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Red 6 builds outdoor-capable augmented reality technology for synthetic air combat training—a domain requiring precision optical design, ruggedized aerospace electronics, and multi-domain system integration. The stack reveals hardware-heavy engineering: CAD tools (CREO, SOLIDWORKS), optical simulation (Zemax, ANSYS), FPGA/GPU acceleration (Xilinx, AMD), and defense standards (MIL-STD-1553). Hiring is heavily concentrated in senior and principal engineering roles across a 16-person engineering org, with acute pain points in optical design-to-manufacturing transition and cross-functional integration—typical of hardware startups scaling from prototype to production.
Tech Stack 20 technologies
Core StackSOLIDWORKS C++ GitHub Copilot Zemax DDR3 DDR4 PCIe 3.0 PCIe 4.0 DisplayPort USB 3.0 AMD Xilinx ANSYS Workbench CREO Altium SysML MIL-STD-1553 Ethernet Codex Claude
What Red 6 Is Building
◆Challenges
- Complex optical challenges
- Optical system integration
- Optical design to manufacturing transition
- Scaling electrical engineering team
- Integrating electrical with mechanical
- Designing ruggedized electronics for aerospace
- Complex multi-domain integration
- Complex defense programs
- Contract execution
- Manufacturability, quality, and cost improvement
▲Active Projects
- Atars development and integration
- System integration and verification in lab and aircraft
- Next-generation ar systems for aerospace
- Scenario planning platform
- Next-generation augmented reality systems
- Electrical hardware for ar systems
- Atars product
- Development engineering programs across acquisition lifecycle
- Software deployment in government devsecops environments
- Optical design to manufacturing transition
Hiring Activity
20 roles · 10 in 30d
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Chief of Staff, Chief Engineer
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