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Dominion Dynamics

HQ Ottawa, CanadaFounded 202511-50 employees

Ottawa defence company building AuraNet, a sensing, communications and command-and-control software platform for Arctic and remote operations, plus Dominion Scout, a planned autonomous collaborative platform (uncrewed wingman). Founded by former Anduril international lead Eliot Pence.

Website

Funding3 rounds · ~$118M

Equity raised
~$118M
Latest
$100MSeries A · Jun 30, 2026
Cumulative raised$118M
Oct 15, 2025Jun 30, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Programs1 program

Programs1

Systems2

AuraNet

Dominion's sensing, communications and data-fusion software platform with Arctic-hardened sensors; gives operators and command posts a common operating picture. Used by Canadian Rangers on a self-funded eight-week trial during Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT in 2026.

Limited fielding

Dominion Scout

Planned uncrewed autonomous collaborative platform (wingman) for Arctic operations alongside crewed fighters; first flight targeted within 24 to 30 months of August 2026.

Concept

Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.

Capabilities3

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Hiring Observations5 observed listings

A sample of observed listings, not a total vacancy count. Availability may have changed since collection. Categories are inferred from job titles.

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
86
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
11,894
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources15

Show all 15 sources and supporting evidence

Profile1

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    Black Flag · Supports Organization

    “Dominion Dynamics is a Canadian defense tech company building a multi-domain sensing and command network for Arctic and remote environments”

Systems3

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    Dominion Dynamics · Aug 14, 2026 · Supports Organization technology, System

    “We're on track for the first flight within 24 to 30 months”
  2. 3

    Dominion Dynamics · Jun 30, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · founded year, Role, System

    “today announced a $139M CAD ($100M USD) Series A financing led by Georgian”
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    Dominion Dynamics · Apr 16, 2026 · Supports Organization technology, System, System · system input:gnss-signals

    “AuraNet, our flagship software platform, gave operators and command posts a common operating picture in the High Arctic.”

Technologies1

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    Dominion Dynamics · Supports Organization · name, Organization technology

    “Dominion Dynamics”

Funding4

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    BetaKit · Jun 30, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range

    “has secured $139 million CAD ($100 million USD) in Series A financing”
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    Dominion Dynamics · Jan 19, 2026 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount

    “The round included participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)”
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    BetaKit · Oct 15, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Role

    “The pre-seed was raised on a simple agreement for future equity (SAFE) and backed almost exclusively by Canadian investors”
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    Dominion Dynamics · Oct 15, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · hq city, Role

    “today announced its official launch and the closing of a $4 million pre-seed financing round”

Other6

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    Linkedin via Bright Data · Supports Organization · logo, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers

    “{"logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQEwe3wRrWQSCg/company-logo_200_200/B56Z_S56DeKYAE-/0/1785949823480/dominiondynamics_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=xFtPxUatv1VCyJgah7wxoVEIiesWYukJqnpqxnCcfwA"}”
  2. 11

    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Job posting · job listing

    “{"company_id": "107431047", "company_name": "Dominion Dynamics", "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dominiondynamics?trk=public_jobs_topcard-org-name", "job_employment_type": "Full-time", "job_location": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "job_posted_time": "3 months ago", "job_posting_id": "4434351272", "job_seniority_level": "Mid-Senior level", "job_summary": "Location : Ottawa/Toronto, On-Site Reports to: Head of Security The Role This is a senior platform role — you own the cloud infrastructure and delivery pipeline everything at Dominion runs on. That's the CI/CD that ships signed, reproducible builds (including the hardened images that go to edge devices in the field), the backend that ingests fleet telemetry, and the infrastructure underneath it. What makes it hard is the constraint: it all has to be sovereign and reproducible. Canadian data residency, Protected B from day one, and no hidden dependencies on foreign-controlled infrastructure — a platform anyone can stand up the same way every time, not one that only one person knows how to run. What You'll Do Stand up and run the cloud platform as code, top to bottom — IaC, orchestration (Kubernetes or equivalent), networking, secrets, identity. No snowflake servers, no manual provisioning. Build and maintain CI/CD for cloud services and edge artifact delivery, with supply-chain integrity built in: signed builds, verified provenance (SLSA-style), reproducible builds — no unsigned artifact reaches edge or cloud. You'll work directly with our Head of Security here. Own the sovereign hosting posture: data residency, classification baseline, and an architecture that stays defensibly Canadian under scrutiny. Run the telemetry ingestion and fleet-state backend, built for intermittent, bursty, bandwidth-constrained DDIL sync — not steady-state cloud assumptions. Define a clean build-and-handoff seam to the edge team: you produce the hardened edge images, they own the device baseline, and the boundary is documented and automated, not tribal. Shape the internal developer platform so prototyping is fast and the path to production is paved, not improvised. What You Bring Senior/Staff-level depth running production cloud infrastructure — owned a platform, not just shipped to one. Strong IaC (Terraform or equivalent) and container orchestration (Kubernetes or comparable) in production. Real CI/CD ownership — pipelines designed, secured, and maintained, not just configured. Supply-chain security instincts: signing, provenance, reproducible builds, secrets done right. Nice to Have Experience with sovereign / data-residency-constrained or air-gapped/regulated environments — Canadian public sector, Protected B, or equivalent. Defence or regulated-industry background. Familiarity with the realities of DDIL telemetry — ingesting from fleets that aren't always connected. Hands-on with self-hosted or Canadian sovereign cloud (vs. hyperscaler-default) infrastructure. No defence background required. We've hired people who didn't tick every box. If this is the work you want to do, please apply anyway. Why Join Us Building something meaningful starts with the right people. At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll: Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies. Make decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration. Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now. Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership. If you’re curious, hands-on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong! Compensation & Benefits Competitive base salary and company equity* Comprehensive health benefits Additional equity granted based on impact* We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada. Equity awarded to full time employees only. Show more Show less", "job_title": "Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer — Cloud", "timestamp": "2026-10-05T04:47:39.061Z"}”
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    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Job posting · job listing

    “{"company_id": "107431047", "company_name": "Dominion Dynamics", "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dominiondynamics?trk=public_jobs_topcard-org-name", "job_employment_type": "Full-time", "job_location": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "job_posted_time": "1 month ago", "job_posting_id": "4461689753", "job_seniority_level": "Mid-Senior level", "job_summary": "Location: [Ottawa Office / Montreal or Toronto — considered], On-Site Reports to: Aircraft Configuration Lead The Role You carry the aerodynamic performance and stability picture through the hardest part of the flight envelope: the high-subsonic to transonic transition, where compressibility effects, shock formation, and wave drag start deciding what the vehicle can actually deliver in the field. You carry out the CFD work and build the aero databases that feed flight dynamics and FCS models, then you go find out if the model was right — on the ramp, in the test trailer, against real telemetry. When the data and the prediction disagree, you're the one who reconciles CFD, empirical, and wind tunnel models against flight test, and turns the gap into a design change for the next iteration, not a footnote in a report. You work the trade space with Structures, Propulsion, and GNC directly — aero doesn't get optimized in isolation. What You'll Do Run high-fidelity CFD across subsonic and transonic flight regimes to predict vehicle performance, stability, and control characteristics. Build and maintain linear and non-linear aero databases — lift, drag, pitching moment, control surface authority — that feed flight dynamics and FCS models. Diagnose and mitigate compressibility effects, shock wave formation, and wave drag through the high-subsonic to transonic transition. Deploy to ground test facilities and flight test sites to monitor real-time aero performance, instrumentation, and air data systems. Reduce flight test telemetry to validate and calibrate CFD, empirical, and wind tunnel models against real-world data. Work directly with rapid-prototyping teams to iterate outer mold line, control surface, and payload integration geometries off flight test findings. Partner with Structures, Propulsion, GNC, and Systems Engineering so aero trades get resolved across disciplines, not handed off cold. What You Bring Hands-on experience running CFD across subsonic through transonic regimes and turning it into aero databases that flight dynamics and FCS teams actually use. Working command of compressible aerodynamics — shock formation, wave drag, control surface authority — solid enough to explain why the vehicle behaves differently at Mach 0.85 than at Mach 0.6. Experience reducing flight test telemetry and using it to calibrate or correct CFD, empirical, and wind tunnel models. Willingness to deploy to ground test facilities and flight test sites — this isn't a desk-only aero role. Proficiency with industry-standard CFD solvers and grid generation tools. Advanced proficiency in programming or working with AI to produce data reduction, automation, and database generation. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, or Mechanical Engineering. 3+ years of direct experience in aerodynamic design, CFD, and flight testing within defense, UAV, or tactical aircraft programs. Nice to Have Wind tunnel test experience, including correlating physical test data against CFD predictions. Enough GNC or flight control systems background to work aero-controls trades directly with that team. Air data system or flight test instrumentation experience. Comfort iterating OML and control surface geometry directly with a rapid-prototyping or fast-build team. No defence background required. We've hired people who didn't tick every box. If this is the work you want to do, please apply anyway. Why Join Us Building something meaningful starts with the right people. At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll: Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies. Make decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration. Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now. Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership. If you’re curious, hands-on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong! Compensation & Benefits Competitive base salary and company equity* Comprehensive health benefits Additional equity granted based on impact* We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada. Equity awarded to full time employees only. Show more Show less", "job_title": "Aerodynamics Engineer", "timestamp": "2026-10-05T04:47:45.099Z"}”
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    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Job posting · job listing

    “{"company_id": "107431047", "company_name": "Dominion Dynamics", "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dominiondynamics?trk=public_jobs_topcard-org-name", "job_employment_type": "Full-time", "job_location": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "job_posted_time": "3 weeks ago", "job_posting_id": "4465178210", "job_seniority_level": "Mid-Senior level", "job_summary": "Location: [Ottawa Office / Montreal or Toronto considered], On-Site Reports to: Director of Aircraft Structures Type: Full-Time The Role At an established aerospace prime, this role means integrating and scaling PLM systems that already run the business. At Dominion Dynamics, you're building that foundation from close to zero — while Structures, Propulsion, Avionics, and Systems Engineering are still standing up their own workflows around you. You architect the product data backbone — CAD, engineering change, configuration management — that the whole engineering org will run on, before headcount and program complexity make a redo prohibitively expensive. You own the PLM platform architecture and integrations end to end, not vet a vendor's proposal someone else already scoped. That means real trade-offs between speed now and scalability later, made at a company still defining its own engineering processes rather than backfilling them into an existing one. What You'll Do Architect end-to-end PLM solutions that fit Dominion Dynamics' engineering processes and enterprise architecture as both are still being defined. Work directly with engineering, program, and project leads to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions — there's no existing PLM team to hand this off to. Define PLM data models, lifecycle management strategy, integrations, and governance for a growing product data set, with room to get it right before scale makes changes expensive. Configure, customize, and integrate the PLM platform with CAD, ERP, MES, and other systems as they come online. Set technical standards and best practices for design release, change management, and configuration control from the ground up. Mentor and support the engineers and specialists who'll build and maintain the system after you architect it. What You Bring Experience architecting or implementing enterprise-scale PLM solutions on a platform such as Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE, Siemens Teamcenter, or PTC Windchill. Solid grounding in product lifecycle management — engineering change management, configuration management, and product data governance. Experience integrating PLM with CAD, CAE, ERP, MES, or other enterprise systems to support a digital thread. Comfortable being one of the first people building this function — you can architect for scale without an existing team or system to lean on. Strong stakeholder management — you'll work directly with engineering leads and program leadership, not just a PLM specialist team. Nice to Have Experience with Agile or Agile-at-Scale delivery inside an engineering organization. Background in aerospace or another regulated hardware environment with configuration management requirements. Experience standing up a PLM function at an earlier-stage company, not just operating one at a mature one. No defence background required. We've hired people who didn't tick every box. If this is the work you want to do, please apply anyway. Why Join Us Building something meaningful starts with the right people. At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll: Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies. Make decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration. Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now. Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership. If you’re curious, hands-on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong! Compensation & Benefits Competitive base salary and company equity* Comprehensive health benefits Additional equity granted based on impact* We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada. Equity awarded to full time employees only. Show more Show less", "job_title": "PLM Solution Architect", "timestamp": "2026-10-05T04:47:37.986Z"}”
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    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Job posting · job listing

    “{"company_id": "107431047", "company_name": "Dominion Dynamics", "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dominiondynamics?trk=public_jobs_topcard-org-name", "job_employment_type": "Full-time", "job_location": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "job_posted_time": "2 weeks ago", "job_posting_id": "4465799780", "job_seniority_level": "Director", "job_summary": "Location: Ottawa Office, On-Site Reports to: Director of Autonomy Type: Full-Time The Role There are no lane markings in the bush. A ground vehicle that drives itself has to judge whether snow-covered ground will hold, whether that shadow is a ditch, and where it is after an hour under canopy with no GPS — then keep going when the link back to the operator is blocked by the terrain it just drove behind. Our systems are in the field with the CAF now, in Canadian terrain and Canadian winters. You set the technical direction for ground autonomy at Dominion; perception, terrain assessment, localization, and mobility behaviours for our uncrewed ground vehicles, operating alongside crewed vehicles and dismounted soldiers. You build on the same autonomy foundation as our air and maritime systems and integrate with AuraNet, our C2, mesh, and tasking layer, so a new platform inherits autonomy rather than growing its own. You lead the ground autonomy team and grow it. What You'll Do Set the ground autonomy roadmap — capability by capability, platform by platform — and turn it into a sequenced technical plan with real milestones. Build off-road perception and traversability: what the vehicle can cross, at what speed, and what it must not — through snow, mud, dust, vegetation, and darkness, negative obstacles included. Build localization and route following that hold without GNSS — under canopy, in defiles, and underground — including taught-route and leader-follower operation. Design the mobility behaviour layer: route execution, convoy and follow-me, teleoperation handover, and what the vehicle does when terrain cuts the operator link. Integrate with AuraNet for tasking, telemetry, and mesh, designed for bandwidth-constrained and disconnected operation from the start. Set the evaluation standard: what a behaviour has to demonstrate in simulation, on the proving ground, and in trials before it is trusted with a mission, and where deterministic policies belong versus probabilistic ones. Hire and lead the ground autonomy team, working shoulder to shoulder with hardware, software, and simulation. Get out to the vehicle. Trials, integration, and operator feedback, in days not quarters. What You Bring A senior engineering leader who has fielded ground vehicle autonomy outdoors in unstructured terrain — defence, mining, forestry, agriculture, or construction — where the environment is not mapped, marked, or built for vehicles. Depth in the ground autonomy problem: terrain perception and traversability, GNSS-denied localization and mapping, and motion planning for vehicles with real mass and real dynamics. Experience leading engineers — a team you hired, structured, and set technical direction for, against a roadmap you were accountable for. Command of both deterministic policies (the system follows predefined rules consistently) and probabilistic ones (the system decides under uncertainty and changing conditions), and clear judgement about which the mission calls for. A track record of taking autonomy from prototype to fielded system: trial campaigns, failure analysis, and the evidence that convinced someone to trust it. Based in Ottawa, or ready to relocate — this role is on-site with the team and close to the customer. Nice to Have Winter and Arctic operation, and what snow, ice, and whiteout do to lidar and cameras. Teaming with crewed vehicles or dismounted soldiers — convoy, leader-follower, and squad-level tasking. Underground, tunnel, or subterranean autonomy. Payload autonomy on a ground platform — remote weapon stations, EOD, resupply, or casualty evacuation. Simulation-in-the-loop and sim-to-real for validating autonomy before it drives. ROS 2 and edge compute on constrained, ruggedized hardware. No defence background required. We've hired people who didn't tick every box. If this is the work you want to do, please apply anyway. Why Join Us Building something meaningful starts with the right people. At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll: Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies. Make decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration. Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now. Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership. If you’re curious, hands-on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong! Compensation & Benefits Competitive base salary and company equity* Comprehensive health benefits Additional equity granted based on impact* We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada. Equity awarded to full time employees only. Show more Show less", "job_title": "Head of Autonomy, Ground", "timestamp": "2026-10-05T04:47:37.746Z"}”
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    LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Job posting · job listing

    “{"company_id": "107431047", "company_name": "Dominion Dynamics", "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/dominiondynamics?trk=public_jobs_topcard-org-name", "job_employment_type": "Full-time", "job_location": "Ottawa, Ontario, Canada", "job_posted_time": "2 weeks ago", "job_posting_id": "4466806462", "job_seniority_level": "Mid-Senior level", "job_summary": "Preferred Location : Onsite - Ottawa Reports to : Head of Hardware The Role Our systems are built for continuous operation in harsh, remote, and mission-critical environments where reliability is non-negotiable. The difference between a lab prototype and a fielded capability is often heat. Sealed, rugged electronics must reject the power they dissipate across extreme temperature swings, often with limited or no forced airflow, for the life of the mission. This role converts system requirements into thermal architectures and hardware that keep sensitive electronics within their limits and can be produced at scale and serviced in the field. You'll drive the thermal design, analysis, and validation of mission-critical electronics, from early concept and simulation through prototyping, test, and ramp to production with suppliers. What You'll Do Design and develop thermal management solutions, including heat sinks, heat spreaders, thermal interface materials, and conduction paths, for sealed, rugged electronics operating continuously in harsh, remote environments. Perform thermal analysis, simulation (e.g., CFD), and hand calculations to predict component temperatures, identify hot spots, and ensure reliable performance across extreme hot and cold conditions. Collaborate with electrical and systems engineers on power dissipation budgets, component placement, and material selection to optimize thermal performance at the system level. Plan and execute thermal testing and validation, correlate models to test data, and drive design revisions based on test and field feedback. Develop CAD models (in SolidWorks) of thermal hardware, along with engineering calculations and design documentation that comply with engineering standards. Work closely with mechanical, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to ensure thermal solutions meet cost, weight, size, and production constraints, applying DFM and DFA principles. Contribute to continuous improvement of thermal design standards, test procedures, and product documentation. What You'll Bring Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field. 4–7 years of experience in thermal design and analysis for electronic systems, ideally rugged, sealed, or harsh-environment hardware. Proficiency in SolidWorks. Experience with thermal simulation and CFD tools (ANSYS Icepak or Fluent, Simcenter FloTHERM, SolidWorks Flow Simulation, or similar). Strong understanding of heat transfer fundamentals (conduction, convection, radiation) and thermal management techniques for electronics, such as heat sinks, heat spreaders, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, and conduction paths. Knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes relevant to thermal hardware, such as machining, extrusion, and die casting. Experience with thermal test methods and instrumentation (thermocouples, IR thermography, environmental chambers) and correlating test results to models. Familiarity with environmental test standards for rugged electronics (e.g., MIL-STD- 810). Ability to produce clear technical documentation and engineering drawings. Experience designing thermal hardware that works reliably in sub-zero environments Ability to design passive cooling and heating solutions that minimize power draw No defence background required. We've hired people who didn't tick every box. If this is the work you want to do, please apply anyway. Why Join Us Building something meaningful starts with the right people. At Dominion Dynamics, you’ll: Shape Canada’s future by building real defence capability for the CAF and our allies. Make decisions that ship in a high-trust environment with short feedback loops and rapid iteration. Move fast, field faster, and work directly with the operator — our systems are in the field with the CAF now. Have an impact from day one with equity, responsibility, and direct access to leadership. If you’re curious, hands-on, and driven by the opportunity to make a difference, this is where you belong! Compensation & Benefits Competitive base salary and company equity* Comprehensive health benefits Additional equity granted based on impact* We use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, including screening and reviewing responses. Final hiring decisions are always made by people and follow all applicable privacy and employment laws in Canada. Equity awarded to full time employees only. Show more Show less", "job_title": "Mechanical Engineer - Thermal Design", "timestamp": "2026-10-05T04:47:40.383Z"}”

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