Site Reliability Engineer
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$124k - $164k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own reliability and uptime for deployed imaging systems across networking, services, calibration, upgrades, and sensor hardware.
- Run first- and second-line response for customer-support and mission-success escalations.
- Diagnose live system failures across network, service, and hardware boundaries and drive resolution.
- Support field operators remotely, including troubleshooting and sensor-calibration guidance.
- Create and maintain runbooks, diagnostics, and self-service tooling to reduce recurring incidents.
- Reproduce and document software defects for handoff to Mission Software Engineers.
- Improve observability, upgrade safety, and failure handling based on field reliability insights.
- Participate in scheduled after-hours and weekend on-call coverage.
- Travel approximately 20% for field support and deployment windows.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, field/systems engineering, or production support for deployed hardware/software systems.
- Strong Linux fundamentals and hands-on troubleshooting of IP, routing, VPN, and connectivity issues in constrained or field environments.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across networking, services, and hardware interactions with incomplete system visibility.
- Comfort owning a structured on-call rotation with after-hours and weekend coverage.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including remote troubleshooting with non-technical operators and incident documentation.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance.
- Experience supporting fielded or deployed systems is preferred.
- Experience with fielded hardware or sensor systems, including EO/IR, optical systems, or sensor calibration, is preferred.
- Scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar tools is preferred.
- Familiarity with Nix or NixOS, systemd service management, Linux observability practices, and PagerDuty or equivalent incident tooling is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
- Approximately 20% travel is expected for field support and deployment windows.
- Scheduled after-hours and weekend on-call coverage is part of the role.
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.