True Anomaly

Satellite Manufacturing · Space Defense
184open roles
$203kmedian advertised pay
$752.9Mraised in 4 rounds
Growinghiring pace, 66 of 100

Overview

True Anomaly is an American space defence company founded in 2022 by former United States Space Force officers to build spacecraft and software for orbital security missions. Its Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle is designed for rendezvous, proximity operations and inspection of other satellites, and its Mosaic software provides mission planning, simulation and command and control for space operations, sold mainly to the Space Force and allied defence customers. Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, the company manufactures its own spacecraft and has raised substantial venture funding to scale production.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 184 open roles at True Anomaly. True Anomaly is headquartered in Centennial, United States. It was founded in 2022. It has raised $750M in 2 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $650M, announced in 2026. The median pay stated in its open roles is $200k, across 174 postings that state pay.

Headquarters
Centennial, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2022Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Employees
200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
Total raised
$750MSum of 2 equity rounds Alion knows
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown · $650M · Apr 28, 2026Press report · cnbc.com
Median advertised pay
$200kPay stated in 174 open postings
Technologies in its job postings
254Named in its job postings
Official records

How True Anomaly hires

Truth index
A 94/100
Median time to fill
90 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
5%
Reposted roles
0%

True Anomaly scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 181 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 5% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 90 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

Jobs

Hybrid · TS/SCI · Contractor · 6+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Long Beach
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$135k – $250k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Long Beach
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Verification & Validation
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$300k – $345k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Long Beach
EVMS
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$125k – $175k per year · Hybrid · TS/SCI · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Long Beach
Python
PowerShell
OpenAI
Machine Learning
DevOps
Terraform
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
ArgoCD
Kubernetes
Bicep
Azure AKS
VPN
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
Management
Power Automate
Defense
CMMC
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$65k – $95k per year · In office · Nationals only · Contractor · 4+ years exp · Long Beach
Windows
DNS
DHCP
VPN
Wi-Fi
Cybersecurity
Okta
Microsoft Entra ID
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$100k – $140k per year · Hybrid · Nationals only · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Denver · Long Beach
Windows
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
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$145k – $205k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 3+ years exp · Denver · Long Beach
Python
JavaScript
Rust
C++
Erlang
Haskell
Scala
Elixir
OCaml
F#
Terraform
GCP
Pulumi
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
Bicep
Cybersecurity
Semgrep
CodeQL
NIST 800-53
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
Zero Trust
Defense in Depth
Threat Modeling
JFrog Xray
Defense
CMMC
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$175k – $265k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Long Beach
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Verilog
C++
VHDL
Computer Vision
SpaceTech
SpaceWire
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$125k – $270k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Long Beach
Python
C++
Computer Vision
Robotics
Localization
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$72k – $100k per year · In office · Nationals only · Contractor · Long Beach
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$180k – $255k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Denver · Long Beach
Python
JavaScript
Rust
C++
Erlang
Haskell
Scala
Elixir
OCaml
F#
Terraform
GCP
Pulumi
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
Bicep
Cybersecurity
Semgrep
CodeQL
NIST 800-53
NIST 800-171
FedRAMP
Zero Trust
Defense in Depth
Threat Modeling
JFrog Xray
Defense
CMMC
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$135k – $250k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Denver · Long Beach
Python
MATLAB
OrCAD
SpaceTech
MIL-STD-1553
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MIL-STD-461
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$203k
Typical range
$66k – $380k
Open positions
174
166 Jobs
Intern 0.6%
Junior 3.6%
Middle 24.1%
Senior 36.7%
Staff 24.1%
Principal 6.6%
Architect 4.2%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 1 $66k $66k
Junior 6 $180k $80k – $300k
Middle 40 $160k $72k – $250k
Senior 61 $195k $72k – $320k
Staff 40 $250k $110k – $315k
Principal 11 $285k $265k – $340k
Architect 7 $315k $170k – $380k
Highest paying role SVP, Government Affairs $380k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at True Anomaly By role, level and city, against the market · 174 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
66/100
Growing
Open positions
184
33 opened / 32 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
103 days
faster than 11% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +298%
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
15% ▲
Hardware
9%
Backend
8%
Finance
7%
Aerospace
7% ▲
Security
7% ▲
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+6 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Wi-Fi to stack Nov 2026
Added Okta to stack Nov 2026
Added Microsoft Entra ID to stack Nov 2026
Added PWA to stack Nov 2026
Added GD&T to stack Oct 2026
Added Splunk to stack Oct 2026
Added Red Teaming to stack Oct 2026
Added PowerShell to stack Oct 2026
Added Cyber Kill Chain to stack Oct 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack Oct 2026
Added DHCP to stack Oct 2026
Added Ruby to stack Oct 2026

Financials

Total raised
$752.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
4
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount Valuation
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 $650M $2.2B Details
Grant 2024 $1.6M — Details
Series B 2023 $100M — Details
Grant 2023 $1.2M — Details

People

Even Rogers
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Even Rogers co-founded the company in 2022 after serving as a United States Space Force officer. He leads its strategy and defence customer relationships.
Tom Nichols
Co-founder
Tom Nichols co-founded the company alongside other former Space Force officers. He works on its mission systems and operations.
Thomas Nichols
Executive Officer, Director
Glen Moorhead III
Director
Austin Bishop
Director
Jesse Michaels
Director
Bill McCaffrey
Director
Daniel Brunski
Director
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Products

Training and Simulation
Digital environments for rehearsing orbital operations and contested scenarios. It supports Space Force exercise programmes.
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Spacecraft Manufacturing
In-house production of satellites and their subsystems. Vertical integration is central to the company's cost and schedule approach.
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Mosaic
Mission planning, simulation and command and control software for space operations. It is sold alongside and independently of the hardware.
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Jackal
An autonomous orbital vehicle built for rendezvous and proximity operations. It is designed to inspect and manoeuvre near other spacecraft.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at True Anomaly over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
254
Postings analysed
203
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
Python46%
C++24%
MATLAB16%
JavaScript9%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js4%
Three.JS4%
React Three Fiber3%
CrewAI2%
Databases
PostgreSQL3%
Amazon Redshift<1%
Snowflake<1%
MySQL<1%
Cloud & platforms
AWS21%
Azure19%
Linux11%
GCP9%
AI & ML
LLM1%
YOLO1%
Claude<1%
GPT-4<1%
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Full True Anomaly tech stack 254 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Connections

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Graph
Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors5
AmbitionVia a fund
18 portfolio companies: Xona Space Systems, Vital Lyfe, ValkrynRanges for defense and 15 more
G SquaredVia a fund
41 portfolio companies: SpaceX, Lyft, X-energy and 38 more
EclipseVia a fund
53 portfolio companies: Watchmaker Genomics, Getvinci, Voxel AI and 50 more
55 portfolio companies: Elegant Themes, Wyvern, Lyonshare and 52 more
Rocketship.vcVia a fund
65 portfolio companies: Zenskar, You.com, Yulu and 62 more
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News

News Los Angeles Business Journal 8 months ago
Space Tech: True Anomaly - Next-Gen Space Defense
Mark Seidel, True Anomaly's Long Beach-based chief financial officer, to discuss the business of space defense.
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Award Breaking Defense 2 years ago
Space Force awards contracts for Victus Haze rapid launch mission
Victus Haze is the second iteration of the Space Force'sTactically Responsive Space-3 (TacRS-3)mission to launch a prototype satellite within 24 hours of a
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Report
News Payload 2 years ago
True Anomaly Aims to Disrupt In-Space Sensing With Proliferated Assets
The Space Force is looking to the commercial sector to provide capabilities that it can
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News voxdotcom 2 years ago
How the US is preparing to fight - and win - a war in space
US officials are warning of Russia's supposed capability to deploy nuclear weapons into space. This startup is trying to make sure the US maintains its military superiority in outer space.
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
What we're looking forward to seeing from the space industry in 2024
It was a jaw-dropping year for the space industry, and while we all know by now that progress isn't linear, we feel pretty confident that 2024 will be
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Podcast CFO THOUGHT LEADER 3 years ago
959: A CFO Role as Broad as Space Is Wide Mark Seidel, CFO, True Anomaly
If Mark Seidel had told us that he had spent many of his high school evenings peering through a telescope at the stars, we would have likely believed him. However, Seidel-CFO of space security start-up True Anomaly-swiftly short circuits the familiar narr
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News TechCrunch 3 years ago
True Anomaly raises $100M to scale space security tech
True Anomaly is looking to fill a critical gap in space situational awareness and defensive operations.
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Press release PRNewswire 3 years ago
True Anomaly Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding to Further Accelerate Growth
/PRNewswire/ -- True Anomaly, Inc., the technology company developing advanced hardware and software systems to ensure the sustainable security of space, today...
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
4
Countries
1
Busiest office
Long Beach
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Centennial United States
HQ
opened 2023
Long Beach United States
Plant / site
Long Beach, CA
164 open roles 99 posted in 90 days 43% engineering 1% remote 50-200 est. staff $205k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, Aerospace
seen since Jul 2025 job postings
Denver United States
Plant / site
Colorado Springs, CO
157 open roles 110 posted in 90 days 39% engineering 2% remote 50-200 est. staff $215k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Aerospace, Hardware
seen since Apr 2025 careers board, job postings
Washington United States
Corporate office
Colorado Springs, CO
10 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 1-10 est. staff $222k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Legal, Security
opened 2023 seen since Jun 2026 careers board, job postings
Colorado Springs United States
Regional office
Colorado Springs, CO
6 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 1-10 est. staff $203k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Security, Finance
seen since Nov 2025 careers board, job postings

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