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Sr. Manager, Mission Engineering & Operations
Axon Enterprise INC · 🇺🇸 North Carolina
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 117 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 19 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Axon Enterprise INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Sr Engineering Program Manager I” (Architectural and Engineering Managers) in AZ: $130k–$170k, median $138k. Most were filed at wage level I (67%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Axon Enterprise INC
The US Department of Labor certified 117 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 19 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact You will lead a team of Mission Engineers who serve as Axon’s embedded builders and operational partners inside strategic public safety agencies. Mission Engineers work face-to-face with the people doing the work, diagnose how the agency operates, and build the workflows, automations, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions that measurably improve it. As Senior Manager, you will create the environment in which that work succeeds. You will coach experienced individual contributors, set a clear bar for technical delivery and agency partnership, and help the team turn ambiguous field problems into secure, maintainable solutions that reach production and earn sustained adoption. You will stay close enough to the portfolio to recognize patterns, anticipate risk, and connect what the team learns in the field back to Product, Engineering, and the broader organization. Success is reflected in agencies becoming more capable, Mission Engineers growing into trusted transformation leaders, and strong field solutions becoming reusable patterns that benefit customers beyond a single engagement. Axon’s mission is to Protect Life, and this team is one of the most direct ways we advance that mission alongside the agencies we serve. What You’ll Do Location: Southeast US Regionally based with Travel up to 40% Reports to: Senior Director, Customer Deployment & Mission Engineering Direct Reports: Individual Contributors Lead, Coach, and Develop Mission Engineers • Lead and develop a distributed team of embedded Mission Engineers working across strategic agency environments • Coach individual contributors through complex technical decisions, ambiguous customer problems, executive conversations, and high-stakes delivery moments • Establish clear expectations for ownership, technical quality, onsite partnership, production delivery, adoption, documentation, and measurable agency impact • Build individualized development plans and create opportunities for Mission Engineers to expand their technical range, executive presence, and transformation leadership • Foster a culture of curiosity, candor, responsible experimentation, continuous learning, and shared accountability • Support thoughtful team growth by selecting and onboarding people who can both build practical solutions and earn credibility with agency stakeholders Set the Bar for Agency Outcomes • Ensure Mission Engineers begin with the agency’s mission, operational workflow, and desired outcome before selecting or building a solution • Require clear baselines, success criteria, and adoption measures so impact is demonstrated rather than assumed • Guide the team from discovery through production use, iteration, handoff, and sustained adoption • Help Mission Engineers balance immediate agency needs with secure, maintainable, and scalable solution design • Reinforce that success means the agency is more capable—not that one individual has become indispensable Own a Strategic Mission Engineering Portfolio • Maintain visibility across strategic agencies, active builds, adoption progress, technical risk, and emerging operational needs • Match Mission Engineer capability and level to agency complexity, transformation opp