Aerospace AI Startup Jobs

Defense technology company building autonomous systems and AI-powered defense capabilities to transform military and border security operations.

Autonomous drone manufacturer building AI-powered drones for defense, public safety, and enterprise inspection.

Defense AI company building autonomous aircraft and AI pilot technology for military applications.

Defense technology company building unmanned defense systems and distributed manufacturing.

Varda Space Industries is a space manufacturing company that designs, builds, and flies spacecraft to produce pharmaceuticals in microgravity and return them to Earth:contentReference[oaicite:28]{index=28}.

Defense technology company building AI-powered software for national security missions.

Nominal provides the connected hardware test stack used to capture telemetry, validate systems, and ship complex hardware faster. Its software supports aerospace, defense, and industrial teams running mission-critical test and operations workflows.

Defense technology company providing software platform for military logistics and field operations optimization.

Aetherflux develops space-based solar power systems that collect energy in orbit and transmit it to Earth.

Airbound builds the world's most efficient delivery drones, developing advanced autonomous aircraft using blended-wing-body designs for ultra-low-cost logistics. Founded by 20-year-old Naman Pushp, the Bengaluru-based company aims to achieve one-cent drone deliveries at scale, serving medical, defense, and industrial applications.

Airloom Energy is reinventing wind power with a novel, low-profile track-based turbine system that dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of harnessing wind energy. Backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Lowercarbon Capital, the Laramie, Wyoming-based startup is developing a pilot facility to demonstrate its modular wind technology. Airloom's design uses lightweight airfoils on an oval track, offering a simpler and more affordable alternative to traditional wind turbines.

Antares is developing mass-producible, inherently safe nuclear microreactors for terrestrial, underwater, and space-based applications, producing between 100 kilowatts and 1 megawatt of electricity. The company has a 145,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Torrance, California and is on track to achieve first reactor criticality by mid-2026. Founded by alumni of SpaceX, MIT, and Los Alamos National Lab, Antares is backed by over $130 million in venture capital and government funding.

Apex manufactures productized satellite bus platforms for constellation-scale missions, aiming to remove the satellite production bottleneck. The company focuses on standardized spacecraft, fast lead times, and high-rate manufacturing for commercial and defense customers.

Array Labs builds high-power, low-cost space radar systems and a formation-flying radar constellation for large-scale 3D Earth imaging and persistent monitoring.

AstroForge is a deep-space mining company focused on extracting valuable metals from asteroids, particularly platinum group metals (PGMs) and critical minerals. The company develops technology to locate, reach, and mine asteroids to provide sustainable resources for Earth and space industries.

Fusion energy startup developing modular micro-fusion reactors for compact, scalable clean power and propulsion applications.

A venture-backed defense tech company building mass-producible hypersonic weapons systems using modern hardware development and manufacturing processes.

Catalyx Space builds orbital logistics infrastructure, combining spacecraft, software, and operations to move experiments and manufactured payloads to orbit and back. The company focuses on reusable capsules and faster, more predictable in-space deployment and downmass services.

CesiumAstro builds communications systems and phased-array hardware/software for space, air, and ground missions, supporting satellite and defense connectivity use cases.

A defense technology company specializing in counter-drone radar and other defense solutions.

Electronic warfare company building AI-driven software and hardware—incl. SIGINT payloads and autonomous drones—for spectrum dominance.

AI-driven manufacturing platform that automates the creation and management of model-based work instructions from CAD files. BuildOS generates 3D animations of assembly steps, reducing documentation time from weeks to hours.

Efficient Computer builds the world's most energy-efficient general-purpose processor, the Electron E1, offering up to 100x greater efficiency than traditional CPUs. Spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, their Fabric architecture minimizes data movement, enabling applications in AI, edge computing, space, defense, and consumer devices.

Grid Aero builds autonomous cargo aircraft for long-range, high-payload logistics solutions serving both military and commercial applications with rapid development cycles.

Deep-tech mining and energy startup developing proprietary laser-based drilling systems to unlock Europe's critical minerals and geothermal energy at extreme depths. Building Europe's first technology-driven mining and energy platform with plans to begin selling European-mined critical raw materials by 2029.

Hadrian is a manufacturing startup using AI and robotics to automate the production of defense and aerospace components:contentReference[oaicite:14]{index=14}.

Inversion Space is turning space into a transportation layer for Earth by building autonomous re-entry vehicles that enable precision delivery of cargo to anywhere on the planet in under an hour, creating an on-demand logistics network in Low-Earth Orbit.

LeydenJar develops and produces pure silicon anodes for energy-dense batteries, enabling 70% more energy storage while reducing CO2 emissions by 85% with 7-minute charging capability.

Machina Labs develops AI-powered robotic manufacturing systems for sheet metal forming and industrial production, reducing the need for traditional tooling.

MatrixSpace develops AI-enabled 4D radar sensing and edge-to-cloud situational awareness software for defense, security, and critical infrastructure applications.

Morpheus Space develops electric propulsion systems and mobility solutions for satellites, including modular thrusters for commercial and government space missions.

Northwood Space designs and manufactures electronically steered phased-array ground stations that enable scalable, rapidly deployable satellite communication and tracking infrastructure. The company serves commercial and government customers including a $50M U.S. Space Force contract to modernize the Satellite Control Network.

NovoLINC develops breakthrough nanostructured thermal interface materials for AI computing, data centers, and high-power electronics. Its proprietary technology achieves 10X lower thermal resistance than conventional materials, enabling better heat dissipation for next-generation semiconductor chips and cooling critical AI infrastructure.

Pacific Fusion is building a high-gain pulsed magnetic fusion system designed to achieve net facility gain, delivering more fusion energy output than all stored energy input. The company develops affordable, modular fusion technology using common materials to provide abundant, clean energy for a prosperous planet.

PhysicsX is an AI company accelerating industrial innovation by combining AI-driven multiphysics inference with numerical simulation to improve the design, manufacturing, and operation of complex products. Founded in 2019 by former Formula 1 engineers, the platform serves enterprises across aerospace, defense, automotive, semiconductors, and energy sectors. PhysicsX raised over $155M including investments from NVIDIA, Atomico, and Temasek.

Radiant is pioneering mass-produced portable nuclear microreactors, with its flagship Kaleidos reactor delivering 1 MW of clean, zero-emission power in a shipping container-sized form factor. Valued at $1.8 billion, the company is building its factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Provides AI-powered mapping tools like Farsight to help defense teams generate 3D terrain and plan missions.

Skyryse develops SkyOS, a universal operating system for flight, and is bringing software-defined avionics and autonomy to existing and new aircraft platforms.

Climate data company deploying high-altitude balloons to gather atmospheric measurements and improve weather forecasting models.

Starcloud is building orbital data-center infrastructure to provide large-scale compute capacity in space, leveraging abundant solar power and passive cooling.

Stoke Space Technologies develops the fully and rapidly reusable Nova rocket designed to operate with aircraft-like frequency. Founded by former Blue Origin and SpaceX employees, raised over $1.3B.

Substrate is America's next-generation semiconductor foundry, developing advanced X-ray lithography technology to challenge industry giants like ASML and TSMC. Founded by brothers James and Oliver Proud, the company uses compact particle accelerators to enable more cost-effective and rapid chip manufacturing in the United States. Backed by Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and In-Q-Tel, Substrate aims to restore American leadership in semiconductor production.

Sunflower Labs builds autonomous drone-based security systems that combine robotics, sensors, and software to monitor residential, commercial, and industrial properties.

The Nuclear Company operates as America's deployment platform for nuclear power, constructing a series of nuclear power plants using a design-once, build-many approach with proven and licensed technology to deliver safe and reliable electricity at the lowest cost.

Tomorrow.io delivers weather intelligence software and proprietary weather data products for aviation, defense, logistics, and enterprise operations.

Voliro develops autonomous aerial robotics for industrial inspections, combining a drone platform, tiltable payload system, and software for high-value asset inspection workflows.

Represents X-Bow Systems, which develops additive-manufactured solid rocket motors and modular launch services for defense and space customers.