Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Anduril Industries
$170-230k
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hardware and software for national security
Open for applications
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$170-230k
Office located in Costa Mesa, 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
- Familiarity with triaging vulnerability reports and mitigating vulnerabilities by patching system components
- Experience with Linux kernel development
- Experience with uboot, EDK2, platform firmware, etc
- Interest in using Nix/NixOS as an alternative to Yocto, buildroot, etc
- Experience with C or Rust
- U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
Desirable
- Experience developing embedded Linux systems using Yocto, buildroot, or similar systems
- Familiarity with packaging CUDA libraries and applications
- Familiarity with functional programming paradigms
- Experience with one or more of the following languages: C++, Python, Go, Haskell
What the job involves
- Our DeviceOS team develops the operating system that powers Anduril’s robots. As a member of the DeviceOS team you will build Anduril’s platform for running software on Anduril’s robotics systems
- Your software will be deployed on robots operating on land, sea, and air. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of software development projects including design, implementation, automated testing, field testing, and deployment support
- Board bring-up and maintenance on embedded ARM boards (device trees, bootloaders, kernel drivers, etc)
- Customize vendor BSPs for use with NixOS systems
- Help secure our embedded Linux systems
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 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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