Senior Software Engineer, Video

Linuxconfig; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Video Pipeline Engineer to build real-time video streams from remote deployments for web, VR, and computer vision interfaces. You’ll help shape the ISR payloads and camera systems used across our drone platforms.

Ideal candidates bring embedded C++/Rust experience, multi-threaded software skills, and a solid understanding of camera formats, with the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• Embedded software experience with C++/Rust.
• BS degree in an engineering discipline.
• General understanding of camera hardware and video formats.
• Solid understanding of writing reliable, multi-threaded software.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop real-time and asynchronous video feeds from remote deployments to web, VR clients, and CV pipelines.
• Design ISR payloads and camera systems for drones and ensure CV pipeline integration.

Skills

C++/Rust

Multi-threaded software

Camera hardware & video formats

Education

BS degree in engineering

Tools

ffmpeg

WebRTC

OpenCV

Python

NixOS

vl42

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

The TRS team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from paper sketches to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The role of our video pipeline engineers is to develop real-time and asynchronous video feeds from remote deployments to web, virtual reality clients, computer vision front-end and back-end pipelines. Video pipeline engineers help design the ISR payloads for drones and the camera systems used in our other existing and future products. They also have some computer vision overlap with e.g. object detection.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Embedded software experience with C++/Rust
• BS degree in an engineering discipline
• General understanding of camera hardware and video formats
• Solid understanding of writing reliable, multi-threaded software
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Embedded Linux software development experience. NixOS experience a plus.
• Tools: vl42, ffmpeg, WebRTC, OpenCV, Python
• Formats: MP4, MPEG-TS, MISB KLV standards, H264 format, WebRTC/RTP
• Image formats: Demosaicing raw images, Color space conversions, pixel formats
• Nvidia Jetson platform: Tegra video encoding/decoding, V4L2 extensions, EGL
• Advanced camera controls: XU extension unit interface, region of interest (ROI), analog versus digital gain
• Experience integrating cameras into computer vision pipelines
• Image processing experience with: Denoising, contrast enhancement, super-resolution, auto-focus, auto-exposure, auto-white-balance

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone passionate to work on problems that matter, we’d love to hear from you!

US Salary Range

$191,000 - $253,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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.