Castelion

Great to see Castelion highlighted in The Economist for its role in reviving defense manufacturing in Los Angeles https://lnkd.in/g_s8UxUd

We are excited to welcome our first DoD SkillBridge Intern at Castelion, Maj George Steele. George has spent twelve years in the United States Air Force, serving as a Developmental Engineer and Combat Rescue Officer, and is already making his impact felt at Castelion. The DoD SkillBridge program gives service members relevant civilian work experience as they're transitioning out - a mission we strongly support.

The United States needs an affordable, mass produced, long-range hypersonic deterrent to regain a decisive power advantage over our adversaries and deter future conflicts.   Today, Castelion is one step closer to addressing that critical national need with the announcement of a $100M financing round. Our Series A is led by Lightspeed, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Lavrock Ventures, Cantos, BlueYard Capital, First In, and Interlagos, and includes new financing from Silicon Valley Bank. This capital raise will allow us to scale our team and production capabilities and accelerate test cycles on our first low-cost hypersonic weapon.

Are you a Mechanical Engineer who thrives on solving tough technical problems, leading high-output teams, and delivering mission-critical hardware on rapid timelines? Castelion is looking for a Lead Mechanical Engineer to design, build, and test the next generation of hypersonic flight systems. This is your chance to: ➡️ Own the design and delivery of critical flight structures and mechanisms. ➡️ Drive rapid iteration and high-cadence test campaigns. ➡️ Mentor and grow a team of ambitious engineers. ➡️ Work on challenging problems where your solutions directly impact national defense. If you're obsessed with getting things done and bringing innovative hardware to life, this is the role for you. Plus, joining Castelion now means being part of our early-stage growth, where your contributions have a massive impact. https://lnkd.in/g7a73pHp

One last static fire to cap off a busy year at our solid rocket motor production and test facility in Midland, TX. One of seven tests conducted over the past 30 days.

Last week at Castelion, the team conducted three static fires in less than 24 hours, flew two test flights with successful recoveries, and launched the company's new flight computer and control actuation system.   To beat China, you need to learn faster than they do. That's what Castelion does.

In the face of grave threats, a special group of American men and women have always stood up to meet the challenge. Today, and every day, we thank them for their courage and commitment.    Happy Veteran's Day from all of us at Castelion 

At Castelion, new grads have the opportunity to dive in and make an impact from day one - contributing to critical path projects and helping to shape the future of the company. "The pace of development at Castelion means that I immediately had the opportunity to start contributing to critical path projects. Working with personable engineers that have been with industry leaders for many years puts me in a position to learn from the best on a daily basis. Being given liberty over key aspects of multiple projects has allowed me to bring my own skills to the team and has accelerated my learning as a new grad engineer in a cutting-edge industry." - Austin Kainoa Lee, recent grad and Manufacturing Engineer at Castelion Ready to launch your career with purpose? Explore our open roles and see how you can help drive innovation at Castelion.

Test cadence at our Midland, TX, motor site continues to increase. Hardware-rich development forces our assumptions, modeling, and design choices to be maximally grounded in reality to achieve the best possible system design

Castelion is growing fast with exceptional talent from across the industry. 8 new team members have joined us in the past few weeks.   Pictured here (left to right) are:   Austin Kainoa Lee - Manufacturing Engineer I. Kainoa is a new Mechanical Engineering grad who led his Baja SAE Team at school.   Kristoffer Edlund - Sr. Manufacturing Engineer. Kristoffer most recently spent 7 years in SpaceX as a Senior Manufacturing and Structures Engineer where he supported manufacturing of the Crew Dragon and Starlink spacecraft.    Tegan Counts - Head of Radar Seeker Development. Tegan has 20+ years of radar experience at Raytheon and L-3 Mustang where he directly contributed to the the development of seekers for SM-6, AMRAAM, Standard Attack Weapon and Small Diameter Bomb.   Dr. Charles Hansen - Principal Radar Engineer. Charlie previously spent 21 years at Raytheon, where he played a key role in the development of high resolution radars for air-to-air weapons and aircraft, and served as the principal investigator for DARPA programs related to electronic warfare.   Steven Laolagi - Mechanical Technician. Steve spent the past 9.5 years at SpaceX as a Senior Structures Technician and spent the previous 7 years at Robinson Helicopter.