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Applied Physical Sciences Corp (APS) Tech Stack
Defense R&D for subsea systems and advanced signal processing
Applied Physical Sciences is a General Dynamics subsidiary building underwater maritime systems, acoustic arrays, and autonomy algorithms for defense and national security applications. The tech stack—SolidWorks, MATLAB, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, PyTorch, ROS, FPGAs—reflects a hardware-heavy engineering operation balancing physics simulation, embedded systems, and ML. Active hiring is heavily weighted toward senior and principal engineers (12 of 33 open roles), signaling demand for domain expertise in complex system design rather than scaling junior IC headcount.
Tech Stack 46 technologies
Core StackSolidWorks MATLAB C++ Python PyTorch Java Docker MongoDB TypeScript Mathcad Arduino Raspberry Pi Fortran ABAQUS NASTRAN ANSYS LS-DYNA Altium LTspice National Instruments LabVIEW C/C++ IGBT RS-232 RS-422 I2C Protocol Buffers ROS FPGAs VHDL+16 more
What Applied Physical Sciences Corp (APS) Is Building
◆Challenges
- Complex system design challenges
- Obtaining approval to operate for systems through dcsa and other agencies
- Rigorous design requirements
- Communication protocols in challenged environments
- Difficult national security needs
- Complex electrical ocean systems
- High complexity mixed-signal pcbs
- Large dod programs
- Recruiting specialized technical talent
- Improving reporting and visualization
▲Active Projects
- Command and control interfaces, simulations, and visualizations
- Prototype and testing of integrated systems
- Acoustic, signal processing and autonomy algorithms for subsea sensor systems
- Communication and networking protocols in challenged environments
- At-sea experiments
- Risk management framework documentation for approval to operate
- Procurement of critical hardware for government contracts
- Novel maritime technology solutions
- Underwater maritime systems
- High-power acoustic transmit arrays
Hiring Activity
35 roles · 20 in 30d
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