Embedded Software Engineer, Intelligence Systems

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 Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more, while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way. Your efforts will ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve a variety of critical outcomes. Above all, you must be driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality. Not only will you build the software, but you’ll also have the opportunity to work with the customers to deploy it.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work across Anduril’s fleet of robotic vehicles, consumer electronics devices, radios, and mesh network products to develop novel solutions to expeditionary problems
• Own the software solutions that are deployed to customers from inception to deployment
• Write code to build products and scale the mission capability to more customers
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong experience in embedded systems development, both on robotics or consumer electronic devices
• Experience with networking
• Experience with testing and automation on hardware devices
• Experience working in constrained development environments, including air-gapped systems
• Experience building low-level embedded software solutions including hardware integration and bare-metal code development
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
• Ability to understand and implement complex certification requirements
• Willingness to write and oversee world-class code with a deep commitment to solid, reviewed, well tested, well commented, well documented code
• Experience with C/C++, Rust, Go, and other common Object-Oriented languages
• Experience with Linux systems, containerization, and systems programming
• Experience or interested in building software solutions running on embedded, edge, and disconnected devices
• Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Customer Facing - We are the software engineers closest to Anduril customers, end-users, and the technical challenges of operational scenarios.
• Mission First - Above all, we execute our mission in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way. Keep the mission top-of-mind and make pragmatic and thoughtful engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes.
• Small Project Wrangling = Large Project Impact - We are the voice of our business line(s). They are the forcing function that gets us to think about how a project will transition to production and tie into the centralized functions across the business.
• Embrace Challenge (and follow through) - We take responsibility for achieving the mission; Developing technical self-sufficiency across a wide range of environments. Ruthlessly prioritizing, while honing our ability to understand large systems and incorporate new components in varying levels of complexity.

US Salary Range$166,000—$220,000 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:

Healthcare Benefits

• US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.

Additional Benefits

• Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
• Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
• Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
• Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

Retirement Savings Plan

• US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
• UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
• AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.

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