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Overview

Strength among the stars. Fortastra builds spacecraft to defend the infrastructure that sits in Space. We combine commercial components and careful engineering into low-cost, maneuverable systems that make orbital defense practical at scale.

News

News PR Newswire 3 days ago
Fortastra Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding to Scale Maneuverable Spacecraft for On-Orbit Security
New capital will expand spacecraft development and test capacity, advance autonomy for rendezvous and proximity operations, accelerating delivery of on-orbit security capability LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortastra, a developer of maneuvera
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Fortastra over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
85/100
Practices & domains
CI/CD
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$200k
Typical range
$130k – $260k
Open positions
12
10 Jobs
Junior 20%
Middle 10%
Senior 50%
Architect 20%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 2 $185k $170k – $200k
Middle 1 $160k $160k
Senior 5 $200k $170k – $260k
Architect 2 $250k $250k
Highest paying role Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer $260k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Fortastra By role, level and city, against the market · 12 jobs with pay

People

Michael Smayda
Executive Officer, Director
Nick Kim
Director
Arthur Karell
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
13
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
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.
Industrial Engineering
55% ▲
Hardware
27% ▲
Backend
9% ▲
HR
9% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+6 in 30 days)

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Torrance
Torrance United States
HQ
Fortastra HQ
13 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 38% engineering 50-200 est. staff $204k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Backend
seen since Nov 2025 careers board, job postings

Jobs

$130k – $170k per year • Hybrid • TS/SCI • Bachelor's Degree • Torrance
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Rust
C++
Claude
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Anomaly Detection
Time Series Forecasting
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$130k – $200k per year • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Torrance
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$180k – $250k per year • In office • TS/SCI • Bachelor's Degree • Torrance
CI/CD
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$180k – $250k per year • In office • TS/SCI • Bachelor's Degree • Torrance
CI/CD
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$180k – $250k per year • In office • TS/SCI • Full-Time • Torrance
CI/CD
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Financials

Total raised
$38.1M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2026 $30M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 $8.1M Details