Rust Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy

Front Door Defense; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Rust Software Engineer to lead the autonomous air-vehicle software stack, enabling real-time perception, planning, control, and safety systems across a multi-domain platform.

Location includes Costa Mesa, Seattle, and Washington, with travel up to 30% to build, test, and deploy capabilities. Requires 3+ years of Rust in Linux, data-processing experience, and eligibility for a U.S. TS clearance.

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret clearance.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• 3+ years of production-grade Rust experience in a Linux development environment.
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact.
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.

Skills

Rust

Linux development

Data processing

System navigation

Travel up to 30%

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field

Job description

Rust Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy

Lead development of autonomous air-vehicle software stack enabling real-time perception, planning, control, and safety systems

Location: Costa Mesa, California; Seattle, Washington; Washington, District of Columbia

Compensation: $166,000 - $220,000 USD/year

About The Role

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

The Air Dominance & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial and multi-domain robotic systems. The team is responsible for taking products like Fury (unmanned fighter jet) and Barracuda (air-breathing cruise missile) from concept to product. The team also develops Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril's premier software platform that enables masses of Fury, Barracuda, and other first and third party robots to collaborate across various missions. We work in close coordination with specialist teams like Perception, Motion Planning, Hardware, and Test Engineering to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers and roboticists excited about creating a powerful autonomy software stack that includes computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, estimation, and secure communications.

Required Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• 3+ years of production-grade Rust experience in a Linux development environment
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems
• Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments.
• Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees.
• Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality.
• Distributed communication networks and message standards
• Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics

Salary Range

$166,000 - $220,000 USD/year

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.