Senior Flight Software Engineer

The role

You will develop embedded software that powers aircraft. You will own sections of the flight stack including device drivers, middleware integration, control law implementation, test automation, and flight validation.

What you will do

• Design and implement vehicle control systems.
• Develop embedded software for pre-emptible Linux or RTOS applications.
• Develop device drivers, protocols, and APIs for aircraft sensors.
• Integrate new features and sensors into flight controller software.
• Integrate guidance and control algorithms with the flight software stack.
• Create Software-In-The-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) test fixtures and automation.
• Analyze flight test results and iterate quickly on fixes and improvements.
• Support device manufacturing efforts, debugging, and production-level test.
• Support operational aircraft deployments and field troubleshooting.
• Mentor junior engineers and help improve team engineering practices and test infrastructure.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of C++ or Rust programming experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Direct experience with embedded software or other safety-critical systems.
• Background in low-level embedded software architecture, design and development.
• Low-level device driver development experience; familiarity with both microcontrollers and application processors.
• Comfortable with typical embedded systems tools, compilers, debuggers, and IDEs.
• Familiarity with communications busses and protocols such as CAN, CAN FD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc.
• Strong debugging skills, comfortable using instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Strong vehicle systems and avionics design knowledge.
• Experience building flight stacks or working with PX4/ArduPilot or proprietary autopilots.
• Familiarity with control systems, state estimation, and guidance algorithms.
• Bias toward delivery and rapid iteration to discover the right engineering investments.
• Willingness to take calculated risks and full accountability for outcomes.
• Passion for solving real-world problems quickly and effectively.
• Track record of designing, building, and delivering useful software to users.
• Experience with SITL/HITL frameworks, CI for embedded systems, and creating reproducible test environments.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.