Performance Drone Works
pdw.ai
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Overview
Performance Drone Works builds rugged small unmanned aircraft for United States special operations. Its C100 drone carries payloads in contested electronic environments. The company designs and manufactures in Alabama.
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Performance Drone Works (PDW) -Product Marketing Manager
At Performance Drone Works (PDW), we're at the forefront of creating custom small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for the modern warfighter. PDW is proudly American owned, with all design, engineering, and manufacturing of our products taking place domesti
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Technologies
Tech DNA
C++
Python
Bash
Qt
PyQt
Playwright
InfluxDB
PostgreSQL
SQLite
AI/ML
C++
Python
MATLAB
Git
Qt
CI/CD
RTOS
CMake
Protobuf
PyQt
InfluxDB
PostgreSQL
SQLite
TimescaleDB
Human-in-the-Loop
Other
Bash
PowerShell
Altium Designer
Jira
SolidWorks
OPC UA
Power BI
Salesforce
Rest API
CAPA
AutoCAD
MAVLink
QGroundControl
Playwright
Pytest
TestRail
Outlook
SharePoint
Slack
HubSpot
Stack modernity
67/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Altium Designer
5 jobs
Required
C++
4 jobs
Required
Jira
3 jobs
Required
Git
3 jobs
Required
Qt
3 jobs
Required
Salesforce
2 jobs
Required
SolidWorks
2 jobs
Required
Python
2 jobs
Required
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
8%
CI/CD
6%
C++
3%
PostgreSQL
3%
Salesforce
3%
HubSpot
3%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
TestRail
Sep 2026
QGroundControl
Sep 2026
Pytest
Sep 2026
Playwright
Sep 2026
MAVLink
Sep 2026
Human-in-the-Loop
Sep 2026
RTOS
Sep 2026
CAPA
Sep 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$218k
Typical range
$218k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Senior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | $218k | $218k |
Highest paying role
Solutions Engineer
$218k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
63/100
Growing
Open positions
26
6 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
96 days
faster than 13% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~10 hours
09/08/2026
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.
Hardware
14% ▼
Early Careers
14% ▲
QA
10%
Robotics
10%
Management
10% ▼
Operations
10%
Actively hiring for Early Careers (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+6 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Added TestRail to stack
Sep 2026
Added QGroundControl to stack
Sep 2026
Added Pytest to stack
Sep 2026
Added Playwright to stack
Sep 2026
Added MAVLink to stack
Sep 2026
Added Human-in-the-Loop to stack
Sep 2026
Added RTOS to stack
Sep 2026
Added CAPA to stack
Sep 2026
Added AutoCAD to stack
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Huntsville
Huntsville
United States
HQ
Huntsville
18 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 61% engineering 6% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for Hardware, QA, Backend
400 Diamond Drive, NW, Huntsville, AL 35806
Denver
United States
Regional office
Denver
7 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Hardware, Backend, Executive
3615 Delgany St, Suite 900, Denver, CO 80216
Boston
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
Rochester
United States
Regional office
Rochester
99 Garnsey Rd, Suite 200, Pittsford, NY 14534
Jobs
$150k – $218k per year • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
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≈ $85k – $170k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
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≈ $135k – $278k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Denver
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≈ $63k – $153k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
SolidWorks
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≈ $86k – $173k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Huntsville
Python
Human-in-the-Loop
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
MAVLink
QGroundControl
QA
TestRail
Playwright
Pytest
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≈ $145k – $245k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
SolidWorks
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≈ $94k – $229k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Denver
Altium Designer
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≈ $113k – $238k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Denver
Altium Designer
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≈ $71k – $154k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Denver
Git
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
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≈ $125k – $226k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
C++
Qt
DevOps
Git
Management
Jira
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≈ $107k – $204k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
C++
RTOS
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≈ $102k – $194k per year (Estimated) • In office • Secret • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Huntsville
Altium Designer
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