An Iron Hornet engineer applying a thermal pad to a Raspberry Pi 5 on the workbench.
From the Bench May 17 · 2026 · 2 min read · San Diego, CA

We build things with our hands.

THERMAL PAD · RASPBERRY PI 5 · CHIEF SCIENTIST'S BENCH

Not just lines of code. Not just slide decks. Actual hardware. Right here in the United States.

While a lot of companies outsource everything and call it "AI," we're still the ones putting tools to silicon, solving thermal problems by hand, and making sure the systems we design actually work in the real world.

We're builders.

We always have been.

Creed 01

Hands on the metal.

Engineers prototype, solder, and tune the systems we ship — not a remote vendor we'll never meet.

Creed 02

Assembled in America.

Engineered, designed, and assembled in the United States. Every box. Every revision.

Creed 03

It has to work in the field.

If it can't survive the bench, it won't survive a yard at 4 a.m. So we build for both.

— The Iron Hornet Team
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