Software Engineer, Mobile - Android - Tactical, Recon & Strike

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Atlanta, GA · Tactical Recon & Strike : Tactical Recon & Strike Engineering : TRS - Software

This role is for an Android Engineer at Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. The engineer will design, build, and deploy real-time, map-based user interfaces for controlling robotic systems (Ghost, Anvil, Altius, Bolt) and interacting with sensor data. The role involves defining APIs for real-time telemetry, vehicle configuration, and video streaming, as well as contributing to software architectures and user experience. The engineer will work with Android frontend technologies (Jetpack Compose), backend languages (Java/Kotlin/C++/Rust/Golang), and the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) SDK. Experience with robotic systems, geospatial analysis, and DoD environments is preferred. A U.S. Secret security clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, build, test, and deploy real-time, map-based user interfaces for displaying and interacting with sensor data and controlling the Ghost, Altius, and Bolt aircraft from an Android application through the Android Tactical Assault Kit’s (ATAK) plugin ecosystem to enable tactical control for end users.
  2. Define and implement APIs for network communications, real-time telemetry, vehicle configuration, sensor/payload control with full motion video streaming, manual controls, and autonomous tasking.
  3. Help define foundational software architectures, visual designs, and user experience/interaction workflows for multiple UAS, working directly with chief engineers, product designers, program managers, flight test engineers, and end-user customers to demonstrate capability and iterate on feedback.
  4. Work directly with Android frontend technologies like Jetpack Compose, high-performance backend technologies like Java/Kotlin/C++/Rust/Golang, and software product lifecycle technologies likes CMake/Cargo/gradle/NixOS/CircleCI/Docker.
  5. Work directly with the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) SDK and the TAK Product Centers’ developer community (see tak.gov for more information).

Skills

Required

  • Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or another related technical degree.
  • Experience developing software for user interface applications, especially high-traffic, data-intensive, or map-based systems
  • Proficiency with modern Android programming languages including Jetpack Compose, XML, Java, and Kotlin.
  • Proficiency with modern backend/middleware programming languages such as C++, Rust, or Golang.
  • Familiarity with client/server networking technologies and relationships such as TCP/UDP/Multicast, HTTP (REST), or protobuf/gRPC.
  • Proven ability to empathize with users, to break down user needs into software features, and to balance the ideal user experience with practical engineering constraints.
  • Willingness to provide on call support to various clients
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time, potentially including some international travel

Nice to have

  • Experience working with the DoD where safety is paramount, regulations must be balanced, and operational environments are tightly controlled.
  • Experience with robotic systems where hardware, physical actuators, datalink networks, sensors and effectors are employed to translate software concepts to physical interactions with the world.
  • Experience in a startup or small company working environment where deadlines are tight, requirements are open-ended, and the teams are often fewer than 10 people.
  • Experience with 3D geospatial analysis and mapping software such as ArcGIS, Cesium, MapBox, or TAK.
  • Experience developing user interface software that does not require Internet access or has local/offline functionality.
  • Exposure to build system and software lifecycle technologies such as CMake, Cargo, gradle, NixOS, CircleCI, Gitlab-CI, Docker, Python, Bash, and other developer operations tools.
  • Exposure to technologies related to Ghost, Altius, or Bolt such as flight mechanics, UAV control, mesh networking, full motion video processing, and intelligence/surveillance/reconnaissance sensors.
  • Exposure to aviation such as a hobbyist RC piloting, holding a Private Pilot License or Part 107

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance