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3,243 articlesThe Air Force Just Gave Anduril a Production Contract. The Engineers It Needs in Colorado Must Master Sensor Fusion, Python, and Field-Tested Autonomy — All at Once.
The U.S. Air Force awarded production contracts to Anduril Industries and General Atomics for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, marking the first time since the 1970s a new company has won a fighter aircraft program. The decision covers at least 150 CCA airframes across three production lot
**McKinsey Invested $4 Billion in a Company That Competes With McKinsey — and OpenAI Is the Reason**
OpenAI launched DeployCo, a standalone subsidiary backed by over $4 billion, embedding its engineers inside enterprises to build production AI systems. Modeled on Palantir's Forward Deployed Engineer approach, it acquires Tomoro's 150 engineers and deploys exclusively on OpenAI models.
Commure Raised $70M at a $7B Valuation. The Engineers It's Hiring in Mountain View Must Master Both Clinical AI and Hospital Billing.
Commure raised $70M at a $7B valuation to target the $1T U.S. healthcare administrative cost pool. With $200M in FY2025 revenue, 85% autonomous revenue cycle execution, and a platform spanning 500+ organizations, the company is scaling its agentic AI layer and expanding globally.
The Best-Paid Engineers in Defense Tech Never Touch a Weapon
General Motors and Lockheed Martin's 2026 collaboration is creating a new category of defense-manufacturing jobs that require fluency in both automotive EV systems and military platforms. Fort Worth emerges as the epicenter, with 32 open GM Defense positions and a newly ratified union contract signa
Anduril's $20 Billion Pentagon Contract Needs 2,000 People. The Ones Building the Factory in Rhode Island Start at $143,000.
Anduril Industries closed a $5 billion Series H round in May 2026, doubling its valuation to $61 billion. The capital will fund Arsenal-1, a high-volume production facility in Ohio, as the company scales manufacturing of autonomous defense systems and pursues aggressive hiring across the U.S.
Thales Alenia Space Added 236 Roles in Seven Days — and San Jose Is Where the Satellite Software Work Is Landing
Thales Alenia Space is hiring aggressively across three major programs — ESA's Celeste LEO navigation demonstrator, Copernicus Sentinel-1 Next Generation radar imaging, and Poland's defense telecom satellite. The surge is driving US recruitment in San Jose and Roma, Texas, targeting RF engineers, sy
Over 7,000 Satellites Are in Orbit. The Ground Stations That Make Them Work Are Why SpaceX Just Posted 11 Jobs on One Redmond Street.
SpaceX's Redmond campus is quietly ramping up hiring for power electronics and facilities engineering roles tied to Starlink ground infrastructure, signaling a major push to scale the network's ground segment alongside its growing satellite constellation.
Harvey's Mistral and Ansarada Deals Created Engineering Roles That Require Fluency in RAG Pipelines, Contract Lifecycles, and EU Data Law — All at Once
Harvey raised $760M across four rounds in 2025, surging from a $3B to $11B valuation. With 282 open roles and $100M+ ARR, the legal-AI startup is hiring aggressively across engineering, AI platform, and a new hybrid role: Legal Engineer.
Agility Shipped 150 Robots to Paying Customers. Tesla Shipped 150 to Itself. The Difference Is a Factory in Oregon Hiring at $186,000.
Agility Robotics is ramping up hiring at its RoboFab factory in Salem, Oregon, signaling a shift from construction to live production of Digit humanoid robots. Recent commercial deals with Mercado Libre and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada are driving demand for manufacturing, integration, and serv
Your City Isn't Toulouse or Cannes. It's Belfast — and Thales Is Hiring FPGA Engineers There Who Must Hold UK Clearance, Speak VHDL, and Coordinate Across Three Countries
Thales Alenia Space secured two major contracts at ILA Berlin 2026 — the EROSS SC orbital servicing mission and Copernicus Sentinel-1 Next Generation satellites — triggering a hiring surge of 247 roles in one week, with Belfast emerging as an unexpected European space talent hub.
Xona Put a Satellite in Orbit in June. It's Now Hiring FPGA Engineers Who Can Shape Navigation Signals That GPS Can't Match.
Xona Space Systems is building Pulsar, a LEO satellite constellation to fix GPS's weaknesses: weak signals and no authentication. With its first operational satellite in orbit, Xona is scaling fast — and hiring aggressively in Montreal and California.
Thales Is Hiring Mechanical Engineers Who Can Write Code and Software Engineers Who Understand Armor — at the Same Factory
At Eurosatory 2026, Thales Australia unveiled the Bushmaster 5.6 (Mulga), a utility variant adding counter-drone, electronic warfare, and strike capabilities to the proven armored platform. The launch signals a shift toward integrated ground vehicles that detect, communicate, and kill within a singl
ASML Added 42 Roles in One Week — and Almost None Are for Physicists
ASML is hiring hundreds of IT and PLM infrastructure roles, not just optical physicists, as Elon Musk's $119B Terafab chip project in Texas signals a shift toward digital backbone work for next-generation semiconductor megafactories.
North Korean Hackers Stole $2 Billion in Crypto in 2025. Elliptic's Newest Job Posting Pays Up to $290,000 to Stop Them.
Elliptic's $120M Series D, backed by Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, and the British Business Bank, signals a structural shift as traditional institutions bet on blockchain analytics to underwrite compliance for the on-chain financial system. The article explores Elliptic's APAC hiring push in Singa
Europe committed €235 million to service satellites in orbit. The workforce to build that capability doesn't exist.
The Italian space agency has awarded a €235 million contract to a Thales Alenia Space-led consortium for an in-orbit servicing demonstration mission covering refuelling, repair, orbital transfer, and debris removal. The program is driving a hiring wave across Italy and France, exposing a critical sk
Boeing Is Doubling Satellite Output to 26 Deliveries in 2026. The Roles Making It Possible Don't Require an Aerospace Degree.
Boeing's Millennium Space Systems is doubling satellite output in 2026, building a production-line approach for mid-size satellites through its new Resolute platform — and quietly creating a wave of manufacturing and integration jobs the space industry has never staffed at scale.
Your Next Phone Will Toggle Between Cell Towers and Satellites Without You Noticing. The Engineers Who Can Build That Link Are Earning Premiums from San Jose to Singapore.
Skylo has built the world's largest commercial standards-based direct-to-device satellite network, enabling over a billion standard smartphones and IoT devices to connect via satellite without specialized hardware. Backed by $183M in funding and partnerships with Verizon, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm,
NASA Just Opened JPL's $30 Billion Management Contract to Competition for the First Time in 90 Years — and the Lab's 44 Open Roles Already Reveal Where It's Heading
NASA announced it will compete the management contract for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ending a sole-source relationship with Caltech dating back to 1958. The move is part of a broader agency realignment aimed at efficiency and faster execution. Caltech says it is prepared to compete. The article
Hermeus Hit Mach 1.21 in Under Three Months. The 5 Jobs It Just Posted Reveal What Comes Next.
Hermeus's Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 hit Mach 1.21 on its third test flight, becoming the world's first privately developed unmanned supersonic jet. The milestone triggered a shift from prototyping to manufacturing, with new production and airworthiness roles opening across Los Angeles, Atlanta, Jacksonvil
Sierra AI Has 115 Open Roles Across 10 Countries. The Ones That Matter Most Require Fluency in Arabic, Cantonese, or Thai — and Customer-Service Domain Knowledge.
Sierra AI's $15.8B valuation after a $950M Series E signals a massive hiring surge. The company is creating new roles like 'Agent Engineer' and 'Agent Operator' as it scales to serve over 40% of the Fortune 50.
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