Staff Software Engineer

About the team

Anduril’s Maritime Division has assembled a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the capabilities of our customers. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of maritime operations. Anduril has brought to market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth underwater vessel platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "small" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on billion-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

We are seeking to sustain our early successes with deep investment in an expanded product portfolio. These core products, including Dive-XL, Dive-LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and other unannounced systems form the backbone of the Maritime portfolio. The core remit of this team is to architect a true system-of-systems that combines and orchestrates disparate sensors and platforms to deliver a coherent effect, enabling the end-to-end execution of a variety of autonomous missions in the maritime domain. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact and working on systems that directly contribute to achieving national strategic priorities, we want you to join Anduril’s Maritime Division and help us build the future of defense capability.

About the Job

Staff Software Engineers lead the delivery of a variety of software integrated in to our products, acting as technical leads, extremely senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on contributors. This includes autonomy, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off-board command and control and decision support. We expect Staff Software Engineers to demonstrate unparalleled end-to-end outcome ownership, from the user’s Lattice terminal to the robot performing commands, driving the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life-cycle.

What You’ll Do

• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software and hardware roadmap that spans across many teams across the company


• Design and build a robust, MOSA-compliant systems ( gRPC) and data models that allow plug-and-play integration of first and third party sensors, payloads, and legacy defense platforms


• Develop and execute the frontend and backend systems, in partnership with other software teams across the company, that power our Single Pane of Glass orchestration engine, enabling a single operator to manage multi-domain, multi-vehicle operations


• Deploy to the edge, working closely with end-user customers and robots, to push capabilities to the maritime hardware operating in highly constrained, communications denied environments


• Leverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time


• Drive architecture selection and design for robotic systems, including hardware selection, compute, storage and network architecture, service orchestration and other software platform concerns that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment


• Contribute to the design and development of a company wide roadmap for software inputs to autonomous systems


• Lead teams that develop software that runs on-and-off-platform, using a variety of technologies


• Act as a subject matter expert for software engineering, representing software equities in a multi-stakeholder environment including engineering, business and sales leadership.


• Drive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of software, including full lifecycle testing


• Drive the creation of test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop


• Treat the ocean as validation, building and scaling high-fidelity Software-in-the-Loop (SITL/SIL) environments that test our systems continuously before they’re validated in the water


• Lead teams of multi-disciplinary engineers, including as a mentor for Senior Software Engineers from differing backgrounds


• Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent/relevant experience


• Experience in a leadership position within a high performing technology organization


• Extensive professional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise


• Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing, infrastructure, software design and system design


• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems


• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment


• Capacity to act as the technical owner for an entire software system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution


• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring senior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity


• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with the defense context, experience in a senior role for the delivery of a military mission system, standards, data links, or cross domain solutions


• Experience writing backend services or embedded software in C++, Rust and/or Go


• Experience writing frontend applications using Typescript and React


• Experience with the design, implementation and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies


• Experience with the design, implementation and support of embedded software, particularly in the field of robotics


• Experience with modeling and simulation


• Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software


• 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 Staff Software Engineer, such as Principal Software Engineer and/or Senior Manager, Software Engineering


• Desire to grow in to a Tech-Lead-Manager role, with responsibility for line management of engineers, in addition to delivery

US Salary Range

$220,000 - $292,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:  

Healthcare Benefits 

• US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.  


• UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.  


• IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.  

Additional Benefits  

• Income Protection : Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.  


• Generous time off : Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.  


• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.  


• Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.  


• Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development  


• Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.  


• Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.  

Retirement Savings Plan  

• US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.  


• UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.  


• AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.  

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.  

 

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