Initial README — job-pipeline surface for Vannevar Labs (6-section template, outreach log empty)

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+# `Vannevar Labs` — Job Pipeline Surface
+
+> Forgejo bucket: `marcus/job-vannevar`. Maintained as part of Scott's
+> Staff+ SWE job-pipeline. **Surface only** — no public posts, no
+> outreach sent, until `sscoble` approves.
+
+## 1. Why Vannevar Labs
+
+Vannevar Labs builds defense-intelligence AI for the U.S. national-security community — Mission Agents, Search, and ATO (Authorization To Operate) software. Defense intel is the canonical "feedback loop is absent" dark-factory domain: the operator's decision is downstream of agent output and cannot audit the agent's reasoning in real time. The Speckl × Vannevar demo (access control provenance compile) demonstrates compile-time policy provenance for mission-agent access control, directly mapping Scott's OneBrief defense-tech and B.Well regulated-platform experience to Vannevar's mission-agent + ATO surface.
+
+## 2. JD snapshot
+
+| Field | Value |
+|---|---|
+| Title | Engineering Manager, DevOps / Engineering Manager, Security Platform / Senior Software Engineer - Agents Platform |
+| Department | DevOps / Security Platform / Mission Agents |
+| Level | EM / Senior (Staff-equivalent for EM roles) |
+| Location | Remote (US) / San Diego / New York (varies by role) |
+| Remote/hybrid/on-site | Remote (for most roles); on-site for some (San Diego, New York) |
+| Comp range (base) | Not posted (Series B; estimated $180–200K base) |
+| Comp range (total) | Estimated $250K+ all-in (equity at Series B) |
+| Req ID | Via Greenhouse — re-verify at outreach time |
+| Posting URL | https://www.vannevarlabs.com (careers) |
+| Updated | 2026-07-07 (v3 shortlist research pass) |
+| Tech stack named | K8s, CI/CD, DevOps, security platform, agentic AI, TS/SCI environment |
+| Soft requirements | Defense-tech experience, TS/SCI clearance (for some roles), mission-agent development |
+| Years experience | 8+ (EM-level); 5+ (Senior SWE) |
+
+### Additional open roles (verified live on Greenhouse, 33 total)
+
+- **Engineering Manager, DevOps** (Remote) — *direct title match*
+- **Engineering Manager, Mission Agents** (New York) — agentic AI leadership
+- **Engineering Manager, Security Platform** (Remote) — direct match
+- **DevOps Engineer** (Remote)
+- **Senior Software Engineer - Agents Platform** (Remote) — agentic AI infra
+- **Senior Software Engineer - ATO** (San Diego) — Speckl adjacent
+- **Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack** (Remote)
+- **Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack (Mission Agents)** (Remote)
+- **Senior Software Engineer, Search** (Remote)
+- **Forward Deployed Engineer** (TS/SCI Required) — multiple US locations
+
+### Full JD body
+
+*Verbatim JD text should be pasted here from the Greenhouse job board at outreach time. The v3 shortlist captured the role titles, locations, and department context; the full JD body will be fetched from `https://www.vannevarlabs.com` or Greenhouse before outreach is approved.*
+
+**Key verified product context from v3 research:**
+- Defense-intelligence AI platform for the U.S. national-security community.
+- Verified tagline: *"Restoring Deterrence, Reclaiming Advantage."*
+- Products: **Mission Agents** (agentic AI for intel workflows), **Search**, and **ATO** (Authorization To Operate) software.
+- Series B (~$150M+ raised; specific round size unverified in this pass).
+- Headcount ~150–300 (33 open Greenhouse roles is a strong signal).
+- Mission Agents = agentic AI in production where the human can't catch the bug.
+- ATO = the literal compliance-automation dark-factory problem: prove your system is safe to operate against a regulator's checklist. Speckl-adjacent.
+- Security Platform as a first-class team — verified open role: Engineering Manager, Security Platform (Remote).
+- Defense-tech peer graph = Scott's current OneBrief network. Warmest defense-tech entry on the shortlist.
+
+## 3. Public surface
+
+### Hiring manager (highest confidence)
+
+- **Name:** Brett Granberg
+- **Title:** CEO / Co-founder
+- **GH handle:** (to be verified)
+- **LinkedIn:** (to be verified)
+- **Email domain:** vannevarlabs.com (not directly verified in this pass)
+- **Signals:** CEO/co-founder; publicly known from press but not directly verified in this research pass. Flagged in v3 shortlist as "publicly known from press but not directly verified."
+- **Confidence:** medium (founder identity publicly known from press; direct verification pending — the v3 subagent flagged this explicitly)
+
+### Adjacent public figures (good reply targets before DM)
+
+- Engineering leadership for Mission Agents, Security Platform, and DevOps teams — to be surfaced via Greenhouse/GitHub/LinkedIn before outreach
+- OneBrief colleagues with Vannevar connections — warm-intro path to be verified
+
+### Highest-value reads (3-5)
+
+- Vannevar Labs homepage — *"Restoring Deterrence, Reclaiming Advantage."* — mission framing
+- Mission Agents product documentation — the agentic AI dark-factory surface
+- ATO (Authorization To Operate) product — the compliance-automation dark-factory
+- Open Greenhouse role descriptions for EM DevOps and EM Security Platform — the role-shape match
+- Defense-tech press coverage on Vannevar's funding and product launches
+
+## 4. Artifact plan
+
+### Premise
+
+The Speckl × Vannevar demo is an access control provenance compile that demonstrates compile-time policy provenance for mission-agent access control. The artifact proves Scott can build the policy-provenance layer that Vannevar's Mission Agents + ATO products need — directly mapping his OneBrief defense-tech and B.Well regulated-platform experience.
+
+### Repo layout
+
+```
+marcus/job-vannevar/
+├── README.md
+└── (references https://github.com/wscoble/speckl-access-control)
+```
+
+### Artifact URL
+
+**https://github.com/wscoble/speckl-access-control**
+
+This is the Speckl × Vannevar demo. Build path is `git clone` + `cd speckl-access-control`. Expected deliverable is a working 4-artifact compile output.
+
+### What it demonstrates
+
+- Intent-level provenance compiled through Speckl for access control policies
+- Content-addressed, reproducible policy artifacts for mission-agent authorization
+- ATO-grade audit trail compiled by construction, not verified after the fact
+- A working compile output a hiring manager can clone, build, and verify
+- Direct mapping of Scott's OneBrief defense-tech + B.Well regulated-platform experience to Vannevar's product surface
+
+### Effort estimate
+
+<50 hours (demo already built; README + packaging for external consumption is the remaining work)
+
+### Sketch
+
+```bash
+# Build path
+git clone https://github.com/wscoble/speckl-access-control
+cd speckl-access-control
+# Expected: 4-artifact compile output (Speckl provenance manifests)
+```
+
+## 5. Outreach log
+
+| date | recipient | channel | artifact attached | reply | next step |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| — | — | — | — | — | — |
+
+**No outreach has been sent. No public posts have been made.** Per
+directive from the parent, surface only. Outreach log stays empty until
+`sscoble` approves first contact.
+
+## 6. Sources + confidence
+
+| Fact | Source | Confidence |
+|---|---|---|
+| JD body (role titles, locations) | `vannevarlabs.com` + Greenhouse (v3 research pass, 2026-07-07) | high |
+| Comp range | Not posted; estimated from Series B stage | low (estimate) |
+| Hiring manager name (Brett Granberg) | Public press (flagged as "publicly known but not directly verified" in v3) | medium |
+| Brett Granberg = CEO/co-founder | Public press; company site JS-rendered, blocked direct scraping in v3 | medium |
+| Funding (~$150M+) | Widely reported in press; specific round sizes unverified | medium |
+| Artifact plan | Parent-derived (Speckl × Vannevar consulting wedge) | parent-supplied |
+| Artifact URL | https://github.com/wscoble/speckl-access-control | high |
+
+---
+
+*Captured 2026-07-07 by the job-pipeline subagent. Parent context:
+Scott's job-pipeline strategy, consult-pilot campaign. v3 shortlist
+file: `~/.hermes/cache/job-search/scott-shortlist-2026-07-07-v3.md`.*