Mission-Critical Field Software Engineer (Secret Clearance)

Roboticsconnected; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in California is seeking a Mission Software Engineer for the Mission Command team to build a first-of-its-kind platform for the tactical edge, integrating networking, autonomy, and distributed data layers. You will work with end users to translate needs into scalable features and deliver end-to-end software that supports field-ready capabilities.

You will collaborate across teams, ensure system health, and travel up to 30% for field testing and customer engagement across

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Secret Clearance required and maintained
• Strong engineering background in CS/SE/Networking/Math/Physics
• 5+ years in software development with Go/Python/Java/C++/Rust
• Experience with data processing and analysis
• Ability to navigate complex systems and established code bases

Responsibilities

• Own software solutions spanning core mesh platforms and data interfaces
• Deliver well-architected systems with scalability and reliability
• Translate complex user needs into features balancing UX and engineering constraints
• Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test cross-functional functionality
• Ensure system health with monitoring, triage, and root-cause analysis
• Travel 10–30% to meet customers and test capabilities in the field

Skills

Go

Python

Java

C++

Rust

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

Azure

Job description

Anduril Industries in California is seeking a Mission Software Engineer for the Mission Command team to build a first-of-its-kind platform for the tactical edge, integrating networking, autonomy, and distributed data layers. You will work with end users to translate needs into scalable features and deliver end-to-end software that supports field-ready capabilities.

You will collaborate across teams, ensure system health, and travel up to 30% for field testing and customer engagement across