Defense manufacturer scaling hypersonic strike vehicle production
Castelion is a Torrance-based defense manufacturer developing hypersonic strike vehicles and moving them from prototype into rate production. Its stack mixes Teamcenter, NX and CATIA for design with Fanuc, KUKA, ABB and Beckhoff for factory automation, and it is adopting MES. Accelerating hiring is weighted toward senior engineering and manufacturing talent, which fits the main pressure in its job posts: turning avionics and energetics prototypes into repeatable LRIP output.
Notable leadership hires: Business Development Director
Castelion is a privately held defense and aerospace manufacturer founded in 2022 and headquartered in Torrance, California. The company focuses on national security production, including avionics development for a hypersonic strike vehicle and a program referred to as Blackbeard. It employs 201–500 people and hires only in the United States. Operations span mechanical and electrical design, avionics assembly, energetic materials handling, and automated production equipment. Its customer focus is government and military.
Castelion designs with NX, CATIA, PTC Creo, SolidWorks, Altium Designer and Teamcenter. It automates its factory with Rockwell, Beckhoff, Siemens, Fanuc, ABB and KUKA equipment, and runs infrastructure on Kubernetes, Terraform and Ansible.
Castelion is developing avionics for a hypersonic strike vehicle and running the Blackbeard program. It is also preparing LRIP production, validating its processes, and building automated manufacturing equipment.
Castelion is headquartered in Torrance, California. It was founded in 2022, has 201–500 employees, and currently hires only in the United States.
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