Mach Industries
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Mach Industries is an American defense technology and advanced manufacturing company. Founded in 2022 by Ethan Thornton and headquartered in Huntington Beach, California (with facilities in Austin and San Luis Obispo), the venture-backed startup develops autonomous defense hardware, strike munitions, and novel hydrogen-powered propulsion systems designed for scalable, high-volume manufacturing.
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Backswing Ventures: What Mach Industries
Mach Industries doubled its valuation to $3.7 billion in three months. A year earlier, the company was worth $470 million. Numbers like that used to belong to consumer apps riding a viral moment. Now they belong to a drone and munitions manufacturer in El
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Mach Industries Raises $600M to Scale Defense Manufacturing
Mach Industries has raised $600 million as it expands manufacturing capacity for autonomous aircraft, long-range strike systems, and counter-drone weapons.
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Mach Industries Raises Additional $600 Million At $3.7 Billion Valuation To Scale Defense Manufacturing
Mach Industries has raised an additional $600 million through a continuation of its Series C financing, bringing the defense manufacturer's valuation to $3.7 billion. The financing includes continued backing from Ribbit Capital, Infinite Capital, Bedrock
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Defense startup Mach Industries raises $600M amid manufacturing push
Defense startup Mach Industries raises $600M amid manufacturing push - SiliconANGLE
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Defense tech Mach Industries doubles valuation to $3.7B in 3 months
The buzzy startup raised another $600 million in a Series C extension round, bringing the total of the round to $900 million.
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Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
In a wild ride for 22-year-old founder and CEO Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries has raised another $300 million. It already has five autonomous vehicles in development and completed a major acquisition.
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Mach Industries Clinches $1.8 Billion Valuation as the Pentagon Focuses on 'Drone Dominance'
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Mach Industries Selects Nominal to Run Test Infrastructure for Its Next-Generation Strike and Surveillance Systems
Nominal powers Mach Industries
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Mach Industries over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
114
Postings analysed
129
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
Python55%
C++45%
Rust21%
MATLAB19%
Frameworks & libraries
ArduPilot9%
ROS8%
Embassy6%
CUDA5%
Databases
MySQL2%
PostgreSQL2%
Cloud & platforms
Linux22%
RTOS11%
CUDA Toolkit6%
GitHub5%
AI & ML
LLM1%
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Full Mach Industries tech stack
114 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$160k
Typical range
$95k – $280k
Open positions
115
102
Jobs
Junior
28.4%
Middle
15.7%
Senior
37.3%
Staff
10.8%
Principal
7.8%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 29 | $135k | $110k – $160k |
| Middle | 16 | $150k | $120k – $185k |
| Senior | 38 | $180k | $140k – $230k |
| Staff | 11 | $180k | $150k – $195k |
| Principal | 8 | $238k | $210k – $280k |
Highest paying role
Principal GNC Engineer
$280k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Mach Industries
By role, level and city, against the market · 115 jobs with pay
People
Ethan Thornton
Executive Officer, Director
Brendan Cooney
Executive Officer
Lewis Geoff
Director
Keith Rabois
Director
Geoff Lewis
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
78/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
147
41 opened / 14 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
44 days
faster than 30% 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.
Industrial Engineering
41% ▲
Hardware
13% ▼
Field & Service
10% ▲
HR
7% ▼
Backend
5%
DevOps
4%
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+27 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Kanban to stack
Oct 2026
Added Smartsheet to stack
Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Project to stack
Oct 2026
Added VPN to stack
Oct 2026
Added Slack to stack
Oct 2026
Added ServiceNow to stack
Oct 2026
Added Okta to stack
Oct 2026
Added DNS to stack
Oct 2026
Added DHCP to stack
Oct 2026
Added Active Directory to stack
Oct 2026
New location: San Luis Obispo
Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
6
Hiring now
4
Countries
1
Busiest office
Huntington Beach
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Huntington Beach
United States
HQ
Huntington Beach
129 open roles 159 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 200-500 est. staff $167k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, HR
Victorville
United States
Plant / site
Huntington Beach
16 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $140k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, Field & Service
San Francisco
United States
Engineering / R&D
Huntington Beach
10 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 70% engineering 10-50 est. staff $158k Avg Salary
hires for Robotics, Early Careers, Hardware
San Luis Obispo
United States
Plant / site
San Luis Obispo
8 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 13% engineering 10-50 est. staff $146k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, QA
Washington
United States
Regional office
Washington DC
Edwards
United States
Regional office
Edwards Air Force Base
Earlier presence
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Edwards Air Force Base, United States
Jobs
$105k – $140k per year • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
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$140k – $180k per year • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach
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$115k – $150k per year • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • San Francisco
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$125k – $160k per year • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Huntington Beach
Python
Terraform
GitHub Actions
CloudFormation
Datadog
Prometheus
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Incident Management
GitHub
Amazon ECS
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
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≈ $57k – $112k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 2+ years exp • Associate's Degree • Huntington Beach
Linux
Windows
DNS
DHCP
VPN
Cybersecurity
Okta
Active Directory
Management
Slack
Jira
ServiceNow
Microsoft Office
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$160k – $210k per year • Equity • In office • 4+ years exp • Huntington Beach
Python
C++
GitHub
Linux
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Robotics
ROS2
ArduPilot
MAVLink
QGroundControl
Mission Planner
Management
Draw.io
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≈ $98k – $284k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach • San Francisco
CI/CD
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Digital Twin
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$220k – $250k per year • Equity • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach
Altium Designer
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$125k – $160k per year • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach • San Francisco
Python
Rust
SQL
C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
CUDA Toolkit
TensorRT
PyTorch
CUDA
Human-in-the-Loop
ONNX Runtime
DevOps
Docker
Linux
Robotics
ROS
GTSAM
ArduPilot
SLAM
Visual-Inertial Odometry
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$180k – $210k per year • Equity • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach
Python
Rust
C++
Bash
Git
Linux
Robotics
ArduPilot
QGroundControl
Mission Planner
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$105k – $140k per year • Equity • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Huntington Beach
Python
Rust
C++
Bash
Git
Linux
Robotics
ArduPilot
QGroundControl
Mission Planner
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$120k – $155k per year • Equity • In office • 1+ year exp • Huntington Beach
Python
C++
GitHub
Linux
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Robotics
ROS2
ArduPilot
MAVLink
QGroundControl
Mission Planner
Management
Draw.io
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Financials
Total raised
$785.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
7