odysaviation
General Aviation · Aircraft Manufacturing
13open roles
$200kmedian advertised pay
2backers · Y Combinator, Soma Capital
Growinghiring pace, 64 of 100
Overview
Odys designs hybrid VTOL aircraft and high-speed generators for the advanced air mobility (AAM) market. From defense to commercial operations, our hybrid propulsion technology sets a new standard for performance, reliability, and mission versatility in next-generation aerospace.
How odysaviation hires
Truth index
C 68/100
Ghost roles
53%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
odysaviation scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 15 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 53% 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
Team
34
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +62% in a year
Hiring now
15
+2 posted in 30 days
Grants
$7.2M
13 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Soma Capital
Momentum
5/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
1 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
Jun 1
Won a grant $519k · CORDIS
2025
Team of 34 was 21 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Aug 27, 2025
Won a grant $2M · CORDIS
Jul 16, 2025
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Apr 10, 2025
Won a grant $692k · CORDIS
Jan 14, 2025
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
May 13, 2024
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Mar 26, 2024
Won a grant $174k · CORDIS
Nov 4, 2022
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
Nov 3, 2022
Won a grant $75k · CORDIS
May 3, 2022
Won a grant $1.2M · CORDIS
Mar 11, 2022
Won a grant $749k · CORDIS
Feb 2022
Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Jun 2021
Went through Y Combinator
Jan 13, 2021
Won a grant $149k · CORDIS
Jan 13, 2021
Won a grant $150k · CORDIS
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Jun 2026 | $519k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Aug 2025 | $2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jul 2025 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Apr 2025 | $692k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jan 2025 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2024 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2024 | $174k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $75k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | May 2022 | $1.2M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2022 | $749k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jan 2021 | $150k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jan 2021 | $149k | — | CORDIS |
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CI/CD
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Linux
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
MAVLink
GStreamer
Management
UML
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ARINC
MIL-STD-1553
SysML
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$200k
Typical range
$90k – $205k
Open positions
5
5
Jobs
Middle
20%
Senior
60%
Staff
20%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 1 | $90k | $90k |
| Senior | 3 | $200k | $190k – $200k |
| Staff | 1 | $205k | $205k |
Highest paying role
Staff Propulsion Controls & Software Engineer
$205k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at odysaviation
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
5
H-1B filings in 12 months
$128k
Median offered salary
15
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Other engineers
2
Aerospace engineers
2
Mechanical engineers
1
In the register as Odys Aviation, Inc., Long Beach, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Pyka 
Eclipse Aerospace 
Archer Aviation
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US Department of Labor · latest filing May 21, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
64/100
Growing
Open positions
15
2 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 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.
Aerospace
57% ▼
Administrative
14% ▲
Management
14% ▲
Field & Service
14% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Nov 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Nov 2026
Added Smartsheet to stack
Oct 2026
Added Jira to stack
Oct 2026
Added UML to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added KiCad to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$7.2M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
13
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 2026 | $519k | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $2M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $692k | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $174k | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $75k | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $1.2M | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $749k | Details |
| Grant | 2021 | $150k | Details |
| Grant | 2021 | $149k | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at odysaviation over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
35
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
67/100
Languages
Python50%
C++40%
MATLAB20%
C10%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS220%
FFmpeg10%
GStreamer10%
OpenCV10%
Cloud & platforms
Linux20%
RTOS10%
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Connections
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Shared investors
Soma CapitalVia a fund
876 portfolio companies
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6311 portfolio companies
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Owner
Same company
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News
Honeywell Aerospace and Odys Aviation Create Airborne Counter-UAS Defense Solution
New system offers airborne defense layer that protects critical infrastructure from drone threats
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Long Beach
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Los Angeles
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HQ
Long Beach
United States
Plant / site
15 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 50-200 est. staff $177k Avg Salary
hires for Aerospace, Hardware, Field & Service