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Mission success runs on communication. When that link breaks, missions fail. ZeroPhase builds SDR-based data link systems that keep UAVs connected: under jamming, under interference, in the most contested environments on earth. We're not building for a future threat. Our systems are already deployed, in circulation with primes, and being integrated across European sovereign programs. The problem is real, the urgency is real, and the technology works. Founded in 2022, raised €5.8M in seed funding, and growing fast. We're headquartered in Munich at the centre of Europe's emerging defence tech ecosystem, and hiring across embedded systems, RF engineering, FPGA development, and the commercial and operational roles that scale it We're a small team that moves with urgency, owns problems end to end, and builds things that hold up under pressure. If that's the environment you're looking for, we'd like to hear from you, irrespective!