Mission Software Engineer, Mission Systems

The role

This person will build distributed infrastructure that connects autonomous robotics systems to command and control. They will develop messaging, orchestration, and networking backbone to coordinate multi-vehicle operations and integrate with Lattice OS.

What you will do

• Build distributed infrastructure that connects vehicles to command and control
• Develop messaging, orchestration, and networking backbone for multi-vehicle operations
• Develop services that integrate with Lattice OS
• Coordinate fleets of vehicles in the field
• Task and manage mission payloads and effects
• Own resilient, distributed mission software from early concept simulation to live operations

Required qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field
• 2-3+ years of production-grade C++, Rust or equivalent experience in a Linux development environment
• Experience building low-latency, high performance software solutions
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Experience with Git & GitHub
• Experience taking software from initial development through fielded deployment
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Track record of high ownership and bias for action

Nice to have

• Experience with systemd
• Experience building or maintaining distributed systems (message buses, RPC frameworks, consensus protocols, or similar)
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming models (async/await, event loops, futures)
• Comfort working with Protocol Buffers and/or gRPC
• Experience with DDS
• Deep expertise with k3s and/or STIG’d RHEL
• Experience deploying, debugging, and testing software on physical systems in both lab and test site environments
• Familiarity with government reference architectures
• Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• 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
• 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.