Senior Mission Software Engineer — Distributed Systems & Autonomy

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking engineers to build distributed mission software for autonomous systems under the AD&S team. You will contribute to the rollout of high-performance, low-latency software on Linux, interfacing with Lattice OS, and coordinating with hardware and program teams.

Expect travel up to 30% and a required active Secret clearance. Candidates should have 6+ years in C++/Rust, experience with Kubernetes, gRPC/Protobuf, and DDS, plus strong ownership.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• 6+ years of production-grade C++, Rust or equivalent experience in a Linux development environment.
• Experience building low-latency, high performance software solutions.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience with Git & GitHub.
• Experience taking software from initial development through fielded deployment, working closely with hardware, systems, program management to operational use.
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Track record of high ownership and bias for action.
• Experience building or maintaining distributed systems (message buses, RPC frameworks, consensus protocols, or similar).
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming models (async/await, event loops, futures).
• Comfort working with Protocol Buffers and/or gRPC.
• Experience with DDS.
• Deep expertise with k3s and/or STIG’d RHEL.
• Experience deploying, debugging, and testing software on physical systems in both lab and test site environments.
• Familiarity with government reference architectures.
• Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics.
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own development of resilient, distributed mission software from concept to fielded deployment.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and program management teams to operationalize software.
• Develop low-latency, high-performance software for Linux environments.
• Build and maintain services integrating with Lattice OS and mission payloads.
• Prepare software for field tests and real-world deployments; travel up to 30% for deployment.

Skills

C++

Rust

Linux

Low-latency

Kubernetes

Git/GitHub

Distributed systems

Async programming

gRPC/Protobuf

DDS

RHEL (STIG’d)

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/SE/Math/Physics

Tools

Protocol Buffers

gRPC

DDS

k3s

RHEL (STIG’d)

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking engineers to build distributed mission software for autonomous systems under the AD&S team. You will contribute to the rollout of high-performance, low-latency software on Linux, interfacing with Lattice OS, and coordinating with hardware and program teams.

Expect travel up to 30% and a required active Secret clearance. Candidates should have 6+ years in C++/Rust, experience with Kubernetes, gRPC/Protobuf, and DDS, plus strong ownership.