Software Engineer, Ghost
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$191k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain core robotics libraries for frame transformations, targeting, and guidance across Anduril robotics platforms.
- Lead major product features, including software-in-the-loop simulators for systems such as Anvil.
- Optimize robotic product performance, including battery consumption and route planning for Ghost.
- Integrate robotics sensors and payloads while collaborating with hardware and manufacturing teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Troubleshoot complex issues in remotely deployed systems and improve reliability over repeated operational cycles.
- Design and implement multi-agent coordination systems for UAVs.
- Participate in software development from concept and design through testing and deployment.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and implement improvements to robotics products and processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong proficiency in C++ or Rust and experience developing in Linux environments.
- Expertise in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization.
- Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
- Hands-on experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Willingness to relocate to Costa Mesa, California.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s or Ph.D., advanced robotics expertise, robotic-system performance optimization, Python, Rust, Go, embedded systems, multi-agent UAV coordination, real-time operating systems, distributed computing, robotics simulation, machine learning, AI applications, sensor fusion, aerodynamics, flight dynamics, and open-source robotics or publication experience.
Benefits
- Relocation benefits are provided for the Costa Mesa, California headquarters location.
- Full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits available at little to no cost, supporting health and recovery.
- The package includes competitive equity grants for the majority of full-time offers.
- The role offers the opportunity to work on next-generation defense technology and autonomous robotics systems.
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.