Embedded & Edge Software
Real-time firmware for resource-constrained microcontrollers, power-aware, fault-tolerant, and built to run unattended for months.
Firmware · RTOS · Low-powerVaiden builds resilient edge-AI, sensing, and secure communications software for aerospace and defense, with systems that run offline, in contested environments, on low-power hardware.
From bare-metal firmware to operator dashboards, we engineer software that performs where infrastructure is scarce and reliability is non-negotiable.
Real-time firmware for resource-constrained microcontrollers, power-aware, fault-tolerant, and built to run unattended for months.
Firmware · RTOS · Low-powerAcoustic and DSP pipelines: FFT, spectral analysis, beamforming, and feature extraction tuned to detect faint signatures in noisy environments.
DSP · Acoustics · FFTTinyML model training and on-device inference. Classification that runs in milliseconds on hardware with kilobytes of RAM, with no server round-trip.
TinyML · Inference · MFCCLong-range mesh networking with multi-hop forwarding, automatic re-routing, and encrypted over-the-air updates, designed to keep working when the grid does not.
Mesh · Long-range · OTAEncrypted storage, signed firmware, hardware-backed key isolation, and threat modeling for devices that may be captured, jammed, or operated air-gapped.
Encryption · Signing · Key isolationEnd-to-end engineering: prototyping, dashboards, cloud and edge integration, and rapid R&D for defense-grade applications. From concept to fielded system.
Prototyping · Dashboards · IntegrationSensing, decision-making, and secure communications that keep working when the infrastructure is gone, jammed, or never existed. Our flagship defense system is Strix.
Strix detects, classifies, and helps localize small drones purely by sound, including fiber-optic, autonomous, and FPV units that emit no RF and stay invisible to radar and radio scanners.
Vaiden applies the same engineering rigor to problems beyond the atmosphere. Whether it's spacecraft autonomy, large-scale simulation, computational biology, or quantum algorithms, we build software that performs under hard constraints.
Founded by a former NASA software engineer (Ames, JPL). 20+ years across embedded systems, signal processing, simulation, and security.
Custom engineering, early-stage R&D, and consulting across aerospace, simulation, computational science, and defense software. We'll reply with what's feasible.
Our software is shaped by deployments where there is no network, no maintenance window, and no second chance.
Every core function works with zero connectivity. Internet is an optional convenience, never a dependency.
Encrypted storage, signed updates, and hardware key isolation, assuming devices can be captured or jammed.
Commercial off-the-shelf hardware and lean firmware keep unit cost low enough to deploy at scale.
Designs are validated against real-world conditions and refined from field-test data, not lab assumptions.
Vaiden LLC is a software company focused on aerospace and defense. We design and build edge-AI, sensing, and secure communications software, from embedded firmware to the operator dashboards that sit on top of it.
Our flagship system, Strix, is a passive acoustic drone-detection platform built on these capabilities. We apply the same engineering to consulting and custom projects for partners who need software that works when the infrastructure does not.
Whether it's counter-drone systems, custom defense software, R&D partnerships, or consulting, we'd like to hear about it.