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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced autonomous systems, AI, and sensor fusion. The Maritime Division is building next-generation undersea autonomous platforms including Dive-XL, Dive-LD, Copperhead, and Seabed Sentry, executing billion-dollar contracts while operating Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV missions.
As a Software Engineer on the Maritime team, you will independently drive the delivery of software integrated into autonomous underwater platforms. You will demonstrate end-to-end outcome ownership at the subsystem or system level, contributing as a technical lead to the rapid architecting, design, delivery, and evolution of next-generation autonomous platforms throughout their entire product lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include:
- Empathizing with end-users and driving solutions that balance their needs with external constraints in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Owning software-enabled solutions deployed to customers, optimizing for value delivery
- Designing and implementing scalable software that rapidly delivers capability beyond current platform scope, with clear paths for architecture and capability evolution
- Contributing to the design and development of reusable software services across Anduril product lines
- Developing software for both on-board robotic platforms and off-board command/control systems using various technologies
- Contributing to design, implementation, and execution of development processes including full lifecycle testing, monitoring, and operation
- Creating test and simulation fixtures with software- and hardware-in-the-loop capabilities
- Supporting vehicle manufacturing and deployment
- Mentoring Software Engineers from differing backgrounds as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Traveling up to 20% to co-locate with end-users and other teams
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field (or equivalent experience)
- Extensive professional experience as a Software Engineer with expertise in one or more domains/technologies
- Systems and application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing, infrastructure, software design, and system design
- Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
- Capacity to work holistically on software-enabled capabilities across the full software stack through design, implementation, operation, and sustainment
- Capacity to act as technical owner for a software service, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team coordination, design, implementation, sustainment, and evolution
- Ability to learn and grow individually while effectively mentoring junior team members and building team cohesion
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience delivering military mission systems
- Backend services or embedded software experience in C++, Rust, and/or Go
- Frontend application development using TypeScript and React
- Design, implementation, and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies
- Embedded software design and support, particularly in robotics
- Modeling and simulation experience
- High assurance safety-critical software development
- Product delivery lifecycle experience including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment
- Systems Engineering concepts familiarity
- Interest in growing into Senior Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, or Tech-Lead-Manager roles
