Software Lead, Maritime

Anduril Industries; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a technical leader to own software for a maritime product. You will set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and drive projects to completion while mentoring a small team.

You will oversee the design, implementation, and evolution of mission systems, with up to 15% travel to test and deploy capabilities in real world environments. A strong security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background in robotics, software, or systems engineering.
• Experience leading small teams and delivering hardware-software projects.
• Active ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead software for maritime products and set project objectives.
• Build cross-functional teams and drive projects to completion.
• Mentor a 3–4 person team and manage priorities.
• Own mission system design from requirements to deployment.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring & coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics, CS, or related field

Tools

C++

Rust

Linux

Embedded systems

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

Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Act as a technical leader owning software for one of our maritime products.
• Draw on both your technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive projects to completion
• Manage and develop a small team (3-4 employees initially), setting priorities, delegating work effectively, and providing coaching and mentorship to support individual growth and long-term career success
• Drive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of payloads and mission systems
• Act as the technical owner for an entire mission system, including stakeholder and customer engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team coordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
• Travel up to 15% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world, and collaborate with other teams or end-users

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
• Hands-on experience developing software for embedded and physical devices
• Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
• 6+ years of professional C++ or Rust programming experience in a Linux development environment
• Experience of managing or providing technical leadership to a small team
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

US Salary Range

$220,000 - $292,000 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.