About Precision Federal
Precision Federal is a Christian-owned small business building AI and software systems for federal agencies through the SBIR program. The founder is a Christian, and the company is run on Christian principles: every number we publish is real, every claim we make is verifiable, and the work is done with excellence as service to God. Every proposal we submit is backed by working prototypes built before we ask for a dollar.
How this role works
- You join the bench. With your written consent, we name you (with a short bio) on proposals that match this role. Consent costs you nothing and commits you to nothing until an award funds.
- A contract is awarded. Federal SBIR awards fund the team named in the proposal. Your engagement begins, at an hourly rate agreed before you were ever named.
- You work remote, paid from the contract. ~40–80 hrs per funded award — and if no award ever funds, you owe nothing and lose nothing.
What you'll do
- Review our sonar and undersea-warfare technical approaches for operational realism before submission and during funded work
- Advise on real operator workflows, display conventions, and fleet terminology
- Sanity-check bench scenarios, clutter assumptions, and ground-truth labeling against sea experience
- Flag anything that would read as “outsider work” to a Navy reviewer or program office
- Join occasional government calls and technical reviews for funded efforts
Required qualifications
- 15+ years in Navy sonar, anti-submarine warfare, or undersea systems — senior sonar technician, STS/AW chief, officer, or NAVSEA/ONR engineer
- Fluency in how sonar operators and ASW teams actually work at sea
- U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (U.S. person)
- Willingness to be named as a consultant on federal proposals, with written consent
Preferred qualifications
- Post-service engineering or defense-industry work
- Prior security clearance
- Towed-array, mine-countermeasures, or Arctic operations experience
Compensation & structure
1099 consulting engagement. Hourly rate agreed in the first conversation, before you are named on any proposal. Hours are funded by federal contract awards — roughly 40–80 hours across a 6–12 month period of performance per funded award, fully remote. No award, no hours, no obligation.