Sr. Software Engineer - Maritime Integrated Systems

Slope; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril’s Maritime Division seeks Sr. Software Engineers to drive autonomous software across dive vessels and surfaces. You will own end-to-end software development, from autonomy and simulation to data processing and mission control, contributing to a multi-disciplinary team.

You will mentor peers, collaborate on scalable architectures, and participate in testing and deployment across hardware and software platforms for advanced maritime systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in robotics, mechatronics, CS, or engineering (or equivalent).
• Extensive experience as a Software Engineer across domains/technologies.
• Strong systems/app programming, algorithms, data structures, concurrency, testing, design.

Responsibilities

• Empathize with end-users and balance their needs in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Own software-enabled solutions deployed to customers, delivering value.
• Design scalable software with a clear path for architecture and capability evolution.
• Develop reusable components across Anduril products.
• Develop software that runs on- and off- robotic platforms.
• Help design, implement, and execute vehicle and mission software lifecycle.

Skills

Software engineering

Systems programming

Remote troubleshooting

Technical ownership

Mentoring

Security clearance eligible

C++, Rust, Go

Typescript, React

Cloud technologies

Embedded software

Modeling and simulation

High-assurance software

Systems engineering concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, CS or Engineering

Tools

Job description

About the team

Anduril’s Maritime Division has assembled a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the capabilities of our customers. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of maritime operations. Anduril has brought to market a unique, ultra‑long‑range, full‑ocean‑depth underwater vessel platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "small" to "extra‑large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on billion‑dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot‑as‑a‑Service (RaaS) AUV operations. We are seeking to sustain our early successes with deep investment in an expanded product portfolio. These core products, including Dive‑XL, Dive‑LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and other unannounced systems, form the backbone of the Maritime portfolio. The core remit of this team is to architect a true system‑of‑systems that combines and orchestrates disparate sensors and platforms to deliver a coherent effect, enabling the end‑to‑end execution of a variety of autonomous missions in the maritime domain. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact and working on systems that directly contribute to achieving national strategic priorities, we want you to join Anduril’s Maritime Division and help us build the future of defense capability.

About the Job

Sr. Software Engineers independently drive the delivery of a variety of software integrated into our products. This includes autonomy, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off‑board command and control and decision support. We expect Sr. Software Engineers to demonstrate end‑to‑end outcome ownership of their projects, contributing as a member of a team to the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next‑generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life‑cycle.

What You’ll Do

• Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi‑stakeholder environment
• Own software enabled solutions that are deployed to customers, optimizing for the delivery of value to the end‑user
• Design and implement scalable software that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Contribute to the design and development of existing software services across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re‑usable across multiple Anduril product lines
• Develop software that runs on‑ and off‑ robotic platforms, using a variety of technologies
• Contribute to the design, implementation and execution of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of vehicle and mission software, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring and operation
• Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software‑ and hardware‑in‑the‑loop
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment
• Work as a member of a multi‑disciplinary engineering team, including as a mentor for Software Engineers from differing backgrounds
• Travel to co‑locate with end‑users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Extensive professional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise
• Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing, infrastructure, software design and system design
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment
• Capacity to act as the technical owner for a software service, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co‑ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
• Capacity learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing backend services or embedded software in C++, Rust and/or Go
• Experience writing frontend applications using Typescript and React
• Experience with the design, implementation and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies
• Experience with the design, implementation and support of embedded software, particularly in the field of robotics
• Experience with modeling and simulation
• Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software
• Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering concepts
• Desire to learn and grow into other roles that require experience as a Sr. Software Engineer, such as Staff Software Engineer and/or Software Engineering Manager

Salary Range

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.