Sr. Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike

Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will debug and fix field-reported anomalies in autonomous underwater and surface vehicles. You will use metrics, logs, and simulation to reproduce issues and ship fixes in Rust, C++, Python, or Go.

What you will do

Identify the subsystem responsible for field-reported anomalies.
Reproduce anomalies by replaying recorded sensor or 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 configurations, or deployment mismatches.
Document root causes and fixes for every issue closed.
Help build the on-call and triage runbook.
Push back to owning teams when subsystem changes are required.

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 like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or ELK.
Linux and systems fluency.
Ability to write clear documentation of what happened.
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 shipped to real users.
Experience with declarative/immutable OS setups like NixOS.

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.