Red 6

Virtual & Augmented Reality · Military Training
12open roles
$179kmedian advertised pay
Growinghiring pace, 55 of 100
50+people

Overview

Red 6 builds augmented reality systems for military flight training. Its ATARS helmet display puts synthetic aircraft and threats into a pilot's field of view during real flight, so dogfight and tanker training can run without a second aeroplane. The company works from Orlando, Florida and Santa Monica, California.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 12 open roles at Red 6. Red 6 is headquartered in Orlando, United States. It was founded in 2018. The median pay stated in its open roles is $168k, across 12 postings that state pay.

Open roles
12Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
Headquarters
Orlando, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2018Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Median advertised pay
$168kPay stated in 12 open postings
Technologies in its job postings
39Named in its job postings

Jobs

$200k – $250k per year · In office · Top Secret · Full-Time · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver
DO-160
GD&T
Defense
MIL-STD-810
MIL-STD-461
MIL-STD-882
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$95k – $125k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver
GD&T
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$80k – $104k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Louisville
Windows
Management
Confluence
Jira
SharePoint
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$130k – $160k per year · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver
ARINC
MIL-STD-1553
FMEA
Defense
MIL-STD-810
MIL-STD-461
OpenVPX
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$170k – $200k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver
SolidWorks
SpaceTech
ANSYS
AS9100
Defense
MIL-STD-810
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$225k – $275k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 12+ years exp · PhD · Santa Monica · Denver
Python
MATLAB
Statistical Process Control
JMP
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$170k – $250k per year · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Santa Monica
ARINC
MIL-STD-1553
Defense
MIL-STD-810
MIL-STD-461
OpenVPX
Apply
$60k – $85k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · Associate's Degree · Denver
Azure DevOps
Azure
Management
Confluence
Microsoft Project
Jira
Defense
EVMS
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$150k – $190k per year · In office · Top Secret · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Santa Monica · Denver
Computer Vision
DevOps
RTOS
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Linux
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
SpaceTech
DO-178C
MBSE
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$160k – $200k per year · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 12+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver
SysML
Cameo Systems Modeler
MBSE
Apply
$128k – $168k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Denver
Python
C++
Apply
All 12 jobs at Red 6 salaries, cities, levels and how long each has been open

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$179k
Typical range
$85k – $275k
Open positions
12
12 Jobs
Junior 25%
Middle 8.3%
Senior 16.7%
Principal 25%
Architect 25%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 3 $85k $85k – $125k
Middle 1 $104k $104k
Senior 2 $164k $160k – $168k
Principal 3 $200k $200k – $250k
Architect 3 $250k $190k – $275k
Highest paying role Director of Optics $275k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Red 6 By role, level and city, against the market · 12 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
55/100
Growing
Open positions
12
4 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
54 days
faster than 25% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 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.
Industrial Engineering
30% ▲
Backend
10% ▼
Hardware
10% ▲
Management
10% ▼
Field & Service
10% ▼
QA
5% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added MIL-STD-882 to stack Oct 2026
Added DO-160 to stack Oct 2026
Added SysML to stack Oct 2026
Added Cameo Systems Modeler to stack Oct 2026
New location: Louisville Oct 2026
Added EVMS to stack Oct 2026
Added CMMC to stack Oct 2026
Added Selenium to stack Oct 2026
Added Pytest to stack Oct 2026
Added Playwright to stack Oct 2026
Added Jenkins to stack Oct 2026
Added GitLab to stack Oct 2026

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Red 6 over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
39
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
64/100
Languages
Python25%
C++19%
MATLAB6%
Frameworks & libraries
Cypress6%
Playwright6%
Pytest6%
Selenium6%
Cloud & platforms
Linux25%
RTOS13%
Kubernetes13%
GitLab6%
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Denver
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Orlando United States
HQ
1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
seen since Sep 2026
Denver United States
Plant / site
12 open roles 19 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 50-200 est. staff $174k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Hardware
285 Century Place
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Santa Monica United States
Regional office
3 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $238k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Hardware, Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
Louisville United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $104k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics
seen since Oct 2026

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Alion, "Red 6: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/red6ar

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