Software Engineer - Active Clearance, Air Defense

Anduril Industries; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Software Engineer to tackle problems in networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more. You will ensure products work together to deliver critical outcomes with pragmatic tradeoffs and high quality.

The role emphasizes rapid execution, scalability, and real-world impact, with travel and a strong focus on mission success within a defense-technology context.

Qualifications

• 3+ years programming with Python, Rust, Go or similar languages.
• Experience building software with significant data processing/analysis.
• Ability to navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• Active U.S. Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the software solutions deployed to customers.
• Write code to improve products and scale mission capability to more customers.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
• Create and analyze metrics used for debugging and monitoring.
• Triage issues, root-cause failures, and coordinate next steps.
• Partner with end-users to translate needs into features while balancing UX and engineering constraints.
• Travel 30% of the time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.

Skills

Python

Rust

Go

Data processing

Tools

NixOS

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking a Software Engineer to tackle problems in networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more. You will ensure products work together to deliver critical outcomes with pragmatic tradeoffs and high quality.

The role emphasizes rapid execution, scalability, and real-world impact, with travel and a strong focus on mission success within a defense-technology context.