Mission-Critical Software Engineer—Active Clearance

Anduril Industries; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Air Defense team. You will tackle networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics challenges, delivering pragmatic software that powers mission-critical capabilities for real-world use.

As a Mission Software Engineer, you will enable seamless product interoperability, drive engineering tradeoffs, and operate with a ''Whatever It Takes'' mindset to deliver high-quality, on-time outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years working with Python, Rust, Go in industry or academia.
• Experience building software with large data processing and analysis.
• Active U.S. Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Own the software solutions deployed to customers.
• Write code to improve products and scale mission capabilities.
• Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test functionality.
• Create and analyze metrics for debugging and monitoring.
• Triage issues and coordinate next steps.
• Partner with end-users to translate needs into features while balancing UX and constraints.
• Travel up to 30% to test and deploy capabilities in real environments.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

Tools

NixOS

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Air Defense team. You will tackle networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics challenges, delivering pragmatic software that powers mission-critical capabilities for real-world use.

As a Mission Software Engineer, you will enable seamless product interoperability, drive engineering tradeoffs, and operate with a ''Whatever It Takes'' mindset to deliver high-quality, on-time outcomes.