Anduril Industries is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Air and Missile Defense Radar team in Denver, Colorado. In this onsite role, you will build real-time tracking algorithms and high-performance distributed software to detect, track, and characterize airborne threats.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement advanced tracking algorithms for novel air and missile threats, including multi-target tracking, track fusion, and discrimination techniques
- Develop high-performance real-time software systems that process radar sensor data and maintain tracks across dozens to hundreds of simultaneous targets
- Build and leverage modeling and simulation environments to validate tracking performance, quantify system capabilities, and identify improvement opportunities
- Collaborate with radar engineers and system architects to integrate tracking solutions into end-to-end defense systems
- Optimize tracking software for performance-critical environments where milliseconds matter
- Communicate technical concepts and trade-offs to cross-functional teams, program leadership, and customers to support informed decisions
- Participate in customer demonstrations and field tests to help ensure successful deployment and operational effectiveness
Required Qualifications
- 8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Strong programming skills in C++ and Python
- Solid mathematics foundation, including linear algebra and probability and statistics, and/or differential equations
- Knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, including design patterns, testing, version control, and debugging
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance
Technologies and Skills
- C++, Python
- Kalman filters, particle filters, multiple hypothesis tracking
- SQL, NoSQL, time-series databases
- JavaScript, React, Node.js
- MATLAB, Simulink
Team Overview
Anduril’s Air and Missile Defense Radar team develops cutting-edge tracking algorithms and software systems for real-time detection, tracking, and characterization of airborne threats. Work is organized in small, focused teams where software engineers build production-grade tracking solutions and distributed systems designed to process large volumes of sensor data with millisecond-level performance requirements. The work spans novel multi-target tracking algorithm development through deployment for government and industry customers supporting mission-critical operations. The team emphasizes the application of mathematics, software engineering, and signal processing to address complex real-world problems.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary range: USD 190,000 - 252,000 per year. Anduril offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees), including health and recovery support. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of Anduril’s total compensation package.
Additional Considerations
- Experience with tracking, estimation, or filtering algorithms (including Kalman filters, particle filters, and multiple hypothesis tracking)
- Background in controls, estimation theory, or digital signal processing
- Familiarity with radar systems or sensor fusion
- Experience with high-performance computing, including multithreading, GPU acceleration, and distributed systems
- Knowledge of machine learning techniques for classification, clustering, or data association
- Proficiency with database technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, and time-series databases
- Experience with web development technologies such as JavaScript, React, and Node.js for visualization and analysis tools
- Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB and Simulink (or custom frameworks)
- Experience working in agile development environments
- Active U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance
Application Requirements: Transcripts
Transcripts are requested as part of the early application process to understand academic background and how coursework supports critical skills for the role. If transcripts are not shared, detailed information regarding academic performance in relevant courses is required, including projects and coursework specifics. If academic transcripts are provided, non-technical information (such as student ID, dates, and non-technical coursework) may be redacted. Unofficial transcripts obtained online are acceptable for this assessment.
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