Reliable Robotics
General Aviation · Avionics & Flight Control
$260Mtotal raised · 5 rounds on record
53open roles
$245kmedian advertised pay
$160Mlatest round · Venture round · Apr 2026 · 6 mo ago
Overview
Reliable Robotics is an aviation technology company based in Mountain View, California, that develops automation systems allowing existing aircraft to be flown under remote supervision, including automated taxi, takeoff, landing and rollout. Founded in 2017 by engineers with backgrounds in aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars, it integrates its own C and C++ flight software and avionics hardware into aircraft and runs ongoing flight test programmes with its pilots and operations team. It hires flight software, guidance, navigation and control, systems safety, electrical and mechanical engineers, together with Part 135 line pilots, A&P mechanics and avionics maintenance technicians.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 53 open roles at Reliable Robotics. Reliable Robotics is headquartered in Mountain View, United States. It was founded in 2017. It has raised $260M in 2 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $160M, announced in 2026. The median pay stated in its open roles is $245k, across 53 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 53Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2017Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $260MSum of 2 equity rounds Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $160M · Apr 21, 2026Press report · businesswire.com
- Median advertised pay
- $245kPay stated in 53 open postings
- Technologies in its job postings
- 58Named in its job postings
How Reliable Robotics hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
192 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Reliable Robotics scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 55 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 192 days. 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
Total raised
$260M
5 rounds on record
Latest round
$160M
Venture round · Apr 2026 · 6 mo ago
Team
157
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Jan 2026 · +33% in a year
Hiring now
55
+6 posted in 30 days
Grants
$2.2M
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
3
Coatue, Eclipse
The money's age
Fresh money
6 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
39/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
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 21
Raised a round Venture round $160M
2026
Team of 157 was 118 · US Form 5500 (plan participants)
Aug 28, 2024
Won a grant $1.8M · CORDIS
Apr 20, 2022
Won a grant $300k · CORDIS
Oct 14, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $100M
Apr 14, 2021
Won a grant $49k · CORDIS
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2026 | $160M | — | businesswire.com |
| Grant | Aug 2024 | $1.8M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Apr 2022 | $300k | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Oct 2021 | $100M | — | businesswire.com |
| Grant | Apr 2021 | $49k | — | CORDIS |
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs
$140k – $205k per year · In office · Full-Time · 6+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View
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$86k – $157k per year · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View
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$190k – $300k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Seattle · San Diego · Mountain View
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$215k – $300k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View
Python
C++
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$145k – $165k per year · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Seattle
VHDL
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$188k – $250k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View · Seattle
Python
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$215k – $300k per year · In office · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
DO-254
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$190k – $270k per year · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · PhD · Mountain View
C++
DO-178C
MedTech
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$210k – $270k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Seattle
Verilog
VHDL
DO-254
Defense
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$210k – $270k per year · In office · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View
Python
C++
DO-178C
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$160k – $210k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Seattle · San Diego · Mountain View
C++
DO-178C
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$188k – $250k per year · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Mountain View · Seattle
Python
C++
Altium Designer
SpaceTech
DO-160
Defense
MIL-STD-461
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$245k
Typical range
$84k – $300k
Open positions
53
49
Jobs
Junior
12.2%
Middle
8.2%
Senior
73.5%
Staff
6.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 6 | $185k | $157k – $215k |
| Middle | 4 | $215k | $138k – $245k |
| Senior | 36 | $260k | $84k – $300k |
| Staff | 3 | $270k | $260k – $300k |
Highest paying role
Sr. Fullstack Software Engineer
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Reliable Robotics
By role, level and city, against the market · 53 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
0
H-1B filings in 12 months
1
Green card filings
$58k
Median offered salary
In the register as Reliable Inc. t/a Short Stop, Cambridge, MD (+1 more)
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
57/100
Growing
Open positions
53
6 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
175 days
faster than 6% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 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.
Hardware
50% ▼
Industrial Engineering
18%
Backend
14% ▲
Aerospace
9%
HR
5% ▲
Field & Service
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Hardware (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
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Added IEC 62304 to stack
Oct 2026
Added Radar Signal Processing to stack
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Added MIL-STD-461 to stack
Oct 2026
Added FMEA to stack
Oct 2026
Added AS9100 to stack
Oct 2026
Added DO-178C to stack
Oct 2026
Added DO-254 to stack
Oct 2026
Added DO-160 to stack
Oct 2026
Added DNS to stack
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Reliable Robotics over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
58
Postings analysed
49
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
C++55%
Python53%
MATLAB12%
Rust8%
Frameworks & libraries
Django2%
Matplotlib2%
React.js2%
Cloud & platforms
AWS10%
Linux8%
GitHub4%
Windows4%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
4
Countries
1
Busiest office
Mountain View
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Mountain View
United States
HQ
42 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 5% remote 50-200 est. staff $239k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Seattle
United States
Engineering / R&D
22 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 73% engineering 14% remote 50-200 est. staff $254k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Robotics
San Diego
United States
Engineering / R&D
14 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 14% remote 50-200 est. staff $261k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Backend, Hardware
Albuquerque
United States
2 open roles 1-10 est. staff $92k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
How to cite this page
Alion, "Reliable Robotics: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/reliable
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