Great Work — Utah

aerospace-defense — sector hub

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Players

  • 309th Software Engineering Group · Hill Air Force Base · flight software, weapons software, mission software, DevSecOps, safety-critical systems, Air Force …
  • ACT Aerospace · Gunnison · aerospace composites, carbon fiber structures, composite manufacturing, aerostructures, defense sup…
  • Baxter Aerospace · St. George · unmanned aircraft, deployable communications, ISR, defense, emergency response, advanced manufactur…
  • CleanJoule · Salt Lake City · sustainable aviation fuel, biofuels, rocket propellant, biomanufacturing, aerospace decarbonization
  • CycloKinetics · Salt Lake City · aerospace and defense propellants, missile fuel, rocket propellant, advanced fuels
  • Electric Power Systems (EPS) · North Logan · electric aviation, battery propulsion, eVTOL, FAA certification, power electronics
  • Fortem Technologies · Lindon · counter-UAS, radar, autonomous systems, defense, critical infrastructure
  • Hexcel Corporation · Salt Lake County · advanced materials, aerospace composites, carbon fiber, manufacturing
  • Hill Air Force Base · Hill Air Force Base · depot maintenance, fighter jet sustainment, ICBM sustainment, flight test, defense engineering work…
  • Hypercraft · Provo · hybrid-electric powertrains, defense mobility, power electronics, software-defined vehicles
  • IMSAR · Utah Valley · synthetic aperture radar, UAS, defense, aerospace, intelligence, manufacturing
  • Intergalactic · St. George · aerospace thermal management, spacecraft systems, environmental control, cleanroom manufacturing, f…
  • L3Harris Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City · military communications, electronic warfare, ISR payloads, tactical radios, SATCOM, contested-envir…
  • Northrop Grumman — Promontory Facility · Promontory · solid rocket motors, space launch, nuclear deterrent, aerospace manufacturing, defense
  • NSA Utah Data Center · Bluffdale · intelligence infrastructure, mass data storage, cybersecurity, cleared engineering, national securi…
  • Palladyne AI · Salt Lake City · embodied AI, collaborative autonomy, edge inference, defense technology, robotics
  • RAM Aviation, Space & Defense · St. George · propulsion valves, precision manufacturing, spacecraft components, fluid control, aerospace supply …
  • SkyWest, Inc. · St. George · regional airline, aviation, aircraft leasing, air transportation, commercial aviation
  • Strider Technologies · Salt Lake City · strategic intelligence, geopolitical risk, economic security, AI, national security
  • Teal Drones · Salt Lake City · small unmanned aircraft, ISR, defense, autonomous systems, domestic drone manufacturing
  • Vector · Bluffdale · attritable drones, special operations, fiber-optic FPV, electronic warfare resilience, modern warfa…
  • Wasatch Ionics · unknown · lithium-oxygen batteries, reserve batteries, chemical oxygen generation, Army obstacle systems, ene…
  • Williams International · Ogden · small gas turbine engines, business jet propulsion, cruise missile propulsion, precision manufactur…

Proof it can be done here

People

  • Ryan Smith (IMSAR) · Utah Valley · RF engineering, synthetic aperture radar, defense technology, hardware startups

Money & programs

Who they need right now

  • 309th Software Engineering Group: Likely needs include software engineers (systems, embedded, avionics, cybersecurity, DevSecOps) willing to obtain Secret or Top Secret clearances. Former military backgrounds are common but not required. Strong fit for engineers who want code on real combat aircraft, prioritize mission weight over compensation and optionality, and want to live in Utah without a Beltway commute — accepting governm… (reviewed 2026-06-19)
  • ACT Aerospace: Hiring centers on shop-floor manufacturing: machine operators (including night and weekend shifts), machine programmers, and production technicians. Composite structures engineers, tool design engineers, NDI and quality specialists, and manufacturing engineers remain the core technical fit beyond the shop floor. ACT is smaller than Hexcel or Northrop, so individual leverage is proportionally high… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Baxter Aerospace: Likely needs: UAS/aerospace and flight-controls engineers, RF/communications and satellite-integration engineers, manufacturing and production staff, and defense business-development people who can navigate government procurement. The Series A is earmarked for production scale-up and field operations, which points to hiring in manufacturing and field engineering. For talent matching, Baxter fits … (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • CleanJoule: Biochemical engineers, process engineers, and catalytic chemists with biofuel scale-up experience are the most relevant technical contributors. A DoD partnership signals interest in defense and government-contract pathways alongside commercial aviation. Manufacturing, quality, and supply chain hires are likely priorities as the company moves toward full-scale production. The airline strategic inv… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • CycloKinetics: CycloKinetics' public careers language describes wanting "engineers, scientists, and operators driven by performance, innovation, and national security impact," consistent with a scale-up-stage propellant manufacturer. No specific open roles, team size, or hiring plan is published; treat this as directional rather than a current openings list. (reviewed 2026-08-11)
  • Electric Power Systems (EPS): Likely needs include aerospace battery electrochemists, power electronics engineers, certification engineers with FAA DER experience, systems engineers familiar with aviation safety standards (DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A), and manufacturing engineers capable of building aviation-grade hardware at production scale. The team appears to be Utah-based and smaller than coastal counterparts, making indiv… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Fortem Technologies: Hiring centers on radar systems and RF engineering, systems data and automation, product management, production engineering and technicians, QA, and shipping/logistics — mostly on-site in Lindon. Broader fit still includes embedded systems, guidance/controls, autonomy, manufacturing, field deployment, and export-control-aware program managers who understand airspace and critical-infrastructure ru… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Hexcel Corporation: Likely needs include materials scientists, process engineers, controls engineers, manufacturing leaders, quality engineers, maintenance technicians, safety leaders, and operators comfortable with aerospace and defense certification. For students and operators, Hexcel may be a better fit than a startup if they want rigorous industrial systems, tangible products, and long-cycle aerospace work. (reviewed 2026-05-09)
  • Hill Air Force Base: Hill hires along two entirely separate tracks. Uniformed military careers (officer, enlisted, healthcare) route through airforce.com. Civilian federal employment — the larger and more relevant track for most wiki readers — routes primarily through USAJOBS.gov, with two notable shortcuts the base itself advertises: a direct-to-recruiter path for engineering and scientist candidates with a BS or hi… (reviewed 2026-08-11)
  • Hypercraft: Likely needs include powertrain engineers, power-electronics engineers, embedded and vehicle-control software engineers, systems-integration engineers, and defense program managers who understand military vehicle-modernization procurement. The official careers page routes applications through Hypercraft’s Eddy board and emphasizes propulsion, rugged hardware, and defense-mobility talent. Strong f… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • IMSAR: Likely needs include RF engineers, signal-processing engineers, embedded software engineers, aerospace integration specialists, manufacturing and quality leaders, program managers, field operations people, and business-development operators with defense and homeland-security experience. For talent matching, IMSAR fits people who want hard engineering and mission relevance, especially if they can … (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Intergalactic: The company's careers language invites engineers, designers, technicians, and business specialists, including candidates at its southern Utah headquarters and some remote talent. The durable work implied by its products includes mechanical and thermal-system engineering, electrical and controls engineering, embedded software, product and system design, aerospace assembly and manufacturing, qualif… (reviewed 2026-08-11)
  • L3Harris Salt Lake City: Openings on the L3Harris careers site include manufacturing engineering, integration and test, AI specialists, industrial security, subcontracts, and project engineering — alongside RF, firmware, systems, cybersecurity, and clearance-gated program roles tied to defense budget cycles. Good fit for engineers who want production defense communications with real deployed platforms and a relocation ra… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Northrop Grumman — Promontory Facility: Northrop Grumman Promontory recruits propulsion engineers, mechanical engineers, materials scientists (propellant chemistry, composite case design), manufacturing engineers for large-scale aerospace hardware, and safety engineers specializing in high-energy materials handling. Quality assurance and systems engineering roles are also significant. Most roles touching Sentinel require security clear… (reviewed 2026-06-19)
  • NSA Utah Data Center: Cleared engineers (TS/SCI with polygraph is the typical gate), data engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and intelligence analysts. Most positions reach applicants through cleared contractors — Booz Allen, SAIC, Leidos — rather than NSA direct-hire. Direct NSA civilian employment is possible but the process is lengthy; the official IC careers portal for NSA is the agent-readable entry point for … (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Palladyne AI: Visible hiring is thinner than the embodied-AI narrative suggests — recent openings have skewed toward GTM / defense marketing and IT support rather than swarm or edge-ML research. Broader likely needs — edge-ML and autonomy engineers, embedded systems, defense program operators, and manufacturing/supply-chain talent from the vertically integrated stack — remain plausible but are not consistently… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • RAM Aviation, Space & Defense: RAM likely recruits mechanical engineers with serious interest in precision machining and fluid and gas dynamics, materials scientists with propellant-compatibility expertise, quality assurance engineers, and skilled precision machinists. St. George, UT base offers lower cost of living than aerospace hubs in Florida, Texas, or California, which may matter to engineers who want to stay in the Moun… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • SkyWest, Inc.: SkyWest's official careers site currently organizes hiring around pilots, A&P mechanics, flight attendants, avionics, dispatch, airport operations, safety and quality, customer support, and corporate functions. The durable need is operational capacity: flight crews, maintenance and avionics technicians, dispatchers, and airport-operations staff who can keep a large scheduled fleet moving safely. … (reviewed 2026-08-11)
  • Strider Technologies: Hiring runs across Product & AI Engineering, Strategic Solutions, and Client Success: production ML/AI engineers and data scientists, AI product managers, forward-deployed engineers and analysts (including government-facing), public-sector and commercial account executives, and client-success roles — several based in South Jordan, UT alongside Tysons Corner, VA, plus a Tokyo office. That is a cle… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Teal Drones: Likely needs: mechanical and electrical engineers focused on small UAS, embedded and communications-security software engineers, autonomy and flight-software engineers, manufacturing and production-operations staff (production scaling has been a stated priority), and defense-acquisition and program-management professionals. For talent matching, Teal fits engineers and operators who want defense h… (reviewed 2026-06-18)
  • Vector: Likely needs include robotics, aerospace, embedded systems, and electronic-warfare engineers; manufacturing and production scale-up staff; special operations veterans and defense acquisition professionals who can translate SOF requirements into product; and program managers comfortable with fast-paced DoD integration. For talent matching, Vector fits engineers and operators who want startup pace … (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Wasatch Ionics: Likely needs include electrochemistry and battery-materials researchers, systems engineers who understand reserve-battery architectures, Army program and SBIR contracting advisors, and manufacturing scale-up expertise — all at a stage where the team and funding picture are not publicly visible. Strong fit for people who want frontier battery chemistry with a defense application and are comfortabl… (reviewed 2026-07-14)
  • Williams International: Williams' public materials point to durable role families rather than a churning list of current openings. The company maintains standing, location-specific recruiting pages for CNC machinist and precision-manufacturing/production roles at its Ogden site specifically. On the engineering side, Williams runs an Engineering Rotational Program for new graduates across mechanical design, analysis, con… (reviewed 2026-08-11)

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