Mission Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy, Backend

$166k - $220k • Costa Mesa, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Posted 12d ago

Job Location

Costa Mesa, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Tech Stack

Remote Work Policy

On-site

Categories

Applied AI Engineer

About the job

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. We are building an AI-powered operating system, Lattice OS, to create a real-time command and control center from diverse data streams. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military rapidly. The Air Dominance & Strike team specifically develops aerial and multi-domain robotic systems, taking products from concept to reality and enabling collaboration among various robots. We are seeking software engineers passionate about creating a powerful autonomy software stack.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and test multi-agent autonomous systems.
  • Deploy autonomous systems in real-world environments.
  • Develop features and algorithms, understanding behavior trees.
  • Develop software/hardware for flight systems and safety-critical functionality.
  • Work with distributed communication networks and message standards.
  • Contribute to the development of software solutions involving significant data processing and analysis.
  • Quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established codebases.

Requirements

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
  • Strong engineering background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
  • 3+ years of experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript.
  • Experience building software solutions with significant data processing and analysis.
  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established codebases.
  • Desire to work on critical software with real-world impact.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants.
  • Top-tier benefits package (health, recovery, etc.) available at little to no cost to employees.

About Anduril Industries

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