Unmanned surface vessels and autonomy systems for maritime defense
BlackSea Technologies builds and sustains small unmanned surface vessels, pairing a drone-autonomy software stack (PX4, ArduPilot, Pixhawk, C++, Python) with shop-floor manufacturing tools like Fanuc, Mastercam and Allen-Bradley Studio 5000. Accelerating, engineering-dominated hiring centers on a core autonomy platform and mesh networking, while repeated pain points around fleet readiness and onboard cybersecurity show the shift from building vessels to operating them at scale.
BlackSea Technologies is a Baltimore, MD-based, privately held defense and maritime company founded in 2022, with 201–500 employees. It designs, produces and fields autonomous maritime platforms, including small unmanned surface vessels, modular payloads and ISR-oriented systems. The company also provides at-sea sustainment, expeditionary logistics and mission support for government customers. Its operations combine in-house engineering, rapid prototyping and scalable production lines, with hiring concentrated in the United States.
BlackSea uses PX4, ArduPilot, Pixhawk, C++ and Python for autonomy, SolidWorks, Rhino and Altium Designer for design, Fanuc and Mastercam for manufacturing, plus Docker, Kubernetes, Starlink, Jira and Deltek.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and heavily weighted toward engineering, mostly mid-level and junior roles, with smaller openings in operations, legal, product and security, all in the United States.
Active work includes a core autonomy platform, a submersible maritime system, mesh networking architecture, a data pipeline, and an sUSV training program.
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