Senior Software Product Engineer, Anduril Industries

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or other engineering degree
• Experience conducting software testing for high reliability and uptime systems requirements
• Experience providing complex solutions to end users with full system validation to ensure delivery of operationally tested code beyond prototype development
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements
• Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight
• Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material
• Must be eligible to obtain and hold and US DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS with SCI)

Desirable

• As a Sr. Software Product Engineer for our Space team, you own the stand-up and maintenance of the various test environments for validating software for the full product life cycle of software development
• You will be responsible for leading the efforts in streamlining the collaboration between our frontend, backend, and embedded teams
• The role is central to executing and influencing the vision for our products, working closely with stakeholders across all engineering disciplines
• You will help lead the architecture of digital simulation, software in the loop, hardware in the loop, and flatsat test beds while working with the engineering team to develop mission concept of operations
• You will become familiar with Anduril’s ground software enterprise and orbital flight software system and work closely with related teams, such as the spacecraft design, GNC, ground and flight software, etc
• This role will be pivotal to help improve both the ground and satellite-based capabilities while maintaining an eye towards providing updates to mission autonomy and ensuring common interfaces across the software development of the space team
• This role is tied to ongoing, funded programs within Anduril’s Space Business Line
• The programs require building and fielding a resilient, software-defined ground and satellite systems across numerous mission threads
• We work with mission partners and customers to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC
• Own the architecture and standup of different test beds for supporting Anduril space programs and internal R&D efforts to further create differentiation
• Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities
• Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous ground and spacecraft operations
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring
• Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
• Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
• Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows, and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems