Defense software, systems engineering and acquisition support for U.S. forces
Brandes Associates supports U.S. armed forces programs with software, systems engineering, UAV work and acquisition management. Its stack spans both sides of defense engineering: RF and FPGA tooling (MATLAB, SystemVue, FEKO, Vivado, Xilinx SoC) alongside a modern Java/Spring Boot, React and Kubernetes web stack. Hiring is senior-weighted and slowing, with security and finance roles clustered around export control, foreign disclosure and international program compliance.
Brandes Associates Inc. is a privately held defense contractor headquartered in Lone Tree, Colorado, founded in 1990. The company serves the U.S. armed forces with software development, systems engineering, UAV solutions, and technical program and acquisition management support. It also works on enterprise information interoperability. The firm employs 51–200 people and hires exclusively in the United States.
Brandes Associates uses MATLAB, SystemVue, FEKO, Vivado and Xilinx SoC for hardware and RF work, plus Java, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes and GitLab CI/CD for software.
Brandes Associates is headquartered in Lone Tree, Colorado, and hires only within the United States.
Current work includes export license and TAA management, technology assessment/control plans, CFIUS case management, acquisition strategy reports, and prototype builds integrating replacement COTS components.
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