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Salary: USD 167,000 - 222,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced autonomous systems and AI. The Payload Integrations team owns all hardware that connects to autonomous vehicles beyond the base platform—gimbals, EO/IR sensors, arming and fuzing devices, weapons payloads, radios, and mission hardware. This team builds the software and interfaces enabling these payloads to reliably operate on vehicles in demanding operational environments, from lab bench through hardware-in-the-loop testing to live flight.
As a Software Engineer on this team, you will design, build, and maintain software that brings new sensors, communications systems, and mission payloads onto autonomous vehicles. You will work closely with hardware, electrical, autonomy, and systems engineering teams, as well as outside payload vendors, to turn new hardware into dependable, well-tested vehicle components.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and implement software integrations for gimbals, EO/IR sensors, radios, arming and fuzing devices, and other mission payloads on autonomous vehicles
- Define and maintain clean, reusable interfaces between payloads and the vehicle software stack to enable new payloads without changes to autonomy code
- Work through vendor interface control documents (ICDs), implement device drivers and protocol handlers, and lead hardware bring-up in the lab
- Build simulation, emulation, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test infrastructure to evaluate payload behavior before flight
- Support integration events, ground tests, and flight tests; root-cause issues across software, firmware, and hardware boundaries
- Partner with program teams to scope, estimate, and deliver payload integrations for customer projects on tight timelines
- Contribute to safety-critical software behind arming and weapons-related payloads with high rigor, review, and testing standards
This role suits self-motivated engineers who hold high standards, enjoy working where software meets hardware, and thrive in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, with focus on embedded systems, robotics, or hardware integration
- Strong experience with Rust and/or C++, plus working proficiency in Python
- Hands-on experience integrating hardware over common interfaces and protocols (UART/RS-422, CAN, Ethernet/UDP, SPI/I2C)
- Experience reading datasheets and ICDs and turning them into robust software implementations
- Comfort debugging at the hardware/software boundary using lab equipment and bus/packet analysis
- Experience developing on Linux-based systems
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, including working with external vendors and cross-functional engineering teams
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience integrating gimbals, cameras, EO/IR sensors, or tactical radios and datalinks
- Familiarity with safety-critical or arming/fuzing systems and related development practices
- Experience with UAS, missiles, or other aerospace/defense platforms
- Experience building HIL/SITL test environments or hardware emulators
- Familiarity with middleware and serialization frameworks (Protobuf, gRPC, DDS, MAVLink)
- Experience with embedded Linux, real-time systems, or resource-constrained environments
- Background supporting field integration and flight test campaigns
- Active U.S. security clearance, or ability to obtain one
