Senior Flight Software Engineer, Maritime

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense technology company is seeking a Software Engineer to design and implement safety-critical Vehicle Management Systems. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience, proficiency in C, and knowledge of RTOS. Responsibilities include developing scalable subsystems and supporting vehicle manufacturing. The role also requires eligibility for a U.S. Secret security clearance. Passionate engineers eager to contribute to national defense capabilities are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience required.
• Proficiency in writing C and knowledge of RTOS is essential.
• Eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement safety-critical Vehicle Management Systems.
• Develop scalable vehicle subsystems and real-time embedded software.
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.

Skills

C programming

RTOS experience

Systems programming skills

Troubleshooting skills

Communications protocols knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering or related

Job description

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

Anduril’s Maritime Division has assembled a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the capabilities of our customers. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of maritime operations. Anduril has brought to market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth underwater vessel platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "small" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on billion‑dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

We are continuing to expand our product portfolio, now moving into the surface maritime domain. Products like Dive-XL, Dive‑LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and surface products in the pipeline will create a system‑of‑systems that enable a multitude of autonomous missions across all maritime domains. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact and working on systems that directly contribute to achieving national strategic priorities, we want you to join Anduril’s Maritime Division and help us build the future of defense capability.

About the Job

Software Engineers contribute to the delivery of a variety of embedded and/or safety critical software integrated into our products. This includes device management, drivers, firmware, power management, networking, and contingency management and recovery. We expect Software Engineers to demonstrate end‑to‑end outcome ownership of their projects, contributing as a member of a team to the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next‑generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life‑cycle.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement trusted, safety critical Vehicle Management Systems that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a team environment.
• Design and implement scalable vehicle sub‑systems including sensor processing, state estimation, contingency management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces.
• Contribute to the development of existing software components across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re‑usable across multiple Anduril product lines.
• Develop real‑time embedded software using an RTOS.
• Develop device drivers and interfaces to a variety of sensors and actuators.
• Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software‑and hardware‑in‑the‑loop.
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.
• Work as a member of a multi‑disciplinary engineering team.
• Travel to co‑locate with end‑users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 6 or more years of relevant experience.
• Experienced and proficient at writing C.
• Experience with RTOS.
• Familiarity with communications busses and protocols, e.g. CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC‑825, ARINC‑429, MIL‑STD‑1553, etc.
• Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization.
• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities through design, implementation, operation and sustainment.
• Capacity to learn and grow rapidly, building personal and team capacity, growing your skills to the standard of Senior Software Engineer.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in design and development of embedded applications in autonomous vehicle software systems.
• Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software applications.
• Experience in developing interfaces to sensors and actuators.
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
• Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with DO‑178, IEC 61508, or similar certifications.
• Familiarity with navigation and communications systems.
• Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering concepts.