Head of Communications

Location: Remote / Flexible
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Communications
Reports To: CEO / Founders / CMO
Equity: Yes

Salary Range 170K to 220K

About Tiberius Aerospace

Tiberius Aerospace is building the next generation of weapons systems for the United States, United Kingdom, and their allies.

We believe the future of defense will be built differently — with faster iteration, tighter integration between software and hardware, and a more modern approach to how mission-critical systems are designed, tested, deployed, and improved. Tiberius is building technologies that do not stop evolving once they leave the factory, while helping shape a defense ecosystem that connects engineers, operators, manufacturers, governments, and allies into a continuously learning system.

To serve our nations with Strength, Honor, and Purpose — forging the systems that defend freedom and shape the future of defense.

Position Overview

Tiberius Aerospace is seeking a Head of Communications to define how the world understands the company.

This is not a traditional corporate communications role. We are not looking for someone to manage an inherited playbook, maintain a routine press calendar, or simply react to the business as it evolves. We are looking for a communications architect — someone who can translate complex technology, ambitious founders, consequential programs, tests, setbacks, wins, contracts, and ideas into a narrative that is clear, memorable, and strategically powerful.

This role will work directly with the CEO, founders, CMO, product leaders, engineers, government teams, customers, and partners to shape not only what Tiberius says, but when it says it, who says it, and why it matters.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer, editor, strategist, and operator with strong judgment, high standards, and the ability to move quickly in an environment where timelines shift, information is incomplete, and the stakes are high.

What You’ll Do

Build and own the communications strategy behind Tiberius’s ambition to become one of the defining companies of the new defense industrial base
Develop and sharpen the company’s external narrative: what Tiberius believes, what it is building, why it matters, and why its approach is different
Help founders become consequential voices in the conversations shaping defense, technology, and national security
Identify the ideas worth owning and develop speeches, essays, interviews, posts, statements, and strategic moments that are unmistakably theirs
Work directly with engineers and product teams to understand what is being built and translate deeply technical work into compelling, accurate communications
Create communications strategies around launches, tests, demonstrations, milestones, deployments, partnerships, contracts, and new capabilities
Build trusted relationships with journalists across defense, technology, business, policy, and national security
Advise leadership through criticism, misinformation, sensitive programs, difficult questions, and high-stakes reputation moments
Build the communications organization, operating cadence, and systems required for the company Tiberius is becoming

Core Responsibilities

Company Narrative

Develop and continually refine Tiberius’s external narrative
Define the position Tiberius can own across defense, technology, government, capital markets, and culture
Ensure the company is increasingly difficult to misunderstand — and increasingly difficult to ignore

Founder Communications

Work directly with founders to shape their voice in the public conversation
Identify the arguments, positions, and ideas worth owning
Develop speeches, essays, interviews, and posts that strengthen founder voice without diluting it

Product & Technology Communications

Partner with engineers and product teams to understand what is actually being built
Translate technical work clearly and credibly without oversimplifying it
Develop communications strategies around launches, tests, demonstrations, milestones, deployments, and engineering breakthroughs
Know the difference between something technically impressive and something genuinely newsworthy

Media Relations

Build and manage trusted relationships with journalists and outlets shaping conversations across defense, technology, business, policy, and national security
Know when to pursue a story, when to offer background, when exclusivity matters, and when the press is not the right channel

Strategic Communications

Lead major communications moments involving:
- New weapons and platforms
- Flight and live-fire testing
- Government contracts
- International expansion
- Manufacturing
- Partnerships
- Operational milestones
- GRAIL and software
- Capital events
- Company growth
- Founder point of view

Issues & Reputation

Help leadership navigate scrutiny, criticism, misinformation, and sensitive moments with speed and sound judgment
Bring clarity and discipline to communications where technology, geopolitics, public opinion, and national security intersect

Build the Function

Build the communications capability required for a rapidly scaling defense company
Establish team structure, agency relationships, processes, launch systems, rapid-response frameworks, measurement, and operating cadence
Leave behind a function substantially stronger and more sophisticated than the one you inherited

What You’ll Bring

10+ years of experience across communications, journalism, technology, defense, government, public affairs, policy, or a similarly high-consequence environment
Exceptional writing and editing skills across multiple formats, from executive communications to public narrative
Strong editorial judgment and the ability to identify the most compelling angle in a complex story
Experience working directly with founders, CEOs, or senior executives with strong points of view
Ability to translate complex technical work into clear, credible, and differentiated external communications
Strong understanding of media, influence, reputation, and how technology and public narrative shape one another
Comfort operating in ambiguity, under changing timelines, and at high velocity
A high-ownership mindset and the ability to build, not simply manage

Preferred

Experience building communications for an ambitious technology, aerospace, defense, or national security company
Experience leading communications around products or technologies that required explanation before they could generate excitement
Experience navigating launches, crises, regulatory environments, government customers, or geopolitical complexity
Experience building or scaling a communications function
Strong network across defense, technology, business, policy, national security, and mainstream media

What We’re Looking For

Someone unusually good at identifying the interesting thing
Someone who can sit with an engineer for thirty minutes and find the sentence everyone else missed
Someone who understands technology, power, media, and the internet — and how those forces increasingly collide
Someone comfortable around founders with strong opinions and high standards
Someone who knows the difference between being provocative and being interesting, between being loud and being important, and between attention and reputation
Someone who can write — really write — and recognize great writing in others
Someone with taste, precision, speed, and conviction

Growth Opportunity

There are rare moments when a company, an industry, and the world change at the same time. Defense is in one of those moments.

The systems being built now will influence how deterrence works, how wars are fought, how allied nations collaborate, and how quickly technology reaches the people who need it. The companies that define this era will need more than extraordinary engineering. They will need extraordinary clarity about what they believe and why they exist.

This role offers the opportunity to build that clarity at Tiberius.

How We Support You

Competitive base salary
Equity participation
Flexible PTO plus 9 bank holidays, 48 hours sick leave, and 5 days bereavement leave
Parental leave (2 weeks)
Best-in-class health insurance — medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of premiums paid for by Tiberius
STD, LTD, Life and AD&D insurance
401(k)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tiberius Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company maintains policies and practices designed to prevent discrimination or harassment against any qualified applicant or employee to the extent prohibited by federal, state, and local laws and regulations. By way of example, discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law is prohibited.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or need an alternative method for applying, you may contact [email protected] for assistance. Tiberius Aerospace, Inc. participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your I-9 Form information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Steve Brown
Recruiter
Tiberius
760 877 3135
[email protected]

About the company

Tiberius Aerospace provides defense technology through a Defense-as-a-Service model, licensing its IP and integrating an AI platform so allied governments can manufacture weapons in‑country. It separates R&D from manufacturing to enable rapid, ongoing updates to its systems, with in‑country production and IP licensing as core features. It differentiates itself by enabling sovereign capability, forming alliance-focused partnerships (including UK MoD work and DIU validation) rather than relying on a few large contractors. Its goal is to supply licensed defense technologies to allied nations, accelerate development cycles, and reduce dependence on a small number of traditional contractors.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$4.5M

Headquarters

Newport Beach, California

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

October 1, 2026: $500 million Sceptre contract validates Defense-as-a-Service commercially.
August 13, 2026 DEVCOM CRADA gives Tiberius Army access and credibility.
August 20, 2026 Invictus entered formal T&E, expanding the platform beyond Sceptre.

What critics are saying

Sceptre and Invictus depend on unproven ramjet performance through 2027 testing.
October 1, 2026 revenue comes from one flagship contract; customer concentration is extreme.
ITAR, UK-U.S. licensing, and export approvals can freeze manufacturing; one denial kills scale.

What makes Tiberius Aerospace unique

October 1, 2026 contract proves Tiberius sells technology licenses, not just munitions.
GRAIL separates design and manufacturing, enabling allied production under one software-controlled model.
Sceptre fires from NATO-standard 155mm howitzers, avoiding new launchers and procurement overhauls.

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Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Bereavement Leave
Parental Leave
Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth

11%

Associated Press

Oct 1st, 2026

Tiberius Aerospace secures $500M contract for precision-guided munition in Defence-as-a-Service debut

Tiberius Aerospace has secured a $500 million contract to manufacture and distribute Sceptre, its precision-guided munition, marking the first scaled deployment of its Defense-as-a-Service model. The collaboration involves U.K. technology partners and is supported by an International Traffic in Arms Regulations Technical Assistance Agreement. Sceptre, a ramjet-powered 155mm munition, moved from concept to contract in 24 months. The model allows allied nations to share development risk and manufacture sovereign capability through Tiberius Aerospace's AI-powered platform GRAIL, which connects engineering, suppliers, and manufacturing. The approach aims to strengthen allied defense industrial bases by spreading investment across multiple nations. Traditional defense acquisition typically requires individual governments to carry substantial research and development costs independently, often duplicating efforts across allied countries.

IMA Network

Aug 20th, 2026

Tiberius Aerospace announces Invictus has moved into formal engineering testing and evaluation, bringing scalable long-range Precision Strike across multiple domains.

Tiberius Aerospace announces Invictus has moved into formal engineering testing and evaluation, bringing scalable long-range Precision Strike across multiple domains. NEWPORT BEACH, California, 20 August 2026 - Tiberius Aerospace, the modern defense technology company building next-generation weapon systems and AI-powered defense solutions for the United States, United Kingdom and allied nations, today announced that Invictus is moving from laboratory investigation into formal engineering and Test & Evaluation (T&E) development, marking a major step towards fielding its next-generation long-range precision strike system. The transition moves Invictus beyond exploratory laboratory development and into a structured engineering program focused on validating propulsion, flight performance, guidance, platform integration and manufacturability through formal testing. Direct-connect testing of the Invictus ramjet engine is already underway at Purdue's Zucrow Laboratories, where the engine has demonstrated excellent operability using Jet-A across all conditions tested to date. Invictus is a tube-launched, multi-mission system designed for integration across multiple platforms and domains. Its architecture is intended to support launch from vertical launch systems and autonomous vehicles operating across land and sea, giving warfighters greater flexibility in how long-range precision effects are delivered. The program is advancing against an increasingly urgent strategic challenge: the need for the United States and its allies to rebuild long-range precision strike capacity faster than traditional defense production can replenish it. The U.S. Army used virtually all of its stockpile of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles during the five-month conflict with Iran, intensifying concerns about readiness for future contingencies. Across Europe, Western missile inventories have also come under growing pressure, driving NATO governments and manufacturers to accelerate production and rebuild stockpiles. Invictus is being designed to address both capability and capacity, combining long-range precision with an architecture built for adaptability and scale. The Invictus-200 will pair a ramjet with an integral booster to deliver speeds up to Mach 3 and precision strike at ranges of up to 200 kilometers, with targeting precision of 5.5-meter CEP depending on guidance configuration. Its 10-15 kilogram payload capacity and modular, open architecture will allow the system to be configured for different missions and evolve as operational requirements change. "The move into formal engineering, testing and evaluation is a major step toward turning Invictus from a promising technology into a deployable capability," said Chad Steelberg, Founder and CEO of Tiberius Aerospace. "We are designing Invictus around cost-effective lethality from the outset, maximizing the combat effect delivered for every dollar spent by simplifying the weapon, engineering it for high-volume production and building in an open architecture that can evolve without replacing the entire system. That matters because the challenge for the United States and NATO is not simply building another exquisite long-range weapon; it is fielding enough lethal capability, at a cost we can sustain. Invictus is being built as a multi-mission, tube-launched system capable of delivering multi-domain precision effects. Range matters and lethality matters but if you cannot afford to field it at scale, it does not solve the problem." At the heart of Invictus' development is GRAIL, Tiberius Aerospace's AI-powered platform for developing, evaluating and scaling next-generation weapon systems. Tiberius Aerospace used GRAIL Effects to model Invictus against specific targets and realistic operating conditions, assessing mission effectiveness alongside cost, readiness, sustainment and supply-chain constraints. This analysis will optimize Invictus for cost-effective lethality, delivering a 10x cost-lethality score by maximizing the operational effect delivered for the resources required to produce and field the system. GRAIL Effects also applies TELS, the Target Effective Lethality Score, to assess how effectively a weapon neutralizes a specific target, helping identify overmatch, underperformance and mission fit so the right effect can be matched to the right target. The same GRAIL approach informs Invictus' manufacturing model. Through GRAIL Agility, Tiberius Aerospace can connect program requirements with domestic and allied suppliers capable of producing components and systems, supporting a broader and more resilient industrial base. Invictus is being engineered with a simplified architecture and fewer parts to support cost-effective, high-volume production rather than reliance on a narrow, highly concentrated supply chain. Its modular architecture is also designed to allow guidance, payload and mission capabilities to be upgraded over time without requiring the entire weapon system to be redesigned, extending Invictus' relevance as threats and technologies change. Invictus will bring together long-range precision, multi-domain flexibility, cost-effective lethality and scalable production in a weapon designed not only for today's operational requirements, but for continuous adaptation throughout its service life. About Tiberius Aerospace Tiberius Aerospace is a modern defense technology company building next-generation weapon systems and AI-powered defense solutions for the United States, United Kingdom and allied nations. Its technologies include Sceptre, its next-generation precision-guided ramjet-powered 155mm artillery munition; Invictus, its scalable long-range precision missile platform; and GRAIL, its AI-powered platform for the continuous iteration of weapon systems.

ADS Group

Aug 13th, 2026

Tiberius Aerospace to develop Sceptre for US Army DEVCOM AC.

Tiberius Aerospace to develop Sceptre for US Army DEVCOM AC. The US Army has established a collaborative framework for the evolution of Sceptre's capabilities for the US and its allies. August 13, 2026 Tiberius Aerospace today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC). The agreement will support the continued development and maturation of Sceptre, the company's next-generation precision-guided, ramjet-powered 155mm artillery munition. The CRADA establishes a collaborative research framework between Tiberius Aerospace and DEVCOM AC, enabling the parties to collaborate on mutually agreed research and technical activities relating to the Sceptre programme. CRADAs are a long-established mechanism through which the US Army works with industry to accelerate the development and maturation of technologies of mutual interest. Ramjet-powered Sceptre aims to extend artillery range. Unlike conventional rocket-assisted projectiles, Sceptre uses a liquid-fuelled ramjet that provides sustained propulsion throughout flight, delivering a step change in the performance of tube artillery. Fired from a NATO-standard 155mm howitzer, Sceptre is designed to accelerate beyond Mach 3, reach altitudes exceeding 65,000 feet and deliver precision effects at ranges of up to 150 kilometres, with target accuracy within five metres, even in GPS-denied environments. Designed for use with existing 155mm artillery systems. Crucially, Sceptre requires no new launcher or bespoke firing platform, enabling armed forces to dramatically extend the capability of their existing artillery inventories without introducing a new weapon system. Its propulsion system uses a multi-fuel liquid propellant compatible with readily available military fuels, including diesel, JP-4 and JP-8, reducing logistics, storage and sustainment requirements while leveraging existing battlefield fuel supply chains. Designed from the outset as a software-defined weapon, Sceptre combines advanced propulsion with a modular open architecture that enables continuous capability upgrades throughout its service life. Through integration with GRAIL, Tiberius Aerospace's AI-powered platform for the continuous iteration of weapon systems, new targeting capabilities, guidance algorithms, mission software and autonomy can be rapidly integrated throughout the munition's lifecycle. By connecting operational requirements with engineering, testing and federated manufacturing, GRAIL enables Sceptre to evolve continuously in response to emerging threats, accelerating the delivery of improved capability to the battlefield. US Army agreement follows successful Sceptre testing. In April 2026, Tiberius Aerospace achieved a world-first demonstration by successfully launching a liquid-fuelled ramjet from a NATO-standard 155mm howitzer. Together with previous demonstrations of round integrity under launch conditions of approximately 16,000 g, successful fin deployment and stable aerodynamic flight, the company's disciplined flight-test programme continues to systematically validate each of the core technologies underpinning Sceptre. The CRADA further expands Tiberius Aerospace's collaboration with the US Department of Defense and marks an important milestone in the maturation of the Sceptre programme, by combining advanced propulsion, precision guidance, software-defined architecture and AI-enabled continuous iteration.

Tendernews.com

Aug 7th, 2026

US Army Backs Development of Tiberius' 150-km Ramjet Artillery Projectile

US Army backs development of Tiberius' 150-km ramjet artillery projectile. [Dated: 07 Aug 2026] The US Army has signed an agreement with Tiberius Aerospace to advance development of its liquid-ramjet-powered Sceptre artillery projectile, capable of engaging targets up to 150 kilometers (93 miles Some of its valuable clients. Quick links. Communication. Business with tendernews. Policy statements. Quick contact. * info(at)tendernews.com

Tiberius Aerospace

Aug 4th, 2026

Tiberius Aerospace signs Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with U.S. Army to advance Sceptre precision-guided artillery program.

Tiberius Aerospace signs Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with U.S. Army to advance Sceptre precision-guided artillery program. August 3, 2026 Tiberius Aerospace, the modern defense technology company building next-generation weapon systems and AI-powered defense solutions for the United States, the United Kingdom and allied nations, today announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) to support the continued development and maturation of Sceptre, the company's next-generation precision-guided, ramjet-powered 155mm artillery munition. The CRADA establishes a collaborative research framework between Tiberius Aerospace and DEVCOM AC, enabling the parties to collaborate on mutually agreed research and technical activities relating to the Sceptre program. CRADAs are a long-established mechanism through which the U.S. Army works with industry to accelerate the development and maturation of technologies of mutual interest. Unlike conventional rocket-assisted projectiles, Sceptre uses a liquid-fueled ramjet that provides sustained propulsion throughout flight, delivering a step change in the performance of tube artillery. Fired from a NATO-standard 155mm howitzer, Sceptre is designed to accelerate beyond Mach 3, reach altitudes exceeding 65,000 feet and deliver precision effects at ranges of up to 150 kilometers, with target accuracy within five meters, even in GPS-denied environments. Crucially, Sceptre requires no new launcher or bespoke firing platform, enabling armed forces to dramatically extend the capability of their existing artillery inventories without introducing a new weapon system. Its propulsion system uses a multi-fuel liquid propellant compatible with readily available military fuels, including diesel, JP-4 and JP-8, reducing logistics, storage and sustainment requirements while leveraging existing battlefield fuel supply chains. Designed from the outset as a software-defined weapon, Sceptre combines advanced propulsion with a modular open architecture that enables continuous capability upgrades throughout its service life. Through integration with GRAIL, Tiberius Aerospace's AI-powered platform for the continuous iteration of weapon systems, new targeting capabilities, guidance algorithms, mission software and autonomy can be rapidly integrated throughout the munition's lifecycle. By connecting operational requirements with engineering, testing and federated manufacturing, GRAIL enables Sceptre to evolve continuously in response to emerging threats, accelerating the delivery of improved capability to the battlefield. In April 2026, Tiberius Aerospace achieved a world-first demonstration by successfully launching a liquid-fueled ramjet from a NATO-standard 155mm howitzer. Together with previous demonstrations of round integrity under launch conditions of approximately 16,000 g, successful fin deployment and stable aerodynamic flight the company's disciplined flight-test program continues to systematically validate each of the core technologies underpinning Sceptre. The CRADA further expands Tiberius Aerospace's collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense and marks another important milestone in the maturation of the Sceptre program. By combining advanced propulsion, precision guidance, software-defined architecture and AI-enabled continuous iteration.

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