Anduril Industries is hiring an experienced Software Engineer for its Strategic Defense team in Irvine, CA. The team builds software-defined command and control capabilities to help address ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats through faster see, decide, and act performance.
Role Overview
This position focuses on producing deployment-ready software for customer use at the edge of necessity and innovation. You will contribute production code, collaborate across engineering groups to plan and test complex functionality, and support real-world build, test, and deployment activities during team travel.
Key Responsibilities
- Own software solutions that are deployed to customers at the edge of innovation and necessity
- Write code to strengthen robust command and control (C2) products and scale mission capabilities
- Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to plan, build, and test functionality of complex systems
- Work with end-users to turn needs into features quickly while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
- Travel 10% to 30% with the team to build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments
Required Qualifications
- 3 to 8+ years writing production software in languages such as C++, Rust, Go, or Python, used by real users or systems
- Experience owning a feature or service end-to-end, including design, implementation, deployment, and post-release support
- Proven ability to debug issues in code and systems that were not originally authored or designed by you
- Ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-software stakeholders, including operators, hardware engineers, and customers
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Technologies
Team and Mission Context
- The Strategic Defense team protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats
- These threats can arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and come in volleys designed to overwhelm legacy systems
- The team builds a software-defined command and control layer capable of faster decision and action than a human operator alone
- The team spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to build and field an accredited fire control system at pace and scale
- Anduril is also incubating and maturing AI-native offerings for the integrated air and missile defense domain
About the Hiring Process and Collaboration
This application is for experienced coders with 3+ years of experience. Candidates will complete live coding interviews. The role does not require active clearance at application time, but eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance is required.
You will work alongside elite peers to solve problems spanning networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more. You will also collaborate with AI, Edge Hardware, Space Solutions, Networking, and Test Engineering teams to develop end-to-end systems for major strategic capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- A desire to work on critical software with real-world impact
- Exposure to robotics, distributed systems, networking, or real-time systems
- Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control (C2) programs
- Experience building software solutions that involve software interacting with physical hardware
- Experience building software solutions involving significant data processing and analysis
- A degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Math, or Physics
- Willingness to travel up to 20% to Asia Pacific
Compensation and Location
- Location: Irvine, CA (onsite)
- Salary Range: USD 166,000 to 220,000 per year
Benefits
Anduril offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) designed to support health, recovery, and whatever comes next.
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