Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Thunder Autonomy

Xapply; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer for the Thunder Team. You will solve problems in networking, autonomy, and perception, ensuring systems work together seamlessly while making pragmatic tradeoffs.

A strong systems-level background and a “Whatever It Takes” mindset are required. Candidate must have 7+ years in industry with C++ or Rust, travel up to 25%, and an Active Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional industry experience
• Active Secret Clearance Required
• Willingness to travel up to 25% for testing and demonstrations

Responsibilities

• Own the mission autonomy systems and services deployed to customers
• Write code to improve products and scale mission capability to more customers
• 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

Skills

C++

Rust

Data processing

Systems navigation

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer for the Thunder Team. You will solve problems in networking, autonomy, and perception, ensuring systems work together seamlessly while making pragmatic tradeoffs.

A strong systems-level background and a “Whatever It Takes” mindset are required. Candidate must have 7+ years in industry with C++ or Rust, travel up to 25%, and an Active Secret Clearance.