Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Management Systems

Anduril Industries Senior Software EngineerAnduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.About the JobSenior Software Engineers independently drive the delivery of a variety of embedded and/or safety critical software integrated in to our products. This includes device management, drivers, firmware, power management, networking, and contingency management and recovery. We expect Senior Software Engineers to demonstrate end-to-end outcome ownership at the major subsystem or system level. Senior Software Engineers contribute as a technical lead to the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life-cycle.What You'll DoDesign and implement trusted, safety critical Vehicle Management Systems that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment.Design and implement scalable vehicle sub-systems including sensor processing, state estimation, contingency management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces.Contribute to the design and development of existing software components across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines.Develop real-time embedded software using an RTOS.Develop device drivers and interfaces to a variety of sensors and actuators.Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software-and hardware-in-the-loop.Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, including as a mentor for Software Engineers from differing backgrounds.Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time.Required QualificationsBachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.Experienced and proficient at writing C.Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS).Familiarity with communications busses and protocols (e.g. CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, etc).Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization.Capacity to act as the technical owner for a software component, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution.Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, contributing to team cohesion and capacity.Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.Preferred QualificationsExperience in design and development of embedded applications in autonomous vehicle software systems.Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software applications.Experience in developing interfaces to sensors and actuators.Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems.Experience with DO-178, IEC 61508, or similar certifications.Familiarity with navigation and communications systems.Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.Familiarity with Systems Engineering concepts.Desire to learn and grow in to other roles that require experience as a Senior Software Engineer, such as Staff Software Engineer and/or Software Engineering Manager.Desire to grow in to a Tech-Lead-Manager role, with responsibility for line management of engineers, in addition to delivery.US Salary Range $191,000 —$253,000 USDThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. 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