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baesystems.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Naval Systems • Combat Aircraft • Defense Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 271, 72 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Naval Systems • Combat Aircraft • Defense Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 271, 72 new
BAE Systems is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, building combat aircraft, warships, submarines, land vehicles, electronic systems and cyber and intelligence products. Formed in 1999 from the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has major operations in the UK, the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and works on the Edgewing combat air programme. It hires hardware, software, structures, flight systems and spacecraft engineers, test and manufacturing specialists, project managers, supply chain and procurement staff, and graduates.
sunbeltcontrols.com • Las Vegas • Boise • Seattle • Vancouver • Renton • Real Estate • Building Automation & Controls • Smart Building & Cities • 501-1000 employees • Trust B • Hiring 29, 5 new
Las Vegas • Boise • Seattle • Vancouver • Renton • Real Estate • Building Automation & Controls • Smart Building & Cities • 501-1000 employees • Trust B • Hiring 29, 5 new
With over 30 years in building automation, Sunbelt Controls is a full-service contractor for new and retrofit projects across the Western US.
nttdata.com • HQ: Tokyo, Toyosu, Japan • Health Care • Cybersecurity • Data Centers & Colocation • Information Technology • Managed IT Services (MSP) • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Systems Integrators • 5000+ employees • Est. 1988 • Trust A • Hiring 1744, 218 new
HQ: Tokyo, Toyosu, Japan • Health Care • Cybersecurity • Data Centers & Colocation • Information Technology • Managed IT Services (MSP) • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Systems Integrators • 5000+ employees • Est. 1988 • Trust A • Hiring 1744, 218 new
NTT DATA is a Tokyo system integrator founded in 1988 that spun out of the data communications arm of NTT. It is one of the largest information technology services firms in the world, building banking, public sector and payment systems and operating global consulting and managed services. The company runs the CAFIS payment network used across Japanese retail and banking.
costargroup.com • HQ: Arlington, United States • Residential Real Estate • PropTech • Commercial Real Estate • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1986 • NASDAQ: CSGP • Trust A • Hiring 401, 15 new
HQ: Arlington, United States • Residential Real Estate • PropTech • Commercial Real Estate • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1986 • NASDAQ: CSGP • Trust A • Hiring 401, 15 new
CoStar Group is a commercial and residential real estate information, analytics and online marketplace company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and included in the S&P 500 index. Its businesses include CoStar data and analytics, LoopNet, Apartments.com, Homes.com, the Ten-X auction platform, STR hospitality data, Visual Lease and the 3D capture company Matterport, with offices across the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. Current roles cover sales executives and business development directors, field photographers, software, DevOps and machine learning engineers, product managers, finance analysts and CoStar News journalists.
lilly.com • HQ: Indianapolis, United States • Oncology Therapeutics • Cardiometabolic Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 5000+ employees • Est. 1876 • Trust B • Hiring 498, 108 new
HQ: Indianapolis, United States • Oncology Therapeutics • Cardiometabolic Therapeutics • Prescription Drugs • 5000+ employees • Est. 1876 • Trust B • Hiring 498, 108 new
Eli Lilly and Company, known as Lilly, is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, that discovers, develops and manufactures medicines for diabetes, obesity, cancer, immunology and neuroscience. Founded in 1876 by pharmacist Eli Lilly, it employs more than 50,000 people, sells its products in about 125 countries and runs manufacturing and research sites in places such as Limerick, Cork, Alcobendas, Concord and Kobe. Its openings span pharmaceutical sales territory managers, formulation operators, software engineers and AI architects, finance and marketing staff, and a large programme of interns and apprentices.
apple.com • HQ: Cupertino, United States • Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers • Operating Systems • Tablets • Laptops • Smartphones • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Trust A • Hiring 3695, 353 new
HQ: Cupertino, United States • Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers • Operating Systems • Tablets • Laptops • Smartphones • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Trust A • Hiring 3695, 353 new
Apple is an American multinational technology company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, and headquartered in Cupertino, California. It designs and sells consumer hardware including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, together with the operating systems and silicon that run them. A growing services division built around the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Pay now contributes a large share of profit, making Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world.
servicenow.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • AI Agents • Customer Support & Help Desk Software • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • IT Service & Asset Management • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004 • Trust B • Hiring 562, 110 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • AI Agents • Customer Support & Help Desk Software • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • IT Service & Asset Management • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004 • Trust B • Hiring 562, 110 new
ServiceNow is an American enterprise software company founded in 2004 by Fred Luddy and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It began by replacing clumsy IT ticketing systems with a configurable workflow platform, then extended the same engine across employee, customer, security, risk and supply chain processes, so a single system routes work between people and systems across departments. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the company now builds AI agents into every workflow through its Now Assist and AI Platform products, and it counts most of the Fortune 500 among its customers.
illumina.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Laboratory Equipment • Genomics & Genetic Testing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1998 • NASDAQ: ILMN • Trust B • Hiring 122, 7 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • Laboratory Equipment • Genomics & Genetic Testing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1998 • NASDAQ: ILMN • Trust B • Hiring 122, 7 new
Illumina is an American company founded in 1998 whose sequencing machines drove the cost of reading a human genome from hundreds of millions of dollars to a few hundred, and it holds the dominant share of the market it largely created. Its business is a classic instruments and consumables model: sequencers are sold once and then consume proprietary reagent kits for years, which is where most of the profit sits. Headquartered in San Diego and listed on Nasdaq, it spent years entangled in the forced divestiture of the cancer test maker Grail and now faces genuine competition from Chinese and startup sequencing platforms for the first time.
asml.com • HQ: Veldhoven, Netherlands • Semiconductor Equipment • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1984 • Trust B • Hiring 618, 81 new
HQ: Veldhoven, Netherlands • Semiconductor Equipment • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1984 • Trust B • Hiring 618, 81 new
ASML is a semiconductor equipment manufacturer specializing in high-precision photolithography systems, computational lithography software, and metrology and inspection solutions. Headquartered in Veldhoven, Netherlands, the enterprise is the world’s sole supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines - including next-generation High-NA EUV platforms - alongside a broad portfolio of deep ultraviolet (DUV) systems. Through its global network of R&D centers, manufacturing facilities, and field support services across Europe, Asia, and North America, the organization enables global semiconductor foundries and chipmakers to fabricate advanced logic and memory microchips.
lyntris.com • HQ: Falls Church, United States • RF & Wireless Hardware • Defense Manufacturing • C4ISR • 201-500 employees • NYSE: LYNX • Trust B • Hiring 35, 2 new
HQ: Falls Church, United States • RF & Wireless Hardware • Defense Manufacturing • C4ISR • 201-500 employees • NYSE: LYNX • Trust B • Hiring 35, 2 new
Lyntris is a US defense technology company with its corporate office in Falls Church, Virginia, supplying RF and antenna sensing hardware, AI-driven data fusion, command and control software, autonomy, and readiness and training systems to US and allied armed forces. Formed by bringing together the Accelint and Vitesse teams, it supports more than 200 defense programs across space, air, land, sea and cyber, with engineering sites in San Diego, Orlando, Ann Arbor, Saint Paul and Bloomington and manufacturing in California, Colorado and Massachusetts. It hires software, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, systems integration and network engineers, product support specialists and technical writers.
≈ $101k – $201k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 8+ years exp • In office (San Diego, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Citizenship or vetting required • Middle
dnv.com • HQ: Høvik, Norway • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1864 • Trust B • Hiring 210, 46 new
HQ: Høvik, Norway • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1864 • Trust B • Hiring 210, 46 new
DNV is an independent assurance and risk management firm and classification society headquartered in Høvik, near Oslo in Norway, serving the maritime, energy, renewables and healthcare sectors. Formed in 1864 as Det Norske Veritas and owned by a foundation, it employs about 15,000 people in over 100 countries, classifying ships, certifying management systems and advising on oil and gas, power grids and offshore wind. It hires engineers, surveyors, approval engineers, process safety experts, energy market analysts and project managers, along with interns, trainees and business support staff.
reliable.co • HQ: Mountain View, United States • Autonomous Driving • Avionics & Flight Control • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 54, 3 new
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Autonomous Driving • Avionics & Flight Control • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 54, 3 new
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.
rivoholdings.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • 201-500 employees • Est. 2008 • Hiring 7, 3 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • 201-500 employees • Est. 2008 • Hiring 7, 3 new
MORE THANJUST A JOB Rivo Holdings operates in a competitive growth industry with asmany challenges as there are opportunities. Our success is builton passing that opportunity to the employees.
monarchquantum.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Optics & Photonic Components • Quantum Computing Hardware • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2025 • Trust A • Hiring 68, 6 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • Optics & Photonic Components • Quantum Computing Hardware • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2025 • Trust A • Hiring 68, 6 new
Monarch Quantum is a quantum photonics company that develops integrated photonic hardware and light engines for advanced technological applications. The enterprise provides scalable laser-based systems and optical packaging designed for quantum computing, sensing, and communications. Headquartered in San Diego, California, it utilizes in-house systems engineering and AI-driven manufacturing to deliver deployable quantum infrastructure.
northropgrumman.com • HQ: Falls Church, United States • Space Defense • C4ISR • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 2403, 317 new
HQ: Falls Church, United States • Space Defense • C4ISR • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 2403, 317 new
Northrop Grumman is an American defence contractor whose oldest predecessor was founded in 1939, and which took its present form through the 1994 combination of Northrop and Grumman. It builds strategic systems including the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile programme, military and civil space systems, radars and electronic warfare equipment, autonomous aircraft, and mission systems and software for the United States armed forces and allied governments. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it earns the large majority of its revenue from the American government and employs close to one hundred thousand people.
$114k – $171k per year • Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (San Diego, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Top Secret • Shift work • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
$92k – $138k per year • Junior • Hybrid (San Diego, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Top Secret • Shift work • Citizenship or vetting required
$114k – $171k per year • Lead • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (San Diego, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • TS/SCI • Shift work • Citizenship or vetting required • Principal
trabus.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Information Security • Sea Freight • Cybersecurity • 1-10 employees • Hiring 6, 6 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • Information Security • Sea Freight • Cybersecurity • 1-10 employees • Hiring 6, 6 new
A forward-thinking approach to technology development and services.. TRABUS is a technology company with a mission to connect the globe through disruptive wireless technologies and predictive intelligence.
shield.ai • HQ: San Diego, United States • Defense Manufacturing • Drone AI • Defense AI • Military Drones • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015 • Trust B • Hiring 634, 46 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • Defense Manufacturing • Drone AI • Defense AI • Military Drones • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015 • Trust B • Hiring 634, 46 new
Shield AI is an American defence technology company founded in 2015 that builds autonomy software and uncrewed aircraft for military missions. Its Hivemind autonomy stack lets aircraft fly, navigate and complete objectives without GPS, a remote pilot or a communications link, which matters in contested environments where those links are jammed. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the company fields the V-BAT vertical take-off aircraft with United States and allied forces, licenses Hivemind to other manufacturers and is developing the X-BAT jet for high-end missions.
sonyinteractive.com • HQ: San Mateo, United States • Media & Entertainment • Gaming • Game Development • Console Games • Gaming Consoles • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust A • Hiring 170, 14 new
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Media & Entertainment • Gaming • Game Development • Console Games • Gaming Consoles • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust A • Hiring 170, 14 new
Sony Interactive Entertainment is the video game division of the Sony group, formed in 1993 to develop the original PlayStation and now headquartered in San Mateo, California rather than Tokyo. It designs and sells the PlayStation consoles and accessories, runs the PlayStation Network and its PlayStation Plus subscription service, and owns PlayStation Studios, a group of development studios including Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, Guerrilla Games, Santa Monica Studio and Bungie. The business earns most of its revenue from software and network services rather than hardware, and its first-party titles are increasingly released on personal computers after a console exclusivity window.
xenithsolutions.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Information Security • Cybersecurity • 51-200 employees • Hiring 15, 4 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • Information Security • Cybersecurity • 51-200 employees • Hiring 15, 4 new
Top of page Mission-Driven Innovation At Xenith Solutions, our mission is rooted in Mission-Driven Innovation: the commitment to develop secure, practical, and forward-leaning capabilities that directly enable our customers to execute their missions with confidence and precision.
qualcomm.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Headphones & Audio • Smartphones • Consumer Electronics • Edge AI • Autonomous Driving • Car Electronics • RF & Wireless Hardware • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1985 • Trust B • Hiring 1823, 44 new
HQ: San Diego, United States • Headphones & Audio • Smartphones • Consumer Electronics • Edge AI • Autonomous Driving • Car Electronics • RF & Wireless Hardware • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1985 • Trust B • Hiring 1823, 44 new
Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.