Senior Embedded Linux Software Engineer – Robotics Platform (DeviceOS)
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$191k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the deployed compute boot sequence, including firmware, U-Boot/UEFI, unified kernel images, initrd, encrypted storage unlock, and NixOS handoff.
- Customize and sustain vendor BSPs such as Tegra/Jetson Linux and NXP, including kernel and device-tree patches and forward-porting across OS upgrades.
- Ensure cameras, radars, motor controllers, CAN networks, radios, and other peripherals enumerate deterministically and operate reliably.
- Maintain signed boot chains, disk encryption, vendor kernels, and low-level components while triaging and remediating CVEs in field-deployed systems.
- Build and maintain automated hardware-in-the-loop test suites for power states, bus communication, and platform stability.
- Perform hardware/software root-cause analysis using serial consoles, logic analyzers, dmesg, schematics, and board-level debugging.
- Triage upstream Linux kernel and vendor BSP issues and produce and maintain patches when upstream fixes are unavailable.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of professional embedded Linux platform, deployed embedded Linux sustainment, or kernel-adjacent integration experience.
- Deep knowledge of embedded Linux boot chains, firmware and bootloaders, device trees, kernel command lines, initrd/initramfs, and root filesystem assembly.
- Strong C programming skills for kernel, driver, and BSP work, plus proficiency in Rust or C++ for userspace platform integration.
- Hands-on hardware debugging experience with serial consoles, schematics, component datasheets, and board-level diagnosis.
- Experience maintaining software on real-world hardware with safe, resilient updates and rigorous regression validation.
- U.S. Person status and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance are required.
- Preferred qualifications include Nix/NixOS or Yocto/Buildroot experience, NVIDIA Jetson/Tegra and JetPack expertise, CUDA runtime integration, hardware root-of-trust or secure-boot experience, Python or Bash HIL automation, Haskell or functional-programming familiarity, and upstream contributions to Linux kernel, U-Boot, or system-level open-source projects.
Benefits
- Comprehensive competitive benefits are available at little to no cost to full-time employees.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
- The role includes work supporting deployed robotic hardware and field systems; no specific remote or hybrid arrangement is stated.
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.