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Contracted Demand
Defense drone programs need domestic motors in the millions, and orders are already placed.
American-Made Electric Motors for Defense
We're building an automated factory in Ogden, Utah to produce compliant brushless motors and controllers at the volume American defense programs now require.
What We Build
Compliant Motors, Built at Volume
Zipwire manufactures compliant brushless motors and matched controllers for defense drones, on a highly automated line in Ogden, Utah. New sourcing rules and rising demand have opened a manufacturing gap that no U.S. producer serves at volume today. We're building to fill it, and to extend over time into jet propulsion and the broader electric motors that advanced systems will need.
Why Now
The Gap Is Open Today
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A Hard Deadline
Federal content rules (DFARS mine-to-magnet) take effect January 2027.
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No One at Volume
No compliant U.S. producer operates at the needed scale today.
Leadership
Founder
Jason Kap, Founder & CEO
Zipwire is led by Jason Kap, founder and CEO. He spent sixteen years at Microsoft, where the businesses he helped build grew from $16 billion to $37 billion, has founded and run companies since, and serves on a public-company board (Claritev, NYSE: CTEV). He also founded and runs Blue Rocket, an operator-led advisory firm.
Careers
Founding Technical Team
We're assembling the founding technical team. Two roles come first.
Electromagnetic Design Lead
Own the electromagnetic design of our motors, magnetics, windings, drives, and controls, and lead the engineering behind them. Deep BLDC or PMSM design experience.
Motor Mechanical Design & DFM Lead
Own the mechanical design and manufacturability, thermals, tolerances, rotor dynamics, materials, and design-for-manufacturing at high volume. The scarce and hardest-to-find half of motor design.
Ogden, Utah, on-site. Competitive base plus meaningful equity. These roles require access to export-controlled technical data under ITAR and EAR; applicants must be U.S. persons (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents). To apply, email jkap@zipwire.com in confidence.
Contact
Get in Touch
jkap@zipwire.com
Ogden, Utah
Compliant American manufacturing for defense propulsion.