Senior Mission Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, Active Clearance

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer for Anduril's defense technology company, focusing on vehicle software for autonomous robotics systems like unmanned fighter jets. The role involves building foundational vehicle software stacks for control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry, supporting initiatives from simulation to live operations and fleet management. Experience with multi-agent autonomous systems and real-world deployment is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. collaborate with other engineering disciplines to develop software for vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry
  2. build the foundational vehicle software stack that supports the wide range of AD&S initiatives, from early concept simulation to first flight to live operations to large scale fleet management
  3. Develop and test multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments
  4. Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees
  5. Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality

Skills

Required

  • active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics background
  • 5+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, etc.
  • Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
  • Desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact

Nice to have

  • Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems
  • Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments
  • Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees
  • Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality
  • Distributed communication networks and message standards
  • Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics

What the JD emphasized

  • active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • multi-agent autonomous systems
  • safety critical functionality

Other signals

  • AI-powered operating system
  • autonomous robotics systems
  • multi-agent autonomous systems