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title: 'Mechanical Engineer II at Red 6'
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# Mechanical Engineer II at Red 6

- **Company:** Red 6
- **Location:** Denver, CO
- **Compensation:** $95k–$125k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/red6/d59c23c3-2574-48de-87f2-74886e40ceee

## Job description

Company Overview Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. Our primary technology, supporting our ATARS product, enables pilots to simulate the cognitive challenges of flying while accessing realistic, scalable training in dynamic outdoor environments.

## Role Summary

In this role, you will translate high-level product needs into actionable mechanical design solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, align on technical approaches, and develop the documentation needed to support implementation, verification, and production, including bills of materials (BOMs), assembly instructions, design specifications, test plans, schedules, and issue-tracking records.

## Key Responsibilities

- Lead mechanical engineering and design reviews activities within a cross-functional team environment.
- Develop mechanical drawings and specifications; review vendor design proposals for technical compliance and system-level mechanical design support for products in development.
- Gather and define component-level design requirements and specifications with stakeholders across disciplines.
- Conduct research and development to identify optimal technologies within product cost constraints.
- Partner with discipline leads to establish guidelines and requirements for system level and component level specifications.
- Apply sound engineering principles and precision-tolerance techniques to the design of optical and mechanical systems.
- Lead engineering design reviews.
- Drive design improvements that address customer-reported reliability and usability issues.
- Collaborate across disciplines and provide technical guidance to team members in issue resolution and product development.
- Mature early prototypes through increasing levels of fidelity and translate preliminary concepts into production-ready products.
- Collaborate with Project Management to develop product schedules and manage design-development activities accordingly.
- Plan and execute simulation, modeling, design, and test activities throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Troubleshoot system level issues and develop and implement verification tests.
- Create development test plans to ensure compliance with applicable industry standards.
- Perform system and subsystem-level design, modeling, and prototyping.
- Conduct structural analysis using hand calculations and finite element analysis (FEA).
- Apply design-for-manufacturability and design-for-production principles.
- Create production drawings and apply and interpret Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Provide status reports and supporting technical documentation.
- Research and apply advanced materials and manufacturing processes for cross-disciplinary mechanical, optical, and electrical system components.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2-5 years of hands-on product design and prototyping experience, with demonstrated work in precision mechanisms, electromechanical systems, and/or optical systems working in a multidisciplinary engineering or design role supporting consumer-electronics or comparable product-development programs.
- Experience collaborating with Industrial Design, Engineering, Research, and cross-functional stakeholders to solve complex product-design and user-experience challenges.
- Strong knowledge of 3D mathematics, numerical methods, modeling, and simulation.
- Strong design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and design-for-assembly (DFA) skills, including part and assembly tolerance management.
- Knowledge of manufacturing methods and rapid-prototyping processes.
- Experience with mechanical integration of PCBs, PCBAs, and flexible circuits.
- Understanding of system- and module-level tradeoffs among mechanical, optical, electrical, thermal, and manufacturing performance.
- Experience creating mechanical test procedures and supporting product verification activities.
- Experience applying finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and related engineering-analysis tools.
- Experience translating Industrial Design intent into manufacturable mechanical design solutions.
- Experience with production processes such as plastic injection molding, casting, metal injection molding (MIM), and machining.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required to meet clearance eligibility requirements.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with AR/VR products or technologies.
- Experience with microelectronics integration, thermal design, and fabrication.
- Experience designing optical systems.
- Experience designing for environmental durability, including high levels of dust and water ingress protection.

Estimated Base Salary: $95,000 to $125,000, depending on experience

Full-Time Employee Benefits

- Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Voluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
- May be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to plan terms.

Note Red 6 reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations. This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Red 6 has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications, and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Red Six Aerospace, Inc, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. California: https://www.caljobs.ca.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx Colorado: https://www.connectingcolorado.com/ Florida: https://www.employflorida.com/vosnet/Default.aspx

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Red 6 Aerospace, Inc. operating company you are applying to work for (hereinafter, “we”, “our”, or “us”) may collect personal information and use it for certain business purposes as described below in this Job Applicant and Employee Privacy Notice. We are required to disclose the following information to California “consumers” regarding our collection of their personal information. Under the CCPA, “consumers” means California residents, including job applicants, employees, or contractors of a business. [Candidate Privacy Notice](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:a94896ca-279e-421c-a4eb-8c50a46fcbf4)

## About Red 6

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Red 6 develops a revolutionary outdoor augmented reality system for military flight training, enabling pilots to see and interact with synthetic threats in real-world environments at high speeds.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, last round in 2022; $111.3M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Orlando, Florida, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Daniel Robinson (CEO/Founder) and Jeremy Stovall (CPO/Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Defense and Space Manufacturing; Military Flight Training; Augmented Reality Hardware/Software
- **Target customers**: Government defense agencies (U.S. Air Force, Royal Air Force, NATO), prime defense contractors (Lockheed Martin, SNC, Northrop Grumman), and allied air forces.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Create adaptive, immersive, simulated environments, outdoors to solve a national security problem threatening the readiness of warfighters; a chronic lack of relevant, affordable training delivered at scale and frequency.” (from team page)

## Products & Services
- **Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS)**: A platform that generates fully immersive, data-driven, AI-enabled 3D synthetic training worlds outdoors. ATARS uses extremely low-latency, waveform-agnostic protocols to enable multi-player AR experiences at high speeds. It is designed to work with fighter jets, collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), and ground systems.
- **EVE Headset (Enhanced Visual Environment)**: A wearable AR headset purpose-built for outdoor, high-speed environments. It offers 18,000 nits brightness (usable in full daylight), a wide field of view, low latency (~10 ms), and high optical efficiency. The headset enables pilots to see virtual assets overlaid on the real world while maneuvering.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue $15M (LinkedIn estimate) | Total Funding $111.3M as of 2026
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lockheed Martin Ventures (lead), Disney Accelerator, SNC (Sierra Nevada Corporation), Palantir Technologies, AERALIS, and the U.K. Royal Air Force.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 50.4% YoY to 139 employees (2026). Active job postings (12 positions as of mid-2026). Secured a U.S. Air Force contract to revolutionize F-16 pilot training with ATARS (Aug 2025). Signed strategic partnership with SNC to transform military flight training (Jul 2025). RAF Hawk jets successfully trialed Red 6 AR technology (2024–2025). Expansion into Denver and Santa Monica offices.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in outdoor airborne AR**: No other company has demonstrated an augmented reality system that works reliably in full daylight, at high speeds, and in dynamic outdoor environments.
- **Deep domain expertise**: Founded by a former RAF pilot and augmented reality veterans; leadership includes retired USAF Major General, former Lockheed Martin/Sierra Space executives, and F-22/F-35 instructors.
- **Low-latency, waveform-agnostic architecture**: ATARS can run on existing military networks without requiring new hardware, enabling rapid integration with current aircraft.
- **Strong government and prime contractor partnerships**: Direct contracts with U.S. Air Force and RAF, plus strategic alliances with Lockheed Martin, SNC, Palantir, and Northrop Grumman.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling ATARS across multiple platforms**: Expanding from fighter jets (F-16, Hawk) to include collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and ground-based training.
- **International expansion**: Deepening presence in the United Kingdom (subsidiary in UK, trials with RAF) and pursuing NATO allies.
- **Integration with AI and data analytics**: Partnering with Palantir to leverage ontology software for real-time data fusion and readiness measurement.
- **Contract growth**: Targeting larger production contracts and multi-year programs as ATARS moves from prototype to operational deployment.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “an agile startup changing the way the world engages with digital information.” Emphasis on impact (every employee closely involved with tech), autonomy (trusted contributor from Day 1), and community (unique team sharing a common mission).
- **Locations**: Three primary offices – Santa Monica, CA; Denver, CO (Louisville); and Orlando, FL (HQ). Roles are likely on-site given the hardware/defense nature.
- **Work environment**: Fast iteration cycles (concept to flying prototype in days), collaboration with veterans and top aerospace engineers. Typical startup perks are not explicitly listed but the reviews on LinkedIn give a 4.2/5 rating (25 reviews) with high marks for Culture (4.3) and Work-Life (4.2).
- **Engineering culture**: Heavy technical focus – 37% of employees work in technical roles, tech stack includes Unreal Engine, Python, Docker, TypeScript, JavaScript, Altium, NetSuite, Confluence. Cross-functional teams include optics, systems engineering, mechanical engineering, and software.

## Sources
1. [red6ar.com – Company home and team page](https://red6ar.com)
2. [red6ar.com – ATARS product page](https://red6ar.com/atars/)
3. [red6ar.com – Careers page](https://red6ar.com/careers/)
4. [linkedin.com – Red 6 company profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/red6)
5. [prnewswire.co.uk – US Air Force contract announcement](https://prnewswire.co.uk)
6. [washingtontechnology.com – Northrop autonomous flight cohort](https://washingtontechnology.com)
7. [prnewswire.co.uk – SNC partnership](https://prnewswire.co.uk)

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