Mission Software Engineer: Autonomy & AI Systems

AI Chopping Block; Reston, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Software Engineer to tackle networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics challenges, ensuring our products work seamlessly together. You will make pragmatic tradeoffs, deliver high-quality software, and support mission-critical outcomes.

The role requires expertise across Go, Rust, or Python, frontend frameworks like React/Angular, and data-heavy solutions, with eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance and willingness to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
• Experience with Go, Rust, or Python
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React or Angular
• Experience building software with significant data processing/analysis
• Ability to understand and navigate complex systems and codebases
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance
• Willingness to travel up to 25%

Responsibilities

• Own the software solutions deployed to customers
• Write code to improve products and scale mission capability
• Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Create and analyze metrics for debugging and monitoring
• Triage issues, root-cause failures, and coordinate next steps
• Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing UX and engineering constraints
• Travel up to 25% to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Software Engineer to tackle networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics challenges, ensuring our products work seamlessly together. You will make pragmatic tradeoffs, deliver high-quality software, and support mission-critical outcomes.

The role requires expertise across Go, Rust, or Python, frontend frameworks like React/Angular, and data-heavy solutions, with eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance and willingness to travel up to 25%.