Chariot Defense
Defense Manufacturing · Defense AI
8open roles
$180kmedian advertised pay
$33.2Mlatest round · Venture round · Feb 2026 · 8 mo ago
5backers · Andreessen Horowitz, DCVC
Overview
GET AMPHORA. Drones, sensors, electronic warfare and directed energy systems — all demand more and more power from a battlefield currently reliant on a 19th-century tool: the diesel generator.
How Chariot Defense hires
Truth index
D 46/100
Ghost roles
90%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Chariot Defense scores D on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 10 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 90% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$33.2M
1 round on record
Latest round
$33.2M
Venture round · Feb 2026 · 8 mo ago
Team
21
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
10
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
Andreessen Horowitz, DCVC
The money's age
Fresh money
8 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
24/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
4 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Feb 2026 | $33.2M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Chariot Defense, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Adam WarmothExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$90k – $180k
Open positions
8
6
Jobs
Junior
66.7%
Middle
33.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 4 | $158k | $90k – $180k |
| Middle | 2 | $180k | $180k |
Highest paying role
Software Engineer, Embedded Linux
$180k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Chariot Defense
By role, level and city, against the market · 8 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$378k
Median offered salary
9
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Architectural and engineering managers
1
In the register as Chariot Defense, Inc., San Bruno, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Shield AI 
Palantir Technologies 
Applied Intuition 
C3 AI
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jan 6, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
36/100
Slowing
Open positions
9
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
181 days
faster than 6% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
100% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added ANSYS to stack
Oct 2026
Added Abaqus to stack
Oct 2026
Added MIL-STD-810 to stack
Oct 2026
Added MIL-STD-461 to stack
Oct 2026
Added DO-160 to stack
Oct 2026
Added DO-178C to stack
Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Oct 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$33.2M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $33.2M | Details |
People
Adam Warmoth
Executive Officer, Director
Erin Price-Wright
Director
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Chariot Defense over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
20
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
63/100
Languages
MATLAB
C++
Rust
Python
Cloud & platforms
Linux
NixOS
RTOS
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20 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Bruno
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South San Francisco
United States
HQ
San Bruno
United States
Engineering / R&D
San Bruno, CA
9 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 56% engineering 50-200 est. staff $163k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Laguna Niguel
United States
Regional office
Orange County, CA