Flight Software Engineer, Space Special Programs

Andurilindustries; Chantilly, Herndon (VA, VA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Software Engineer to own the full lifecycle of flight software, ground test software, and ground station software across embedded and host systems.

You will work with senior engineers on embedded, host, and algorithm implementations, spanning RF communication, machine learning, CV, and interfaces with existing Command and Control software. The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, high-reliability systems, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical / computer engineering, or similar engineering or technical field
• 3-4+ years Software Engineering Experience directly developing a combination of embedded, host, and product-specific software
• Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces; including mission systems and developing software architectures to meet those requirements with reusable software.
• Experience writing embedded C code, device drivers, and implementing algorithms with limited computational & storage resources
• Experience writing host level code for GUI, database interaction, and protocol interfaces/translators needed for interfacing different parts of spacecraft systems together (in both cases of having an explicit ICD and having very little information)
• Experience on mature spacecraft development programs including operational and environmental testing.
• Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Work with a cross-functional team to design market leading hardware-based products
• Drive product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities
• Apply modern space-flight software design standards and guidelines (e.g. fault detection and recovery, error checking, data redundancy, etc.) to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable systems, and a team which implements them.
• Design and develop flight, ground, and payload systems to implement the given mission requirements, and effectively communicate these goals and specific tasks to your team
• Operate as a member of your team and a resource for them when they are stuck
• Understand the mission needs and effectively translate them into software products that are both efficient in implementing but are generic enough to be ultra-reusable for lowest cost future development
• Help establishing internal guidelines and best practices for space flight software design, test, manufacture, and operations
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews and develop customer-facing system design documentation and presentations
• Help drive development, integration and test activities to meet schedule
• Work in a fast-paced environment, having to juggle multiple concurrent projects and customers

Skills

Embedded C

Device drivers

Host level GUI

Spacecraft systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE or similar

MS preferred in aerospace/engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Software Engineer to own the full lifecycle of flight software, ground test software, and ground station software across embedded and host systems.

You will work with senior engineers on embedded, host, and algorithm implementations, spanning RF communication, machine learning, CV, and interfaces with existing Command and Control software. The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, high-reliability systems, and cross-functional collaboration.