shepherd state weather modification permits and operator license applications across all relevant jurisdictions</li><li>Manage state-level environmental approvals, including state EPA-equivalent agency reviews, air quality determinations, and any state environmental review processes (e.g., CEQA in California, similar state-level NEPA equivalents)</li><li>Coordinate with state water boards, water resource departments, and atmospheric resources agencies as required by each state's program</li><li>Respond to agency requests for information, prepare amendments, and manage the full lifecycle of each authorization through issuance</li></ul><p><strong>Compliance &amp; Reporting</strong></p><ul><li>Own NOAA Form 17-4 reporting under 15 CFR Part 908, including initial activity reports, interim reports, and final post-campaign reports</li><li>Prepare and submit all state seasonal reports, post-operations summaries, and compliance documentation required by issued permits and licenses</li><li>Maintain the master compliance calendar for all domestic state and local obligations, ensuring on-time submission of every required filing</li><li>Maintain authorization records, renewal schedules, and the audit trail required to demonstrate compliance to any regulator on request</li></ul><div><p><strong>Program Coordination &amp; Continuous Improvement</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as the regulatory point of contact for Program Managers throughout the operational season, providing rapid guidance on permit conditions, reporting obligations, and any in-season regulatory issues that arise</li><li>Capture lessons learned from each program and feed them back into the state-by-state playbook, submission templates, and internal publications</li><li>Support Business Development and Government Affairs in evaluating regulatory feasibility and timeline for prospective new programs in new states or counties</li></ul></div><h2 style="margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;color:#274e13;">Qualifications</span></strong></h2><p><strong>Required</strong></p><ul><li>Demonstrated experience preparing and shepherding regulatory submissions through a state government permitting process — environmental, water resources, air quality, precipitation enhancement, or directly analogous</li><li>Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to translate operational and technical realities into clear, persuasive regulatory submissions</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust with state agency staff, internal program teams, and external stakeholders</li><li>Self-directed and comfortable operating with minimal guidance in fragmented regulatory environments</li><li>Willingness to travel domestically for agency meetings, public hearings, and on-site program coordination as required</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred</strong></p><ul><li>Direct experience with state weather modification permitting, operator licensing, or analogous state environmental permitting programs</li><li>Background in state government, state environmental agencies, state water resources, or a state regulatory affairs role at a regulated operator</li><li>Familiarity with state-level environmental review frameworks (CEQA, SEPA, or other state NEPA equivalents)</li><li>Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., environmental policy, public administration, environmental science, water resources, atmospheric science, or related discipline); advanced degree or paralegal certification a plus</li><li>Experience with regulatory document and records management systems</li><li>Existing relationships with state permitting boards, water resource agencies, or state environmental regulators in the western United States</li></ul><br><br><br><div><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;">Rainmaker participates in E-Verify. To learn more, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit E-Verify.gov.</span></em></p><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;">Rainmaker is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Rainmaker 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, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</span></em></p><p style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Geist , sans-serif;">No recruiting agencies.</span></em></p></div>

Regulatory Permitting Specialist

<div>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide. We develop and integrate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable seeding agents into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</div><div> </div><div>Rainmaker is building something that hasn't existed before. If you're the kind of person who gets energized by hard problems, new territory, and the opportunity to lead programs that have real impact on water resources, we want to hear from you.</div><br><br><h3>What you'll do</h3><ul><li><p>Support company planning by tracking priorities, goals, headcount, budgets, milestones, and organizational capacity.</p></li><li><p>Drive strategic initiatives that require coordination across engineering, science, production, field operations, commercial, finance, and people.</p></li><li><p>Translate company growth plans into operational requirements across staffing, facilities, systems, infrastructure, and production capacity.</p></li><li><p>Build and improve company-wide processes, workflows, reporting systems, and information pathways.</p></li><li><p>Produce clear, decision-ready analysis for leadership on performance, resources, risks, and operational tradeoffs.</p></li><li><p>Support business reviews, quarterly planning, leadership meetings, and other elements of Rainmaker’s operating cadence.</p></li><li><p>Take ownership of high-priority special projects that do not yet have a permanent functional home.</p></li></ul><h3>Who you are</h3><ul><li><p>You are comfortable solving complex, ambiguous, and cross-functional problems.</p></li><li><p>You combine structured thinking and analytical rigor with a willingness to execute tactically.</p></li><li><p>You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple workstreams.</p></li><li><p>You communicate clearly and can drive accountability without relying on formal authority.</p></li><li><p>You demonstrate high ownership, sound judgment, intellectual humility, and a strong bias toward action.</p></li><li><p>You have 2+ years of experience in business operations, strategic finance, consulting, investing, a high-growth technology company, or another demanding operating environment</p></li></ul><br>

Business Operations Associate

<div><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.</p>The Production team at Rainmaker builds our UAS platforms, assembles dispersion payloads, and integrates in-situ/remote sensing systems into every vehicle we deliver. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast-paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and ensures mission success in the field, this is a fantastic opportunity. </div><br><br><h3>What You’ll Do</h3><ul><div><ul><li><p>Manufacture, assemble, inspect, and dynamically balance aircraft propellers in accordance with approved work instructions and quality standards.</p></li><li><p>Inspect, clean, mask, conformally coat, and document printed circuit boards using proper ESD controls.</p></li><li><p>Operate 3D printers, laser cutters, and related fabrication equipment to produce and finish aircraft components.</p></li><li><p>Receive, label, store, issue, transfer, and track aircraft parts and materials in Rainmaker’s inventory system.</p></li><li><p>Kit and stage complete sets of components for aircraft production and operational needs.</p></li><li><p>Perform cycle counts, investigate discrepancies, and maintain proper control of conforming, quarantined, nonconforming, and work-in-process materials.</p></li><li><p>Receive and inspect inbound shipments; package, document, and coordinate outbound shipments.</p></li><li><p>Identify and communicate quality issues, shortages, equipment problems, and material risks.</p></li><li><p>Maintain clean, safe, organized, and FOD-controlled work areas.</p></li><li><p>Support additional manufacturing, quality, inventory, and logistics priorities as needed.</p></li></ul></div></ul><h3>Required Qualifications</h3><ul><div><ul><li><p>High school diploma or equivalent.</p></li><li><p>At least two years of experience in manufacturing, assembly, quality inspection, inventory, shipping and receiving, electronics, or a similar hands-on technical environment.</p></li><li><p>Strong mechanical aptitude and comfort working with tools, adhesives, fixtures, equipment, and detailed manufacturing processes.</p></li><li><p>Ability to follow written work instructions and consistently complete repetitive, detail-oriented work.</p></li><li><p>Strong attention to part numbers, quantities, revisions, measurements, workmanship, and documentation.</p></li><li><p>Basic computer skills and the ability to learn inventory, manufacturing, and shipping systems.</p></li><li><p>Strong communication, organization, and time-management skills.</p></li><li><p>Ability to work independently and shift between manufacturing, inventory, quality, and logistics responsibilities.</p></li><li><p>Ability to stand for extended periods and regularly lift and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds.</p></li><li><p>Ability to work full-time onsite in Salt Lake City.</p></li></ul></div></ul><h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3><ul><div><ul><li><p>Experience with composite components, adhesives, fixtures, or precision assemblies.</p></li><li><p>Experience inspecting, cleaning, masking, or conformally coating PCBAs.</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with ESD controls and electronic-component handling.</p></li><li><p>Experience operating FDM or SLA 3D printers.</p></li><li><p>Experience operating a laser cutter or similar fabrication equipment.</p></li><li><p>Experience using inventory management, ERP, or manufacturing execution systems.</p></li></ul></div></ul><br>

UAV Manufacturing Technician

<h2>About Rainmaker</h2><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud-seeding system to increase precipitation, improve water availability, and address severe-weather challenges. We combine atmospheric science, weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing systems, and sustainable seeding technologies to design, operate, and evaluate precipitation-enhancement programs.</p><p>Satellite observations provide the coverage Rainmaker needs to understand clouds across large regions, while our radar, aircraft, UAS, and in-situ sensors provide unusually valuable observations for validation and improvement.</p><h2>About the Fellowship</h2><p>The Rainmaker Satellite Remote Sensing Fellowship is a paid, full-time research appointment for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, recent graduates, and other early-career researchers.</p><p>You will join Rainmaker's satellite remote-sensing group and work alongside our researchers on a scoped project drawn from the team's current research priorities and defined in close collaboration with your research lead or mentor. Project matching will consider available data, mentor capacity, team needs, and your background. You will take responsibility for a concrete computational workstream while contributing to ongoing retrieval, validation, automation, and operational-support work across the team.</p><br><br><h3>Examples of the Work</h3><ul><p>Fellowship projects change with Rainmaker's research and operational priorities. Examples of the work our satellite remote-sensing team may pursue include:</p><li>Benchmarking and improving microwave-sounder retrievals using Rainmaker in-cloud measurements, radar, geostationary imagery, and model fields.</li><li>Fusing intermittent polar-orbiting observations with frequent geostationary imagery to track cloud properties between overpasses.</li><li>Automating an existing manual satellite-analysis workflow used by Rainmaker scientists or operators.</li><li>Validating cloud-phase, cloud-top, precipitation, moisture, temperature, or related satellite products against Rainmaker observations.</li><li>Developing a bounded retrieval or satellite data product for research or operational use.</li></ul><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Acquire, process, collocate, and quality-control microwave, polar-orbiting, and geostationary satellite observations.</li><li>Reproduce an existing retrieval or operational baseline before testing improvements.</li><li>Validate satellite products against radar, NWP, soundings, surface observations, and Rainmaker aircraft, UAS, or in-situ measurements.</li><li>Quantify detection skill, bias, uncertainty, spatial representativeness, latency, coverage, and failure modes by meteorological regime.</li><li>Implement physically motivated, statistical, or ML retrieval improvements when justified by the project and data.</li><li>Build documented, reproducible workflows that other Rainmaker scientists can run and extend.</li><li>Present findings to satellite scientists, radar scientists, meteorologists, operators, and technical leadership.</li><li>Deliver a final artifact such as a collocation dataset, retrieval benchmark, automated data product, error analysis, fusion prototype, or research paper.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul><li>Current undergraduate, master's, or PhD students; postdoctoral researchers; recent graduates; and other early-career researchers are all eligible.</li><li>Strong quantitative and programming ability, preferably in Python.</li><li>Experience with atmospheric remote sensing, satellite meteorology, physics, applied mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.</li><li>Interest in microwave sounders, polar-orbiting observations, geostationary imagery, retrieval methods, or scientific data products.</li><li>Ability to implement a scientific method, establish a baseline, and validate the result carefully.</li><li>Comfort working with large, imperfect, multidimensional observational datasets.</li><li>High agency and the ability to take responsibility for a bounded workstream while collaborating with experienced researchers.</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication.</li><li>Availability for full-time, on-site work in El Segundo for the agreed appointment.</li></ul><h3>What Success Looks Like</h3><ul><div><p>By the end of the fellowship, you will have answered a clearly defined scientific or operational question and delivered a trusted computational result the satellite remote-sensing team can continue using. Depending on the project, that might be a quality-controlled validation dataset, retrieval benchmark or improvement, error analysis, fusion prototype, automated data product, or operational workflow.</p><p>Success does not require a positive result. A rigorous conclusion about what the available observations can and cannot support can be as valuable as an improved retrieval.</p></div></ul><h3>Fellowship Details</h3><ul><li>Paid, full-time, and on-site in El Segundo.</li><li>Three-to-six-month appointment, with four months as the standard duration.</li><li>Rolling applications and project-specific start dates.</li><li>Attached directly to Rainmaker's satellite-science group with a named mentor.</li><li>Consideration for future full-time roles</li><li>Publication may be supported when it does not compromise Rainmaker intellectual property or operational know-how.</li></ul><h3>Compensation and Benefits</h3><ul><p>$8,000 per month</p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette</li><li>Free EV charging at the HQ</li></ul><br>

Rainmaker Fellow, Satellite Remote Sensing

<h2>About Rainmaker</h2><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud-seeding system to increase precipitation, improve water availability, and address severe-weather challenges. We combine atmospheric science, weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing systems, and sustainable seeding technologies to design, operate, and evaluate precipitation-enhancement programs.</p><p>Radar is central to how Rainmaker observes storms, targets operations, evaluates atmospheric evolution, and learns from field programs. Fellows work with scientists and operators who use the resulting analysis in real decisions.</p><h2>About the Fellowship</h2><p>The Rainmaker Radar Science Fellowship is a paid, full-time research appointment for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, recent graduates, and other early-career researchers.</p><p>You will join Rainmaker's radar-science group and work alongside our researchers on a scoped project drawn from the team's current research priorities and defined in close collaboration with your research lead or mentor. Project matching will consider available data, mentor capacity, team needs, and your background. You will take responsibility for a concrete workstream while contributing to ongoing analysis, scientific review, and operational support across the radar team.</p><br><br><h3>Examples of the Work</h3><ul><p>Fellowship projects change with Rainmaker's research and operational priorities. Examples of the work our radar team may pursue include:</p><li>Creating a radar-aircraft collocation atlas to investigate which radar structures and dual-polarization features contain useful information about measured supercooled liquid water.</li><li>Extending and validating an MRMS/MESH hail-event catalog and storm-object tracker.</li><li>Building a carefully controlled radar evaluation framework for cloud-seeding operations</li><li>Automating an existing radar-analysis workflow used by Rainmaker scientists and operators.</li></ul><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Build quality-controlled radar datasets aligned with aircraft, UAS, satellite, model, surface, or operational observations.</li><li>Implement and validate radar-processing, feature-extraction, retrieval, storm-tracking, or statistical-analysis methods.</li><li>Investigate how results vary with storm type, range, terrain, temperature regime, observing geometry, and data quality.</li><li>Develop honest baselines and quantify uncertainty, false detections, selection effects, and failure modes.</li><li>Create case visualizations and scientific analyses that domain experts can inspect.</li><li>Produce clear, reusable code and documentation.</li><li>Present findings to Rainmaker's radar scientists, meteorologists, operators, and technical leadership.</li><li>Deliver a final artifact such as a validated dataset, case atlas, tracking system, retrieval candidate, operational product, analysis protocol, or research paper.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul><li>Current undergraduate, master's, or PhD students; postdoctoral researchers; recent graduates; and other early-career researchers are all eligible.</li><li>Strong quantitative and programming ability, preferably in Python.</li><li>Experience with radar meteorology, atmospheric science, signal processing, remote sensing, image analysis, geospatial data, or a closely related field.</li><li>Ability to formulate a scientific question, implement an analysis, and validate the result carefully.</li><li>Comfort working with large, imperfect observational datasets.</li><li>High agency and the ability to take responsibility for a bounded workstream while collaborating with experienced researchers.</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication.</li><li>Availability for full-time, on-site work in El Segundo for the agreed appointment.</li></ul><h3>What Success Looks Like</h3><ul><p>By the end of the fellowship, you will have answered a clearly defined scientific or operational question and delivered a result the radar team can continue using. Depending on the project, that might be a validated dataset, novel retrieval, tracking system, analysis framework, or automated operational workflow.</p></ul><h3>Fellowship Details</h3><ul><li>Paid, full-time, and on-site in El Segundo, CA or Norman, OK.</li><li>Three month appointment</li><li>Rolling applications and project-specific start dates.</li><li>Attached directly to Rainmaker's radar-science group with a named mentor.</li><li>Possible consideration for future full-time roles, without any promise or expectation of conversion.</li><li>Publication may be supported when it does not compromise Rainmaker intellectual property or operational know-how.</li></ul><h3>Compensation and Benefits</h3><ul><p>$8,000 per month</p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette</li><li>Free EV charging at the HQ</li></ul><br>

Rainmaker Fellow, Radar Science

<h2>About Rainmaker</h2><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud-seeding system to increase precipitation, improve water availability, and address severe-weather challenges. We combine atmospheric science, weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing systems, and sustainable seeding technologies to design, operate, and evaluate precipitation-enhancement programs.</p><p>Rainmaker needs quantitative methods that translate atmospheric conditions into operational and program-design decisions. Fellows work on analyses intended to change what Rainmaker builds, where it operates, or how it evaluates results.</p><h2>About the Fellowship</h2><p>The Rainmaker Atmospheric Science Fellowship is a paid, full-time research appointment for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, recent graduates, and other early-career researchers.</p><p>You will join Rainmaker's atmospheric-science team and work alongside our researchers on a scoped quantitative project drawn from Rainmaker's current scientific and operational priorities and defined in close collaboration with your research lead or mentor. Project matching will consider available data, mentor capacity, team needs, and your background. You will take responsibility for a concrete analytical workstream while contributing to the broader team's research, reviews, and operational decisions.</p><p>Fellows are not expected to arrive with an independent research agenda or define a project in isolation. You will be expected to turn an important atmospheric or operational question into a rigorous analysis and a result the team can continue using.</p><br><br><h3>Examples of the Work</h3><ul><p>Fellowship projects change with Rainmaker's research and operational priorities. Examples of the work our quantitative atmospheric-science team may pursue include:</p><li>Estimating seedable hours and program opportunity for a proposed or existing operating region.</li><li>Quantitatively evaluating cloud-seeding operations, targeting decisions, or factors associated with precipitation yield.</li><li>Building ground-truth datasets and validation methods for forecasting, retrieval, or machine-learning systems.</li><li>Verifying forecasts or automating a meteorological analysis used by operations.</li><li>Comparing program designs, targeting strategies, or operational constraints across candidate regions.</li></ul><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Work with your research lead to translate an atmospheric, operational, or program-design question into measurable quantitative criteria.</li><li>Build and document the quality-controlled dataset required for the assigned project.</li><li>Apply appropriate statistical, climatological, geospatial, verification, or decision-analysis methods.</li><li>Compare results across relevant reanalysis, NWP, satellite, radar, terrain, operational, or in-situ data sources.</li><li>Incorporate practical operational constraints when they are relevant to the question.</li><li>Quantify uncertainty, missingness, bias, and sensitivity to assumptions.</li><li>Create maps, summaries, and decision-oriented outputs for scientists, operators, and program designers.</li><li>Build a documented and reusable workflow that the team can extend to future questions.</li><li>Deliver a final artifact such as a dataset, analysis, evaluation framework, operational tool, technical report, or presentation.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul><li>Current undergraduate, master's, or PhD students; postdoctoral researchers; recent graduates; and other early-career researchers are all eligible.</li><li>Background in meteorology, atmospheric science, applied mathematics, statistics, physics, hydrology, geospatial science, or a related field.</li><li>Strong Python and quantitative-analysis ability.</li><li>Experience with meteorological, climate, geospatial, radar, satellite, or model data.</li><li>Ability to make ambiguous definitions explicit and test the sensitivity of results to assumptions.</li><li>Strong scientific judgment about uncertainty, representativeness, and the difference between an analytical proxy and operational ground truth.</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication.</li><li>Availability for full-time, on-site work in El Segundo for the agreed appointment.</li></ul><h3>Particularly Relevant Experience</h3><ul><li>GRIB, netCDF, xarray, reanalysis, NWP, radar, satellite, terrain, or operational datasets.</li><li>Climatology, forecast verification, spatial statistics, time-series analysis, uncertainty quantification, or decision analysis.</li><li>Cloud microphysics, precipitation, orographic meteorology, convection, weather modification, or field operations.</li><li>Reproducible scientific workflows and decision-oriented visualization.</li></ul><h3>What Success Looks Like</h3><ul><p>By the end of the fellowship, you will have answered a clearly defined scientific or operational question and delivered a result the atmospheric-science team can continue using. The work should include clear uncertainty and sensitivity analysis and should not present an analytical proxy as more certain than the underlying observations support.</p></ul><h3>Fellowship Details</h3><ul><li>Paid, full-time, and on-site in El Segundo.</li><li>Three-to-six-month appointment, with three months as the standard duration.</li><li>Rolling applications and project-specific start dates.</li><li>Attached directly to Rainmaker's atmospheric-science team with a named mentor.</li><li>Possible consideration for future full-time roles, without any promise or expectation of conversion.</li></ul><h3>Compensation and Benefits</h3><ul><p>$8,000 per month</p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette</li><li>Free EV charging at the HQ</li></ul><br>

Rainmaker Fellow, Atmospheric Science

<h2>About Rainmaker</h2><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud-seeding system to increase precipitation, improve water availability, and address severe-weather challenges. We combine atmospheric science, weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing systems, and sustainable seeding technologies to design, operate, and evaluate precipitation-enhancement programs.</p><p>Rainmaker is building new atmospheric instruments because proprietary, intervention-relevant observations are central to improving our forecasts and operations.</p><h2>About the Fellowship</h2><p>The Rainmaker Atmospheric Instrumentation Fellowship is a paid, full-time research and engineering appointment for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, recent graduates, and other early-career researchers.</p><p>You will join Rainmaker's instrumentation team and work alongside our engineers and scientists on a scoped project drawn from the team's current development priorities and defined in close collaboration with your research lead or mentor. Project matching will consider available hardware and data, mentor capacity, team needs, and your background. You will take responsibility for a concrete experimental or engineering workstream while contributing to the design, testing, and review work of the broader team.</p><p>Fellows are not expected to own delivery of an entire instrument program. You will be expected to produce a rigorous, reusable result that advances one important part of it.</p><br><br><h3>Examples of the Work</h3><ul><p>Fellowship projects change with Rainmaker's instrument-development priorities. Examples of the work our instrumentation team may pursue include:</p><li>Developing calibration and validation methods for an airborne cloud-particle imaging instrument.</li><li>Creating controlled targets, fixtures, and acceptance tests for optical or particle-sensing systems.</li><li>Characterizing measurement uncertainty and environmental sensitivity across laboratory, ground, and flight tests.</li><li>Designing comparisons between Rainmaker instruments and trusted reference instrumentation.</li><li>Prototyping a new optical, mechanical, electrical, data-acquisition, or atmospheric-sensing subsystem.</li></ul><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Translate a scientific measurement need into a scoped experimental or engineering plan with your mentor.</li><li>Build, integrate, calibrate, or test hardware and analysis methods required by the assigned project.</li><li>Create repeatable calibration procedures for the agreed instrument metrics.</li><li>Characterize measurement uncertainty and sensitivity to environmental, mechanical, optical, electrical, or algorithmic factors.</li><li>Build fixtures, test equipment, data-acquisition workflows, and analysis software needed for validation.</li><li>Help design laboratory, ground, and flight comparisons against reference instrumentation.</li><li>Connect physical instrument behavior to measurement and retrieval quality.</li><li>Produce clear documentation, calibration records, acceptance criteria, and reusable analysis code.</li><li>Deliver a final artifact such as a validated dataset, calibration system, instrument prototype, test method, uncertainty analysis, or technical report.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul><li>Current undergraduate, master's, or PhD students; postdoctoral researchers; recent graduates; and other early-career researchers are all eligible.</li><li>Background in optical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, atmospheric science, experimental science, or a related field.</li><li>Strong hands-on experimental ability and willingness to build and troubleshoot hardware personally.</li><li>Quantitative programming and data-analysis ability.</li><li>Careful scientific judgment about calibration, uncertainty, repeatability, and validation.</li><li>Ability to take responsibility for a bounded workstream while collaborating closely with instrumentation engineers and scientists.</li><li>Availability for full-time, on-site work in El Segundo for the agreed appointment.</li></ul><h3>Particularly Relevant Experience</h3><ul><li>Digital holography, microscopy, particle imaging, lasers, high-speed cameras, lidar, aerosol instruments, cloud probes, or optical metrology.</li><li>Calibration fixtures, laboratory automation, uncertainty budgets, environmental testing, or acceptance testing.</li><li>Scientific Python, image processing, signal processing, or data acquisition.</li><li>Airborne, UAS-borne, field-deployed, or low-volume scientific instruments.</li></ul><h3>What Success Looks Like</h3><ul><p>By the end of the fellowship, you will have answered a clearly defined measurement or engineering question and delivered a documented result the instrumentation team can continue using. Depending on the project, that might be a calibrated prototype, validation dataset, test fixture, acceptance method, uncertainty analysis, or reusable analysis workflow.</p></ul><h3>Fellowship Details</h3><ul><li>Paid, full-time, and on-site in El Segundo.</li><li>Three-to-six-month appointment, with four months as the standard duration.</li><li>Rolling applications and project-specific start dates.</li><li>Attached directly to Rainmaker's instrumentation team with a named hands-on mentor.</li><li>Possible consideration for future full-time roles, without any promise or expectation of conversion.</li><li>Publication may be supported when it does not compromise Rainmaker intellectual property or operational know-how.</li></ul><h3>Compensation and Benefits</h3><ul><p>$8,000 per month</p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette</li><li>Free EV charging at the HQ</li></ul><br>

Rainmaker Fellow, Atmospheric Instrumentation

<h2>About Rainmaker</h2><p>Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud-seeding system to increase precipitation, improve water availability, and address severe-weather challenges. We combine atmospheric science, weather-resistant UAS, radar and satellite observations, numerical weather prediction, novel sensing systems, and sustainable seeding technologies to design, operate, and evaluate precipitation-enhancement programs.</p><p>Rainmaker collects unusual atmospheric datasets because we build sensors, operate aircraft, fly into clouds, and deliberately intervene in atmospheric systems. Our long-term advantage depends on turning those observations into better estimates, forecasts, and operational decisions.</p><h2>About the Fellowship</h2><p>The Rainmaker Machine Learning Fellowship is a paid, full-time research appointment for exceptional undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, recent graduates, and other early-career researchers.</p><p>As a fellow, you will join Rainmaker's R&amp;D team and work alongside our researchers on a scoped machine-learning project drawn from Rainmaker's current research priorities and defined in close collaboration with your research lead or mentor. Project matching will consider available data, mentor capacity, team needs, and your background. You will take responsibility for a concrete workstream while contributing to the broader team's research, reviews, and technical decisions.</p><p>You will work with real sensor and operational data, establish credible baselines, build and evaluate models, and leave behind a durable dataset, system, or research artifact that Rainmaker can continue using. Fellows are not expected to arrive with an independent research agenda or define a project in isolation.</p><br><br><h3>Examples of the Work</h3><ul><p>Fellowship projects change with Rainmaker's research and operational priorities. Examples of the work our ML team may pursue include:</p><li>Developing a short-range supercooled liquid water opportunity forecast using public NWP and Rainmaker observations.</li><li>Predicting hail-core growth, motion, splitting, and decay from radar sequences.</li><li>Building a bounded multimodal atmospheric-state reconstruction pilot.</li><li>Improving microwave-sounder retrievals using Rainmaker observations.</li><li>Modeling another scientific or operational problem selected with Rainmaker's ML and atmospheric-science teams.</li></ul><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Translate a scientific or operational question into a measurable ML problem.</li><li>Build or improve the training and validation dataset needed for the project.</li><li>Establish simple, reproducible baselines before introducing more complex models.</li><li>Train, evaluate, and debug models using held-out weather events, regions, or operating conditions.</li><li>Quantify calibration, uncertainty, generalization, failure modes, and sensitivity to missing or biased data.</li><li>Work closely with atmospheric scientists to define useful targets, ground truth, physical constraints, and operational success criteria.</li><li>Produce clear, reusable code and documentation.</li><li>Present your results to Rainmaker's scientists, engineers, operators, and technical leadership.</li><li>Deliver a final artifact such as a benchmark dataset, model, prototype product, evaluation report, or research paper.</li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul><li>Current undergraduate, master's, or PhD students; postdoctoral researchers; recent graduates; and other early-career researchers are all eligible.</li><li>Strong Python programming ability and experience with a modern ML framework.</li><li>Evidence that you can independently build, test, and debug technical work.</li><li>Strong quantitative reasoning and an ability to design credible experiments.</li><li>Interest in noisy, sparse, multimodal, spatial, temporal, or physical data.</li><li>Ability to make progress on ambiguous research problems while incorporating mentor feedback.</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication.</li><li>Availability for full-time, on-site work in El Segundo for the agreed appointment.</li></ul><h3>Particularly Relevant Backgrounds</h3><ul><li>Machine learning, computer science, applied mathematics, statistics, physics, meteorology, remote sensing, robotics, autonomy, geospatial analysis, or scientific computing.</li><li>Forecasting, sequence modeling, computer vision, state estimation, sensor fusion, probabilistic modeling, data assimilation, or uncertainty quantification.</li><li>Weather knowledge is valuable but not required.</li></ul><h3>What Success Looks Like</h3><ul><p>By the end of the fellowship, you will have answered a clearly defined technical question and produced a rigorous, reusable result that advances the team's work. Depending on the project, that might be a benchmark dataset, evaluated model, prototype product, forecasting or retrieval improvement, or a well-supported analysis of performance and failure modes.</p><p>Success does not require a positive scientific result. A well-supported finding that the available data cannot answer the question—and a concrete recommendation for what Rainmaker should measure next—can be highly valuable.</p></ul><h3>Fellowship Details</h3><ul><li>Paid, full-time, and on-site in El Segundo.</li><li>Three-to-six-month appointment, with four months as the standard duration.</li><li>Rolling applications and flexible start dates based on project and mentor readiness.</li><li>Possible consideration for future full-time roles, without any promise or expectation of conversion.</li></ul><h3>Compensation and Benefits</h3><ul><p>$8,000 per month</p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><li>Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)</li><li>Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette</li><li>Free EV charging at the HQ</li></ul><br>

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