Anduril

Software Engineer

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesFrom $220kmidAdded 6 days ago

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks a Robotics Software Engineer to develop and deploy mission-critical software for advanced defense systems. You'll own end-to-end solutions involving autonomous systems, networking, and sensor integration while collaborating across teams and traveling to real-world testing sites.

What you'll do

Own and deploy software solutions to customers
Write and improve code for autonomous robotics and system capabilities
Collaborate across teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
Create monitoring metrics and debug system performance issues
Partner with end-users to translate needs into features
Travel up to 25% for real-world testing and deployment

What they're looking for

C++, Rust, or Python programming
Large-scale data processing and analysis
Complex systems navigation and code base comprehension
Autonomous systems development and testing
Physics, mathematics, or motion planning (desired)
Behavior tree implementation (desired)
Flight systems and safety-critical software (desired)
Distributed communication networks (desired)

Benefits

Salary range: $166,000–$220,000 USD
Competitive equity grants
Comprehensive health and recovery benefits
Top-tier benefits package at little to no cost
TS/SCI clearance eligibility required

Likely interview questions

Describe your experience developing and deploying autonomous systems in real-world environments. What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
Walk us through a time when you had to quickly understand and navigate a complex, unfamiliar codebase. How did you approach it?

Tell us about your experience with multi-agent systems or behavior trees. How have you used them to solve a specific problem?
You discover a critical issue in production software that's impacting customers. Walk us through your debugging and root cause analysis process.
Describe your experience with data processing and analysis at scale. What tools and languages did you use, and what metrics did you create for monitoring?
Have you worked on safety-critical or flight systems software? What testing and validation approaches did you use?
Given the 25% travel requirement to deploy and test capabilities in the field, how have you balanced field work with software development in past roles?

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