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 for spacecraft and space systems.
- Lead and mentor a software engineering team while contributing hands-on software architecture, implementation, integration, debugging, and operations work.
- Develop embedded C code, device drivers, communication protocols, algorithms, host-side interfaces, database integrations, and software that interfaces with hardware and FPGA systems.
- Translate mission requirements into reusable, efficient software architectures and establish best practices for flight software design, testing, manufacturing, and operations.
- Drive prototyping, design verification, qualification, development, integration, and test activities for high-reliability space systems.
- Conduct design reviews and prepare customer-facing system design documentation and presentations.
- Collaborate across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success teams on multiple concurrent projects and customers.
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 directly developing embedded, host, and product-specific software.
- At least 3 years leading a software engineering team working on small spacecraft.
- Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces, mission systems, and reusable software architectures.
- Experience writing embedded C, device drivers, and algorithms for computationally and storage-constrained environments.
- Experience writing host-level GUI, database interaction, and protocol interface or translation software for spacecraft systems.
- Experience on mature spacecraft development programs, including operational and environmental testing.
- Experience creating design review materials, design notes, and other software 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 similar technical field.
- Preferred: end-to-end spacecraft or space-system lifecycle ownership, classified-environment experience, and experience designing, integrating, and flying CubeSats from LEO through GEO.
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits available at little to no cost, along with competitive benefits and equity opportunities.
- The role is based in Chantilly, Virginia.
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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.