Senior Software Engineer, Anduril Industries
Mission System, Maritime
$168-252k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Hardware and software for national security
Open for applications
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$168-252k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
- Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
- Strong C++ experience in a Linux development environment
- Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
- Experience with the development and sustainment of distributed software platform and application architectures, running under dynamic network topologies
- Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment
- Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn outside of core discipline
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Desirable
- MS or PhD
- Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
- Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems
- Experience with modeling and simulation
- Python, Rust, and/or Go experience
- Experience in one or more of the following: high performance compute, network programming, fault tolerance, fault handling, DevSecOps
- Complex frame transformation problems, such as target localization or multi degree of freedom robotic arms
What the job involves
- Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration
- Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations
- As a technical leader, join a small team of engineers that owns all software running on maritime assets
- Leverage the Anduril Software Product organization to implement and introduce cross-domain solutions for autonomy on the edge
- Generate system solutions to increase reliability, ease-of-use, and capability across a variety of customer missions
- Write and maintain core libraries (frame transformations, targeting and guidance, communications, etc.) that all robotics platforms at Anduril will use
- Drive architecture selection and design for robotic mission systems, including hardware selection, compute, storage and network architecture. Service orchestration and other software platform concerns that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Own major feature developments for the Dive-LD and manage rollout to the fleet
- Travel up to 15% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.
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Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2025
$310m
GRANT
Jun 2025
$2.5bn
SERIES G
Total funding: $6.5bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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