
Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Management Systems
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$191k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the Vehicle Management System architecture, including health monitoring, mode management, and fault response.
- Design vehicle state machines and operational mode transitions.
- Develop fault detection, isolation, and recovery logic.
- Define interfaces with guidance, navigation and control, energy, communications, and mission systems.
- Manage route planning and casualty monitoring functions.
- Support software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing of VMS behaviors.
- Coordinate integration with vehicle subsystem leads.
- Support at-sea testing and validation.
- Travel up to 25% to test sites.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
- 7+ years of experience in vehicle management systems, flight management, or supervisory control software.
- Experience with real-time embedded software for vehicle platforms.
- Familiarity with fault detection, isolation, and recovery design and operational mode management.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Experience setting up an integration lab.
- Preferred: experience with AUV, UUV, or UAV management systems.
- Preferred: working knowledge of safety-critical software design patterns.
- Preferred: experience with C++ or Rust for embedded vehicle software.
- Preferred: experience in defense or maritime robotics.
- Preferred: experience conducting a test and validation campaign.
Benefits
- US base salary range of $191,000—$253,000 per year.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation.
- Top-tier full-time benefits available at little to no cost to employees.
- Travel up to 25% to test sites.
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.