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Staff Mission Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy

Anduril Industries builds next-generation defense technology including Lattice OS and autonomous air systems. The Air Dominance & Strike team seeks a Staff Mission Software Engineer to architect and lead development of mission autonomy software enabling collaborative aerial and multi-domain robotic systems, working closely with perception, motion planning, hardware, and test teams.

Skills

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • 8+ years software engineering experience with significant work in at least two of: C++, Golang, Java, Rust, Python
  • Experience architecting and operating distributed cloud services at scale
  • Proven track record setting up CI/CD, monitoring, logging and alerting for production services
  • Experience as a tech lead and mentor for multi-engineer teams

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement geographically-distributed, cloud-deployed services for mission autonomy with high throughput and low-latency requirements
  • Lead technical direction and serve as tech lead/mentor for engineering teams (5+ engineers), driving design reviews and execution
  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, metrics, logging and alerting for live services
  • Collaborate with Perception, Motion Planning, Hardware, and Test Engineering to integrate autonomy stacks (SLAM, controls, estimation, computer vision)
  • Develop simulation infrastructure, developer platforms, and APIs to support testing and developer productivity
  • Ensure robust interfaces and maintainability of C++ application binary interfaces and cross-language components

Education

  • Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong engineering fundamentals from industry or academia

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans (US roles)
  • Life and disability insurance paid by company
  • Generous PTO and caregiver/wellness leave with December holiday hiatus
  • Family planning support including fertility and adoption coverage
  • Mental health resources and 24/7 therapy/coaching
  • Professional development reimbursement, commuter benefits, relocation assistance (role-dependent)
  • Retirement savings plans (401(k)/Roth options for US roles)
  • Competitive equity grants included in 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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