Aerospace and defense systems integrator for hypersonic, missile defense, and orbital platforms
Aurex designs and manufactures aerospace and defense systems—from hypersonics and missile defense to orbital spacecraft and hardened networks. The stack is deeply hardware-focused: embedded microcontrollers (ARM, STM32, PIC32), aerospace CAD (Mastercam, MagicDraw), and real-time avionics protocols (CAN, UART, I2C). Active hiring is skewed heavily toward senior engineers (12 of 19 roles), suggesting either a ramp-up in design complexity or turnover in critical programs; pain points around FAR/DFARS compliance, NSA certification, and subcontract risk exposure indicate a company managing the full weight of government contracting and production at scale.
Aurex, founded in 2007 and based in Huntsville, Alabama, develops mission-critical aerospace and defense systems for U.S. government and allied customers. The company spans design, rapid prototyping, manufacturing, and launch integration—building everything from next-generation spacecraft PCBs and robotic systems to cryptographic solutions for orbital applications. At 201–500 employees, Aurex operates as a tightly coupled engineering and manufacturing operation, with production challenges ranging from root-cause analysis on the factory floor to compliance with FAR/DFARS regulations and NSA certification requirements. The business moves from concept to flight hardware across multiple concurrent programs.
Aurex designs and manufactures aerospace and defense systems including hypersonic platforms, missile defense, hardened networks, and orbital spacecraft. Founded 2007 in Huntsville, Alabama, the company spans prototyping, production, and launch integration.
Hardware-centric: ARM Cortex-M, STM32, PIC32 microcontrollers; Mastercam and MagicDraw for CAD; real-time protocols (CAN, UART, I2C); AWS and Azure cloud; Kubernetes for containerization; Jira/Confluence for engineering collaboration.
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