Overview
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

Funding and backers

Total raised
$12.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$12.5M
Seed · Jun 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
9
+4 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
38/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 17 Raised a round Seed $12.5M
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Seed Jun 2026 $12.5M — hellbender.com
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Overview

Hellbender is an American technology design and manufacturing firm specializing in custom edge computing hardware, embedded AI systems, and microelectronics production. The company provides end-to-end engineering services that encompass rapid prototyping, printed circuit board assembly, and automated testing for high-reliability applications. By combining local hardware manufacturing with specialized software integration, it enables enterprise clients to rapidly build and deploy secure, ruggedized edge devices.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Hellbender over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
22
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
C++
Python
PowerShell
Rust
Frameworks & libraries
OpenCV
ROS
ROS2
Cloud & platforms
Linux
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Full Hellbender tech stack 22 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Growth

Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
9
4 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
63 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
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.
Robotics
15% ▼
Field & Service
15% ▼
DevOps
8% ▲
QA
8% ▼
Hardware
8% ▼
Product
8% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Windows to stack Oct 2026
Added SOC 2 to stack Oct 2026
Added PowerShell to stack Oct 2026
Added ITIL to stack Oct 2026
Added GCP to stack Oct 2026
Added Azure to stack Oct 2026
Added AWS to stack Oct 2026
Added C to stack Sep 2026
Added U-Boot to stack Sep 2026
Added Rust to stack Sep 2026
Added Waterfall to stack Sep 2026
Added Smartsheet to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh United States
HQ
U-PARC
11 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 45% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, DevOps, QA
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings

Jobs

≈ $114k – $208k per year (Estimated) • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Smartsheet
Jira
Agile
Waterfall
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≈ $118k – $236k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Pittsburgh
Python
C++
OpenCV
Computer Vision
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
SLAM
Sensor Fusion
Motion Planning
Model Predictive Control
Apply
≈ $71k – $145k per year (Estimated) • In office • 1+ year exp • Pittsburgh
Rust
C
C++
U-Boot
DevOps
Git
Linux
Apply
≈ $109k – $199k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Python
C++
Linux
Chips/EDA
JTAG Debuggers
Apply
≈ $97k – $177k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pittsburgh
Microsoft Office
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$12.5M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Seed 2026 $12.5M Details