Software Engineer - Payload Integrations
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$167k - $222k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement software integrations for gimbals, EO/IR sensors, radios, arming and fuzing devices, and other mission payloads on autonomous vehicles.
- Define and maintain reusable interfaces between payloads and the vehicle software stack.
- Implement device drivers and protocol handlers from vendor interface control documents and lead hardware bring-up in the lab.
- Build simulation, emulation, and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure for payload behavior.
- Support integration events, ground tests, and flight tests while troubleshooting across software, firmware, and hardware boundaries.
- Scope, estimate, and deliver payload integrations for customer projects in partnership with program teams.
- Contribute to safety-critical software for arming and weapons-related payloads with rigorous review and testing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience focused on embedded systems, robotics, or hardware integration.
- Strong experience with Rust and/or C++ and working proficiency in Python.
- Hands-on experience integrating hardware over UART/RS-422, CAN, Ethernet/UDP, SPI, or I2C.
- Experience reading datasheets and interface control documents and implementing robust software solutions.
- Experience debugging at the hardware/software boundary with lab equipment and bus or packet analysis.
- Experience developing on Linux-based systems.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with vendors and cross-functional engineering teams.
- U.S. Person status is required for access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
- Preferred qualifications include payload, gimbal, camera, EO/IR sensor, tactical radio, datalink, safety-critical, arming/fuzing, UAS, missile, aerospace or defense experience.
- Preferred qualifications include HIL/SITL, hardware emulator, embedded Linux, real-time systems, middleware or serialization framework experience, field integration, flight testing, and an active or obtainable U.S. security clearance.
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive comprehensive competitive benefits available at little to no cost.
- The role offers a US salary range of $167,000–$222,000 in base salary, with equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers.
- The position requires U.S. Person status and may require an active or obtainable U.S. security clearance.
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.