Senior Software Engineer, Space Special Programs
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$191k - $254k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement the full lifecycle of flight, ground test, ground station, and payload software.
- Lead a software engineering team while contributing as an individual engineer and mentoring team members.
- Develop embedded software, device drivers, algorithms, communication interfaces, host applications, GUIs, database interactions, and spacecraft system integrations.
- Design reusable flight, ground, and payload systems that meet mission requirements and operate in computationally restricted environments.
- Lead software design guidelines, best practices, design reviews, integration, verification, qualification, testing, and operational activities.
- Contribute to spacecraft system and mission concepts and produce customer-facing design documentation and presentations.
- Coordinate cross-functional work across hardware, product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical or computer engineering, or a similar engineering or technical field.
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience developing embedded, host, and product-specific software.
- At least 3 years leading a software engineering team working on small spacecraft.
- Experience developing subsystem requirements, interfaces, mission systems, and reusable software architectures.
- Experience writing embedded C, device drivers, and algorithms for limited computational and storage resources.
- Experience developing host-level GUIs, database interactions, protocol interfaces, and translators for spacecraft systems.
- Experience with mature spacecraft development programs, including operational and environmental testing.
- Experience creating design review materials, design notes, and other software design documentation.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
- Preferred: master’s degree in aerospace, mechanical engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- Preferred: cradle-to-grave ownership of spacecraft or space systems, experience in classified environments, and experience designing, integrating, and flying CubeSats from LEO through GEO.
Benefits
- Competitive full-time benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
- The role is based in Chantilly, Virginia.
- The position is a full-time role with a stated U.S. salary range of $191,000–$254,000 base salary.
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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.