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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 4,117 live roles across the companies we track actually require — and who’s hiring the most.

Clearance requirements

none2,305 · 56%

secret786 · 19%

top-secret547 · 13%

us-citizen382 · 9%

ts-sci94 · 2%

public-trust3 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Anduril Industries2,398 roles →Shield AI350 roles →Saronic Technologies275 roles →Zipline234 roles →Applied Intuition229 roles →Palantir Technologies192 roles →CHAOS Industries155 roles →Skydio124 roles →Allen Control Systems67 roles →Epirus36 roles →

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