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Orb Aerospace is a 11–50-person aerospace manufacturer built around rapid aircraft design and production, with a stack heavy in CAD tools (Siemens NX, Solidworks, CATIA, Fusion 360) and embedded systems (Rust, C/C++, ROS, CAN, I2C). The hiring mix—9 engineers, 2 manufacturing, and roles like Flight Test Director and Chief of Staff—reflects a company scaling from design prototyping into production and operations. Core pain points center on compressing aircraft development cycle time from years to months and manufacturing scaling.
Tech Stack 25 technologies
Core StackRust Python Solidworks SolidWorks CATIA Linux C/C++ Siemens NX Fusion 360 OpenCV ROS Excel Word NX Autodesk Blender Fusion C Software Defined Radio Windows UART I2C CAN USB Ethernet
What Orb Aerospace Is Building
◆Challenges
- Reducing cycle time for aircraft design
- Reindustrializing the midwest
- Reducing new aircraft development cycle time
- Reducing cycle time to design, build, and fly aircraft from years to months
- Scaling hardware business
- Legacy c2 networks integration
- Underserved villages infrastructure delivery
- Power communications logistics delivery
- Critical infrastructure deployment during conflict
- Lack of robust network backbone
▲Active Projects
- Design microelectronics, sensors, and edge compute devices
- Node one live-work-fly r&d hq
- Manage low swap system design
- Prototype air vehicle testing
- Test campaign execution
- Develop new processes and hardware to assist in manufacturing
- Design, simulation and optimization of aircraft structural assemblies in cad
- Operate additive cell and assist in tuning parameters
- Spool up aircraft design tools like cfd
- Incorporate multi-disciplinary optimization and establish design tools / processes
Hiring Activity
Steady15 roles · 5 in 30d
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Flight Test Director, Chief of Staff
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