We recruit from the ranks of those who already know what's at stake — Academy Award engineers, Navy top scientists, and Special Operations veterans. Hiring the best also means giving back to those who gave first.
We build hardware that has to work when failure isn't an option — because some of us remember what that felt like.
Every Iron Hornet hire is tested against a single question: have they done the work under pressure? The people who've served under pressure build things that work under pressure. That's a standing commitment, not a recruiting slogan.
We combine defense-grade discipline with visual-effects craft — the same rigor that shipped Titanic ships the sensor on the fence.
The people designing, engineering, and shipping every Iron Hornet platform.
Lead visual-effects engineer turned defense manufacturer. Built pipelines for the biggest films in history. Now builds hardware for the people defending it.
Two decades at the Navy's top R&D lab. Counter-IED systems, RF physics, and the kind of signal processing that keeps Americans alive.
Drone avionics, custom chassis, and rapid prototyping. If it flies, rolls, or holds an Iron Eyes in place — he made it.
Two decades across machine vision, cybersecurity, and defense systems — from F-35 cockpit tech to classified networks. Now builds the platforms that scale Iron Hornet's truck-yard intelligence.
Owns the path from components to fully operational systems in the field — assembly, install, commissioning, and the cloud handshake that proves it's running.
Operators and operators-turned-investors who've earned the right to weigh in.
Retired Lt. Colonel, USSOCOM. Now Principal & COO of Counter Forced Labor Technologies — holds the nation's highest clearance and built two units at USSOCOM.
Naval Academy engineer who drove a fast-attack submarine, then spent a career moving billions through CMBS desks and property portfolios.
Engineers, operators, and manufacturers who've held the line somewhere before — we want to hear from you. Remote and San Diego-based roles open now.