Outside Sales Representative

Fuse Integration · Washington DC, United States · Full-time · Posted 2024-11-17

Salary: USD 65,000–120,000

Workplace: on_site

Department: Strategy

Description

Who we are:

Fuse builds innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions that improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among operators distributed throughout the airborne, maritime, and ground environments. We are a technology firm creating in-house software, network and hardware solutions that support our noble cause of advancing warfighter capabilities with elegant, user-focused communications, networks, and software systems.

About this role:

Do you thrive in innovative, design-driven environments with a high level of both accountability and trust? Are you passionate about delivering elegant hardware and software solutions with the right amount of engineering rigor?

Fuse is looking for an Outside Sales Representative. Success in this role will require a strong network and in-person relationship building within the Department of Defense.

Warfighter-focused design and development is at the heart of Fuse processes. Throughout Fuse development our experienced team applies the best practices of commercial design-think, coupled to the DoD systems engineering framework. The coupling of commercially proven design with rigorous systems engineering gives Fuse an ability to rapidly design, develop and field solutions well inside of typical military design cycles. With an Agile approach to development (for both software and hardware) Fuse rapidly innovates, putting creative concepts into action, and refining those concepts through hands on test, user evaluation, and iteration.

We encourage you to explore our Sales Associate role if you are:

Resilient, have a strong work ethic and don’t need oversight once you’re trained up. You are a natural leader who manages and organizes time well
Work well under pressure and can successfully adapt when the unexpected happens. You take ownership of your results
Friendly rivalries motivate you, you’re competitive, and you go above and beyond to achieve

What You’ll Do:

Engage directly with US DoD and other Aerospace and Defense customers to explain product features and benefits, build pipelines, and close business deals
Provide detailed product information, highlighting benefits and features tailored to the customer’s requirements
Use your sales expertise to navigate conversations and close deals, ensuring customer satisfaction

Sales Associates enjoy:

100% full commission role, giving you the ability to maximize your earnings
Comprehensive 3-week paid training program coverall all the fundamentals for success
Sales support, including earning commission for leads even if other team members close the deals

Requirements

Requirements:

Ideal candidates will have the following.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field
Well-developed persuasion and negotiation skills
Great interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build relationships with prospective and existing customers
Excellent communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
U.S. citizenship
Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

More about Fuse:

Founded in 2010, Fuse is a veteran-owned, rapidly growing small business. Our San Diego-based company has earned recognition as an emerging leader in airborne, maritime, and ground networking. Placing the warfighter at the center of every design process, Fuse delivers intuitive, agile, and resilient products that go beyond national security requirements—providing lasting utility and game-changing results. We take pride in our brilliant and talented team as well as our dynamic environment and collaborative, creative, environment. We build cutting-edge hardware and software products that solve complex national security challenges for our warfighters at the tactical edge.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision
Employee coverage is fully funded; a portion of dependents' coverage is funded as well
11 paid Federal Holidays
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Date of hire through second year: 10 days/year (accrued)
After two years: unlimited
40 hours of paid sick leave per year
401k with employer matching
Annual bonuses
Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month

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About the company

Fuse Integration builds and supplies communications, networking, and computing systems for U.S. defense agencies. Its products help warfighters share information quickly and securely across airborne, maritime, and ground environments by using virtualized networks, modular tactical edge virtual networks, and gateway devices. The way their products work is by virtualizing and deploying network services close to where soldiers operate, enabling fast, reliable data sharing even in harsh environments. Fuse differentiates itself through a warfighter-focused design process that couples expert engineers with defense operations experts to tailor technology to mission needs, ensuring data is current, accurate, and easy to understand for decision-makers in the field. The company's goal is to provide practical, data-driven solutions that give tactical edge victories and extend utility beyond basic security requirements for U.S. military customers.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$1.7M

Headquarters

San Diego, California

Founded

2010

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

The May 2026 sole-source KRAKEN order funded $30.6 million immediately and extends through 2028.
Fuse added an OV-10 Bronco test platform in September 2026, accelerating demonstrations.
Management hired CFO Peter J. Gondek in 2024 and kept recruiting DevSecOps roles in 2026.

What critics are saying

Fuse depends heavily on Navy buying cycles; the May 2026 $96.1 million order dominates visibility.
The business is concentrated in one customer ecosystem, NAVAIR, making budget shifts immediate damage.
If KRAKEN slips before February 2028, prime defense primes can displace Fuse’s niche permanently.

What makes Fuse Integration unique

Fuse’s KRAKEN and CORE 5 systems run live tactical edge networking across air, sea, and seabed.
Fuse’s AIRE platform opened its network stack to third-party AI developers in January 2025.
Fuse pairs software-defined networking with deployed test aircraft and maritime gateways, not slideware.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Leave
401(k) Company Match
Phone/Internet Stipend
Paid Vacation
Performance Bonus

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Headcount

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth

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Sep 13th, 2026

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Satellite Evolution

Sep 10th, 2026

Elbit Systems' FUSE introduces military-grade autonomous systems built for scale.

Elbit Systems' FUSE introduces military-grade autonomous systems built for scale. 2 hours ago Elbit Systems Ltd.'s FUSE, has unveiled its AI-driven autonomous combat systems and One2Many operational capabilities, enabling centralized real-time coordination of large numbers of autonomous aerial and ground systems. Built on years of operational experience, proven technologies and advanced autonomy developed within Elbit Systems, FUSE delivers mature military-grade autonomous systems designed for scalable coordinated operations across land and air domains. At the core of the portfolio is Dominion-X, an AI-powered unified operating system enabling One2Many operations in GNSS-denied environments, supported by advanced automatic target recognition (ATR) and homing capabilities. Dominion-X enables centralized real-time coordination and management of autonomous aerial and ground systems, including real-time mission data exchange between platforms and distributed operations across battlefield environments through a shared mission network. Designed for contested and GPS-denied environments, FUSE's solutions support resilient mission execution, distributed autonomous operations and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) alongside maneuvering forces and crewed platforms within existing military formations and command structures. FUSE's solutions also enable military forces to rapidly integrate autonomous capabilities into existing tactical assets, unmanned systems and combat vehicles, creating scalable coordinated autonomous formations while leveraging current force structures. Supported by Elbit Systems' operational experience, manufacturing infrastructure and global defense footprint, FUSE's solutions are designed for scalable production, rapid field integration and sustained operational deployment across multi-domain operations. The technologies and autonomous systems within FUSE's portfolio have already accumulated more than 1,000,000 operational flight hours and over 100,000 autonomous ground operation hours, with thousands of drones and hundreds of unmanned ground platforms already delivered to customers worldwide. FUSE's portfolio includes: * UNMANNED TACTICAL FORCE - a fully digitized Unmanned Tactical Force for recon-strike in mass operations. * PIRANI-X - Seek and strike tactical swarm drone solutions for maneuvering forces. * URBAN LETHALITY SYSTEMS - Stand-in mass UGV & one-way attack (OWA) drones designed for urban operations and engagements against indoor and fortified threats. * ARMORED WINGMAN SYSTEMS - Ground and airborne unmanned assets working alongside, or deployed from, manned armored platforms. * BORDER DEFENSE SYSTEMS - A combination of mobile, deployed and fixed unmanned ground and airborne assets performing autonomous border protection missions with minimal operator involvement across vast areas of interest. * MULTI-MISSION GROUP 1 AND 2 UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) - The X-intra, THOR and Magni-X families of backpack-portable, rapidly deployable, fully autonomous multi-rotor VTOL UAS designed to support a wide range of tactical missions such as reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and identification, communications relay, electronic warfare support, resupply, limited cargo delivery and configurable mission effects. * GROUND AUTONOMY KITS - AI-powered autonomous solutions (hardware & software) designed for multiple critical off-road missions in contested environments, including fully autonomous operations of UGVs and manned platforms, teleoperation capabilities and ADAS/EVPS (Enhanced Visual Position System). FUSE's systems are already operationally deployed and in service with customers in Israel, the United States and Europe, supporting ongoing operational missions and force modernization programs. Leveraging Elbit Systems' battlefield integration experience and defense infrastructure, FUSE's autonomous capabilities are designed to support real-world operational requirements, including high-tempo maneuver operations, distributed force deployment and multi-domain combat scenarios. By integrating autonomous systems directly into frontline formations, FUSE helps military forces to increase operational tempo, expand combat mass, accelerate sensor-to-shooter cycles and improve force survivability while reducing risk to personnel. "Military forces are entering a new operational era in which combat effectiveness will increasingly depend not only on autonomous platforms themselves, but on the ability to integrate and coordinate large numbers of autonomous systems within existing maneuver forces in real time," said Eyal Dahan, CEO of FUSE. "FUSE was established to deliver that capability today - combining autonomous platforms, operational AI and scalable One2Many command capabilities into integrated operational solutions that can be rapidly deployed and integrated into modern combat formations."

PR Newswire

Aug 11th, 2026

Fuse Integration named to Inc. 5000 list for fourth time.

Fuse Integration named to Inc. 5000 list for fourth time. Fuse Integration Aug 11, 2026, 10:10 ET Deployment of scalable, production-ready tactical edge networking solutions fueling growth SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Fuse Integration, a warfighter-focused non-traditional engineering firm, today announced it has earned a place, for the fourth time, on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Companies on the list are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2022 to 2025. Fuse's growth has been fueled by accelerated deployment of its communications and networking solutions at the tactical edge. The company's scalable, production-ready systems are enabling mission effects across manned and unmanned platforms in theater. "Modern defense operations increasingly rely on ready-now solutions for secure, resilient network connectivity across manned and unmanned platforms in theater," said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. "Our tactical edge networking solutions are joint and open by design and proven in deployed environments. As demand grows, our team is moving toward full-rate production of our multifunction network controllers and podded solutions." "Being recognized again as one of the fastest-growing companies in the nation is an honor and a testament to the team behind the growth," added Scott Rosebush, Fuse President. "I couldn't be more proud of how our leaders and team members have consistently stepped up to meet the moment with relentless follow-through." Fuse is ranked 3,655 on the 2026 list, which is available here: https://www.inc.com/inc5000 About Fuse Integration Fuse Integration is a warfighter-focused, non-traditional engineering firm that designs, prototypes and rapidly fields tactical edge networking solutions for defense customers in the United States and allied nations. The company's airborne and maritime gateway systems and virtualized network architectures are operational today, enabling real-time data sharing across air, land and sea environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in San Diego with a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com Media Contact SOURCE Fuse Integration

The Bee

May 7th, 2026

Fuse PM to join Captains of Industry panel at Naval Helicopter Association 2026 symposium.

Fuse PM to join Captains of Industry panel at Naval Helicopter Association 2026 symposium. PR Newswire Yesterday at 9:28am PDT Dave "Duck" Miceli will represent the tactical edge networking perspective at the premier naval rotary-wing aviation event. SAN DIEGO, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Fuse Integration, a warfighter-focused non-traditional engineering firm, today announced that Dave "Duck" Miceli, Program Manager and Rotary Wing and Expeditionary Warfare Subject Matter Expert at Fuse, will serve as a panelist on the Captains of Industry panel at the Naval Helicopter Association 2026 Annual Symposium. With a theme of "Forged to Fight," NHA 2026 will take place May 12-15 at Harrah's Resort Southern California in Valley Center, California. The NHA Symposium is exactly where this conversation belongs, in a room full of the warriors who fly the missions and understand what operational relevance truly means. The Bee News is proud to have Duck contribute to a dialogue that puts the warfighter first. On May 13, the panel will bring together senior industry leaders to explore how defense companies are delivering operational advantage through speed, integration, adaptability, and real-world relevance for the warfighter. They will examine the capabilities shaping the future of maritime and expeditionary aviation. "The NHA Symposium is exactly where this conversation belongs, in a room full of the warriors who fly the missions and understand what operational relevance truly means," said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. "We are proud to have Duck contribute to a dialogue that puts the warfighter first." SESSION INFORMATION The Captains of Industry panel is designed to move beyond traditional platform discussions and focus on how industry partners are delivering operational advantage through speed, integration, adaptability, and real-world relevance for the warfighter. * Event: Naval Helicopter Association 2026 Annual Symposium"Forged to Fight" * Panel: Captains of Industry * When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 1345-1500 PT * Where: Harrah's Resort Southern California, Valley Center, California | TEC 11-13 Members of the media interested in scheduling an interview with Miceli before, during, or after the symposium should contact Joyce Bosc at [email protected]. About Fuse Integration Fuse Integration is a warfighter-focused, non-traditional engineering firm that designs, prototypes and rapidly fields tactical edge networking solutions for defense customers in the United States and allied nations. The company's airborne and maritime gateway systems and virtualized network architectures are operational today, enabling real-time data sharing across air, land and sea environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in San Diego with a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com Media Contact SOURCE Fuse Integration This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact PR Newswire directly.

PR Newswire

Mar 12th, 2025

Fuse To Discuss Vital C3 For Undersea Dominance At Ndia 2025 Undersea Warfare Spring Conference

In the modern networked battlespace, there is a significant need to modernize the networks to crewed and uncrewed platforms associated with subsea and seabed warfare, or SSW

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