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(PIPELINE) AD&S - Vehicle Software - Senior Software Engineer - Active Clearance

Anduril Industries builds advanced defense technology powered by an AI-driven OS to accelerate autonomy, sensing, and decision-making for military systems. The Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) Vehicle Software team seeks a senior software engineer with an active U.S. Secret clearance to develop vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, telemetry, and related software across simulation, first flight, and operational deployments.

Skills

  • Active U.S. Secret security clearance and ability to maintain it
  • Strong engineering background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
  • 5+ years of professional software development using languages such as C++, Python, Java, Rust, Go, JavaScript
  • Experience with large-scale data processing, analysis, and real-time systems
  • Ability to quickly understand and work within complex codebases and system architectures
  • Interest in building software with real-world, safety-critical impact

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry software
  • Collaborate with systems, hardware, and test engineering to move features from simulation to flight and operations
  • Process and analyze large streams of sensor and telemetry data to enable autonomy and real-time decision making
  • Develop and validate algorithms (e.g., motion planning, behavior logic) and support integration into safety-critical flight systems
  • Debug, optimize, and document codebases; maintain high reliability for deployed systems
  • Support testing, deployment, and fleet management for multi-agent and real-world operational environments

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent experience
  • Advanced degree preferred for algorithm-heavy or research-oriented roles

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans (U.S. roles) with low or no employee cost
  • Basic life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance fully covered; option to purchase additional coverage
  • Generous holiday calendar and competitive PTO; year-end holiday hiatus
  • 16 weeks paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave
  • Family planning and parenting support (fertility, adoption, gestational carrier benefits)
  • 24/7 mental health resources, therapy and life coaching; legal and financial services
  • Professional development stipend and company-funded commuter benefits (region-dependent)
  • Relocation assistance (role-dependent) and 401(k) retirement plan (U.S. roles)
  • Highly competitive equity grants included in most full-time offers
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Founded in 2017, based out of Irvine, California, Anduril is a defense technology company that builds creative cost-effective products to aid those serving on the front lines of national security. By listening to the national security community, A...

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