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2026 Security Clearance & Hiring Report

A clearance is often the real gate to an autonomous-systems or defense job. Here’s what 4,447 live roles across the companies we track actually require - and who’s hiring the most.

Clearance requirements

none2,605 · 59%

secret804 · 18%

top-secret629 · 14%

us-citizen313 · 7%

ts-sci96 · 2%

Top hiring companies

Anduril Industries2,385 roles →Shield AI500 roles →Zipline357 roles →Applied Intuition295 roles →Palantir Technologies243 roles →Saronic Technologies208 roles →CHAOS Industries151 roles →Skydio135 roles →Allen Control Systems67 roles →Epirus43 roles →

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Figures derived from live job postings tracked by MissionRobo, updated daily.