Sr. Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike

Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will debug field-reported anomalies in autonomous underwater and surface vehicles. You will reproduce issues using sensor and mission data, write fixes in languages like Rust, C++, Python, or Go, and confirm fixes in simulated or hardware-in-the-loop environments.

What you will do

Identify the subsystem responsible for field-reported anomalies
Reproduce anomalies by replaying recorded sensor and mission data
Use metrics and log infrastructure to reconstruct system state
Confirm fixes in simulated or hardware-in-the-loop environments
Write fixes in Rust, C++, Python, or Go with tests
Determine if problems are bugs, bad configs, or deployment mismatches
Write down root cause and fix for every issue closed
Help build the on-call/triage runbook
Push back to owning teams when subsystems need changes

Required qualifications

Experience debugging code you did not write under time pressure with incomplete information
Comfort in at least two of Rust, modern C++, Python, or Go
Systems-debugging instincts using logs and metrics
Exposure to observability tooling such as Prometheus/Grafana-class metrics or Loki/ELK-class logs
Linux and systems fluency
Ability to write up what happened clearly
Willingness to work close to hardware and sensors
Willingness to travel 25%+ of the time on average

Nice to have

Robotics middleware, sensor drivers, or real-time data pipeline experience
Time in simulation-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop test setups
CI/CD and versioned deployment experience for embedded or fleet software
Actual on-call or field-support experience for hardware that ships to real users
Experience with declarative/immutable OS setups (NixOS-style)

Benefits

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril Maritime builds autonomous underwater/surface vehicles.