Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$165k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own Space C2 service architecture and customer-deployed software from API and Protobuf design through production operation.
- Design, build, and operate Go backend services for satellite command and telemetry, mission and plan management, ground-station and antenna brokering, space-to-ground protocols, file transfer, and access control.
- Write and evolve Protobuf API contracts and coordinate interface changes across teams.
- Drive technical RFCs and architecture decisions for subsystem capabilities.
- Deploy and operate services on containers and Kubernetes in secure government cloud environments, including operational readiness, on-call, and incident response.
- Integrate software with spacecraft, software-defined radios, antennas, ground stations, space-to-ground data links, and astrodynamics systems.
- Build and run software-in-the-loop simulations to validate end-to-end operations before live passes.
- Integrate legacy systems with new orbital and ground-based capabilities.
- Set engineering quality standards through code review and mentor other engineers.
- Create and analyze debugging and monitoring metrics, triage issues, identify root causes, and coordinate resolution.
- Collaborate with mission partners, operators, end users, and multiple engineering teams to turn operational needs into features.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building backend and distributed systems, primarily in Go, Rust, or C++, with networked services using gRPC and Protobuf.
- Experience architecting, shipping, and operating production services on containers and Kubernetes, including CI/CD and cloud deployment.
- Experience integrating software with physical systems through hardware control, embedded interfaces, protocol implementation, or real-time data pipelines.
- Track record of owning production services end-to-end and raising the engineering bar for other engineers.
- Ability to understand complex systems and requirements and solve difficult technical problems with little oversight.
- Strong collaboration, code-review, communication, documentation, training, and mentoring skills.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.
- Preferred experience includes space or aerospace systems, spacecraft operations, telemetry and commanding, ground stations, antenna systems, RF or waveform systems, orbital mechanics, GNC, CCSDS protocols, binary protocol parsing, software-defined radios, satellite communications equipment, and space-related simulation.
- Preferred infrastructure experience includes Kubernetes, FluxCD, Helm, Terraform, Nix, Azure Government, observability, metrics, on-call operations, incident response, and reproducible or hermetic build systems.
- Preferred familiarity includes UTC, TAI, GPS time, ECI, ECEF, ENU, hardware-in-the-loop integration, and secure or compliance-constrained CUI, Top Secret, and government environments.
- Engineering background from industry or school in areas such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics is stated as ideal.
Benefits
- Anduril offers comprehensive, competitive full-time benefits available at little to no cost to employees.
- The package supports health, recovery, and related employee needs.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation.
- The posting provides a U.S. salary range of $165,000—$218,000 in base salary.
About Anduril Industries
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.