Firmware Engineer, Anduril Industries
$129-177k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Irvine, CA
Hardware and software for national security
Posted today
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Posted today
$129-177k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Office located in Irvine, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
- 3+ years of experience in firmware/embedded software development, with a focus on embedded systems
- Expert level C coding ability for embedded systems
- Demonstrated success creating complex MCU projects that communicate between multiple boards or systems
- Broad experience with one or more microcontroller cores (e.g., ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC)
- Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
- Experience developing firmware in bare-metal and/or RTOS environments
- Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers
- Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
- Extensive experience with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Desirable
- MCUs (STM32). Communication protocol experience (CAN and Ethernet)
- Have a bias for action; if you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
- Be naturally curious about the technologies and tools you use
What the job involves
- Anduril is seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our team based in Irvine, CA. The Sentry Firmware team at Anduril develops core technology used for our Sentry Tower product line. We work in close coordination with Electrical Engineering to develop hardware and software solutions to some of the hardest problems facing our customers. You'll contribute low level firmware development for systems operating on land, sea, and air
- Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
- Take full ownership of design, implementation and completion of embedded firmware projects
- Mentor other firmware engineers and help teach best practices in design engineering
- Contribute to team direction, policy and guidance
- Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
- Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with electrical engineering team
- Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages
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 $1 billion Series G funding round in 2025 led by the Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $30 billion. This oversubscribed funding round came after the company doubled its revenue in 2024, when it won a contract with the US military to build its soldiers' VY/AR headsets for combat, a contract the company beat Microsoft to. On top of this, it's already raising a new round in 2026, aiming to double its valuation after winning a major US Space Force contract. The future, then, looks bright for Anduril.
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Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
May 2026
$5bn
SERIES H
Jul 2025
$310m
GRANT
Total funding: $11.5bn
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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