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Jobs
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Funding and backers

Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
24
+4 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Starship
Momentum
22/100
hiring for its size, in the news
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
Apr 2024 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Overview

Poseidon builds unmanned aircraft that move cargo faster and cheaper — for commercial logistics and defense missions. See Egret, Heron, and Seagull.

Connections

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Shared investors1
StarshipVia a fund
19 portfolio companies: AON3D, MoldCo, Vuecason and 16 more

News

News TechCrunch 2 months ago
Exclusive: Poseidon Aerospace lands $60 million ahead of first pilotless test flight
The startup is trying to rethink the economics of cargo aircraft by removing pilots from the equation entirely.
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News thefp.com 8 months ago
The Sea Geeks Are Ready for World War III
An Indian-born NASA-trained engineer who's building flying boats for the Navy. An Irish guy who's making underwater drones. Meet the ocean-trepreneurs of the Bay Area.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Poseidon Aerospace over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
19
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
67/100
Languages
Python73%
MATLAB45%
C++27%
Rust9%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS9%
Cloud & platforms
RTOS9%
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Full Poseidon Aerospace tech stack 19 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$180k
Typical range
$140k – $220k
Open positions
2
1 Jobs
Architect 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Architect 1 $220k $220k
Highest paying role Director of Government Relations $220k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
44/100
Stable
Open positions
24
5 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
53 days
faster than 25% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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
26% ▲
Operations
22% ▼
Industrial Engineering
15% ▼
QA
7% ▲
Hardware
7% ▲
Field & Service
7% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added MIL-STD-461 to stack Oct 2026
Added DO-254 to stack Oct 2026
Added DO-178C to stack Oct 2026
Added MIL-STD-810 to stack Oct 2026
Added FMEA to stack Oct 2026
Added DO-160 to stack Oct 2026
+5 jobs in a week Oct 2026
Added Simulink to stack Oct 2026
Added RTOS to stack Oct 2026
Added CI/CD to stack Oct 2026
Added Anomaly Detection to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Alameda
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Alameda United States
HQ
24 open roles 25 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 200-500 est. staff $140k Avg Salary
hires for Aerospace, Operations, Industrial Engineering
1190 W Tower Ave
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Washington United States
Support & operations
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Sales, Public Policy
1190 W Tower Ave
seen since Sep 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $122k – $219k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Alameda
DO-178C
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≈ $122k – $219k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Alameda
DO-254
DO-160
Defense
MIL-STD-461
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≈ $129k – $238k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Alameda
Python
C++
RTOS
SpaceTech
DO-178C
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≈ $44k – $98k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Alameda
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≈ $95k – $222k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Alameda
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≈ $138k – $279k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Alameda
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
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≈ $86k – $157k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Alameda
Python
C++
MATLAB
Simulink
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≈ $127k – $228k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Alameda
Python
MATLAB
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≈ $88k – $176k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Alameda
Python
Rust
C++
Computer Vision
Human-in-the-Loop
Robotics
ROS
Sensor Fusion
Path Planning
Obstacle Avoidance
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≈ $79k – $186k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Alameda
Python
MATLAB
SolidWorks
Fusion 360
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≈ $82k – $149k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Alameda
Python
AutoCAD
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