Senior Software Engineer (Tasking)

Anduril Industries; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Family Health Coverage

16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Mental Health Resources

Professional Development

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Software Engineer in the United States to design and develop core frameworks for autonomous vehicles. Your role will involve close collaboration with platform teams and autonomy engineers to ensure efficient tasking in real-world scenarios.

The ideal candidate has significant software development experience, particularly with C++ and Rust, and a desire to work on critical systems that impact defense applications. Comprehensive benefits, including full family health coverage and generous parental leave, are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience focused on distributed systems or robotics.
• Deep experience with systems programming languages like C++ and Rust.
• Proficiency with protocol design and implementation (gRPC, protobuf, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the core task execution framework for autonomous vehicles.
• Collaborate closely with platform teams and autonomy engineers.
• Create fault-tolerant systems for reliable operation over degraded communications.

Skills

C++

Rust

Data processing

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team, where you will design and develop the core task execution framework onboard autonomous vehicles, enabling reliable command and control through our Lattice Autonomy stack
• You will collaborate closely with platform teams, autonomy engineers, and end users to create solutions that enable efficient, reliable tasking of autonomous systems in real-world defense scenarios
• Design and implement core components of our Tasking framework that runs onboard autonomous vehicles as part of Lattice for Mission Autonomy
• Develop robust, fault-tolerant systems that can operate reliably over denied or degraded communications links
• Create interfaces that enable third‑party systems to integrate with our Tasking framework through the open source Lattice SDK
• Collaborate with autonomy teams to ensure their platforms can reliably receive and execute tasks

Benefits

• Full Family Health Coverage
• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
• Family Planning & Support
• Incentivized Time Off
• Mental Health Resources
• Financial Planning
• Unlimited Provisions
• Professional Development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field, or equivalent experience
• US Persons: Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on distributed systems or robotics
• Experience with autonomous systems or command and control systems
• Deep experience with C++, Rust, or similar systems programming languages
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work across multiple engineering teams
• If you are someone who is self‑motivated, holds yourself to high standards, and thrives in a low‑structure, high‑autonomy environment, then this role is for you
• Proficiency with protocol design and implementation (gRPC, protobuf, etc.)
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real‑world impact
• Background in developing systems for defense, aerospace, or other mission‑critical applications
• Familiarity with software development for embedded systems or resource‑constrained environments
• Distributed communication networks and message standards