Senior Software Engineer, Video

Anduril Industries; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Seattle, WA is seeking a video pipeline engineer to build real-time and asynchronous video feeds from remote deployments for web, VR clients, and computer vision back-ends. The role focuses on ISR payloads for drones and camera systems across current and future products, with overlap into computer vision tasks and performance optimization.

Candidates should have 5+ years of C++ experience, a BS in engineering, familiarity with camera hardware and video formats, and the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of general C++ software experience.
• BS degree in an engineering discipline
• General understanding of camera hardware and video formats
• Solid understanding of writing reliable, multi-threaded software
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop real-time and asynchronous video feeds from remote deployments to web, VR clients, and CV pipelines.
• Help design ISR payloads for drones and the camera systems used across existing and future products, with overlap into CV tasks.

Skills

C++ software

Multi-threading

Camera hardware

Video formats

Security clearance

Education

BS degree in engineering

Tools

ffmpeg

OpenCV

Kubernetes

Python

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

We are on a mission to accelerate the development, deployment, and integration with Lattice. We’re dedicated to building a comprehensive, high-leverage, and foundational platform that offersefficient data management, agent orchestration, and system-wide interoperability. We develop the common data, object storage, and identity access management building blocks for Lattice. Our auth system provides secure access control, while our data systems empower our partners with user-friendly APIs and documentation. By combining these diverse yet interconnected areas of expertise, we aim to create a powerful, scalable ecosystem that works across bothautonomous robots and C2 systems. We aim to empower other developers, our users, to build many innovative applications that will help aid our warfightersC2 mass effectsin thedistributed fight to come.

About the Job

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. Prior experience with relevant video technologies is required for this role.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of general C++ software experience
• BS degree in an engineering discipline
• General understanding of camera hardware and video formats
• Solid understanding of writing reliable, multi-threaded software
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

The following (below) is preferred, but elements can be learned on the job as needed:

• Scalable cloud solutions for video in AWS, Azure, GCP
• Kubernetes
• Tools: vl42, ffmpeg, WebRTC, OpenCV, Python
• Formats: MP4, MPEG-TS, MISB KLV standards, H264 format, WebRTC/RTP
• Linux platform: V4L2 camera API, VA-API, ffmpeg, gstreamer, OpenGL

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:

Benefits

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.