Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril’s Maritime Division has assembled a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the capabilities of our customers. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of maritime operations. Anduril has brought to market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth underwater vessel platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "small" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on billion-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

We are continuing to expand our product portfolio, now moving into the surface maritime domain. Products like Dive-XL, Dive-LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and surface products in the pipeline will create a system-of-systems that enable a multitude of autonomous missions across all maritime domains. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact and working on systems that directly contribute to achieving national strategic priorities, we want you to join Anduril’s Maritime Division and help us build the future of defense capability.

ABOUT THE JOB
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Software Engineer, Full-stack to join our Surface Dominance team in Costa Mesa, California. You will work closely with the program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments as part of a team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever. In this role you will be responsible for designing, integrating, and managing complex, software-intensive mission autonomy systems based on the Lattice OS, with specific focus on integration into a coherent, consistent, and complete system for Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) and associated payload modules. You will bridge the gap between hardware and software, and between ship control, payload control, and mission operations, handling the entire lifecycle across ConOps development, requirements development and analysis, design, testing, optimization, and maintenance. Join our dynamic team and help us build the next generation of autonomous maritime systems.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Design, build, and deploy a real-time, map-based interface for displaying and interacting with sensor data and commanding physical assets
Fetch and manage large streams of data while maintaining performant rendering in a low-friction user experience
Build and design immersive image-viewing experiences
Work with technologies like: Typescript, React/Redux for web front end, React Native for mobile applications, C++, Go, Haskell, Kubernetes, Python, Rust, Nix for backend systems
Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
Own software enabled solutions that are deployed to customers, optimizing for the delivery of value to the end-user
Implement software that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
Contribute to the development of existing software services across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines
Develop software that runs on- and off- robotic platforms, using a variety of technologies
Work as part of team to develop, then iteratively enhance, vehicle, payload, and mission software, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring and operation
Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop
Support vehicle integration and test, and deployment
Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team
Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
At least 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, testing, and troubleshooting software-based systems
Experience writing backend services or embedded software
Experience writing frontend applications using Typescript and ReactProfessional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of competence
Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing and software design
Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment
Capacity to learn and grow rapidly, building personal and team capacity
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience building user-facing applications, especially in the domains of military, space, automotive, or other manned or unmanned command and control systems
Experience in the delivery of a military mission system
Experience with the implementation and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies
Experience with the implementation and support of embedded software, particularly in the field of robotics
Experience with modeling and simulation
Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software
Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
Familiarity with Systems Engineering concepts

US Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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