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Trident Tech Stack

Space electronics, sensors, and command-control systems for defense missions

Defense and Space Manufacturing Fairfax, VA 51–200 employees Founded 1985 Privately Held

Trident designs and manufactures mission-critical hardware for space and defense: flight electronics, RF processing units, optical sensors, and C4ISR command systems. The tech stack—Xilinx, VHDL, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, embedded Linux, MATLAB, LabVIEW—reflects a hardware-first culture focused on radiation-hardened, real-time embedded systems. With 38 of 52 active hires in engineering and heavy seniority weighting (20 senior + 10 principal roles), Trident is scaling engineering depth to handle concurrent flight programs and tighter cost-quality-schedule commitments across space and airborne domains.

Tech Stack 60 technologies

Core StackJira Confluence C++ SolidWorks Python MATLAB VMware Java Qlik Microsoft Project Embedded Linux Yocto FreeRTOS VxWorks Subversion Xilinx Vivado VHDL DDR4 Aurora Ansys Workbench C/C++ bash LabVIEW Altium Designer SysML Cameo Systems Modeler ESXi VMware Tools Oracle Primavera+30 more

What Trident Is Building

Challenges

  • Balancing competing requirements
  • Radiation effects mitigation
  • Radiation-mitigated design challenges
  • Increase win rates
  • Maintaining secure dod networks
  • Cost quality schedule commitments
  • Ensuring low-latency network performance
  • Schedule risks
  • Providing actionable insights
  • Integrating acquisitions into unified accounting

Active Projects

  • Aerial surveillance system
  • Advanced multi-function rf processing networking data storage units for space applications
  • Pcb/pca development
  • Predictive maintenance and logistics
  • Mixed-signal embedded hardware for space and defense
  • Embedded systems and space electronics development
  • Installation and integration of it and facility items
  • Acquisition integration accounting
  • Process efficiency automation initiative
  • Flight program management

Hiring Activity

Accelerating50 roles · 40 in 30d

Department

Engineering
38
Finance
5
Sales
3
Data
2
Ops
2
Legal
1
Manufacturing
1

Seniority

Senior
20
Mid
16
Principal
10
Junior
5
Director
1
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About Trident

Trident operates three specialized divisions: Space Electronic Systems (flight units and power/processing), Integrated C4ISR Solutions (command and control), and Optical Precision Sensors. Founded in 1985, the company has spent over four decades delivering custom, small-form-factor hardware to classified and unclassified defense and space customers. Current project work spans aerial surveillance, multi-function RF data storage for orbit, PCB/PCA development, mixed-signal embedded systems, and predictive maintenance logistics. The organization navigates radiation mitigation, secure DoD network requirements, and integration of recent acquisitions into unified operations.

HeadquartersFairfax, VA
Company Size51–200 employees
Founded1985
Hiring MarketsUnited States

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What is Trident's tech stack?

Core hardware design: Xilinx FPGAs, VHDL, Vivado, Altium Designer, SolidWorks. Embedded OS: FreeRTOS, VxWorks, Embedded Linux (Yocto). Development: C/C++, Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW. Infrastructure: Jira, Confluence, Subversion, VMware ESXi, Oracle Primavera.

What is Trident working on?

Active projects include aerial surveillance systems, RF processing and data storage for space, mixed-signal embedded hardware, PCB/PCA development, embedded systems for space and defense, predictive maintenance logistics, and flight program management.

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