Zone 5 Technologies
zone5technologies.com
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Defense Manufacturing
Drones & UAVs
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How Zone 5 Technologies hires
Truth index
A 93/100
Median time to fill
114 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
7%
Reposted roles
0%
Zone 5 Technologies scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 45 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 7% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 114 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
Overview
Zone 5 Technologies is an aerospace and defense company in San Luis Obispo, California, that designs, builds and tests unmanned aircraft systems and the autonomy, avionics and embedded software that run them. Its work spans the full product cycle, from model-based systems engineering and PX4-based flight software to avionics assembly, environmental testing and depot-level maintenance documentation for defense customers. The company hires embedded software, systems, mechanical, robotics perception and test engineers, along with UAV avionics assemblers, production supervisors, technical writers and engineering leadership roles.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Zone 5 Technologies over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
145
Postings analysed
80
Stack modernity
72/100AI adopter
Languages
MATLAB34%
Python34%
C++16%
JavaScript5%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS25%
React.js4%
Angular3%
ROS3%
Databases
PostgreSQL3%
Milvus1%
Qdrant1%
Weaviate1%
Cloud & platforms
Linux18%
AWS9%
GitHub5%
Windows5%
AI & ML
LLM3%
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Full Zone 5 Technologies tech stack
145 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$175k
Typical range
$54k – $280k
Open positions
60
60
Jobs
Junior
3.3%
Middle
33.3%
Senior
26.7%
Staff
26.7%
Architect
10%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $94k | $85k – $102k |
| Middle | 20 | $143k | $54k – $185k |
| Senior | 16 | $185k | $123k – $248k |
| Staff | 16 | $182k | $141k – $238k |
| Architect | 6 | $240k | $115k – $280k |
Highest paying role
Director of Hardware
$280k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Zone 5 Technologies
By role, level and city, against the market · 60 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
61/100
Growing
Open positions
74
28 opened / 35 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
114 days
faster than 11% 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.
Industrial Engineering
46% ▲
Field & Service
18% ▲
Administrative
6%
DevOps
4% ▼
Hardware
3% ▲
Communications
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Industrial Engineering (+18 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+5 jobs in a week
Oct 2026
Added MIL-STD-810 to stack
Oct 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Oct 2026
Added CAPA to stack
Oct 2026
Added SLI/SLO/SLA to stack
Oct 2026
Added Smartsheet to stack
Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Project to stack
Oct 2026
Added Jira to stack
Oct 2026
Added HPC to stack
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
+9 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
New location: San Luis Obispo
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
4
Countries
2
Busiest office
San Luis Obispo
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San Luis Obispo
United States
HQ
HQ (Buckley)
61 open roles 51 posted in 90 days 20% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $163k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Field & Service, Hardware
Fort Worth
United States
Plant / site
Cross
28 open roles 28 posted in 90 days 21% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $176k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hardware, DevOps
Paso Robles
United States
Regional office
Paso Robles
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $73k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Industrial Engineering
Fort Walton Beach
United States
Engineering / R&D
Special Projects - FL
2 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering
Arlington
United States
Regional office
Arlington
1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
Camden
United States
Regional office
Camden
Ramstein-Miesenbach
Germany
Regional office
Germany
Earlier presence
Arlington, United States
Jobs
≈ $54k – $96k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $43k – $97k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $54k – $96k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $43k – $75k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $43k – $97k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $54k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $54k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office • 1+ year exp • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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$148k – $180k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • United States
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$80k – $115k per year • In office • 3+ years exp • Associate's Degree • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $43k – $97k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
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≈ $54k – $95k per year (Estimated) • In office • High School Diploma • San Luis Obispo
AS9100
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