Staff Vehicle Software Engineer - Autonomy & Flight

AI Chopping Block; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with cutting-edge autonomous software.

The Staff Software Engineer role centers on building the vehicle software stack for the AD&S team, collaborating across disciplines to enable control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry. Ideal candidates bring 9+ years in C++/Rust within Linux, strong data processing experience, and the ability to navigate complex codebases.

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• 9+ years of production-grade C++ and/or Rust experience in a Linux development environment.
• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact.
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to develop software for vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry.
• Build the foundational vehicle software stack supporting AD&S initiatives from concept simulation to first flight to live operations to large-scale fleet management.
• Contribute to software that has real-world impact on autonomous robotic systems.

Skills

C++

Rust

Linux

Data processing

Systems navigation

Education

CS or related STEM degree

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with cutting-edge autonomous software.

The Staff Software Engineer role centers on building the vehicle software stack for the AD&S team, collaborating across disciplines to enable control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry. Ideal candidates bring 9+ years in C++/Rust within Linux, strong data processing experience, and the ability to navigate complex codebases.