Air Defense, Mission Software Engineer - Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
About the Job
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S
and allied military capabilities with advanced technology
By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold
Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center
As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky
At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense Team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters
From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) threats
Working across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Air Defense team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems (FoS) in challenging operational environments worldwide.As a Mission Software Engineeron theAir Defenseteam, you will solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more, while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way
Your efforts will ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve a variety of critical outcomes
Above all, Mission Software Engineers are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality.Air Defense Systems DemonstrationWHAT YOU’LL DO Own the software solutions that are deployed to customersWrite code to improve products and scale the mission capability to more customersBring a willingness to learn new technologies in any area of the stack: UI, Backend Software Development, Robotics, Device Integrations, NetworkingCollaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionalityCreate and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoringTriage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-stepsPartner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraintsTravel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real worldCORE REQUIREMENTS Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or PhysicsAt least 2-5+ years working with a variety of programming languages and frameworks such as Golang, C++, Rust, etcExperience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysisAbility to empathize with end-users, to turn needs into features, and to balance user experience with engineering constraints to deliver full solutionsAbility to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code basesA desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impactMust be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret ClearanceDesired RequirementsStrong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systemsDeveloping and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environmentsDistributed communication networks and message standardsKnowledge of military systems and operational tacticsWHAT WE VALUE IN MISSION SOFTWARECustomer Facing - Mission Software Engineers are the software engineers closest to Anduril customers, end-users, and the technical challenges of operational scenarios.Mission First - Above all, MSEs execute their mission in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way
They keep the mission top-of-mind and make pragmatic and thoughtful engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes.Small Project Wrangling = Large Project Impact - Our MSEs are the voice of our business line(s)
They are the forcing function that gets us to think about how a project will transition to production and tie in to the centralized functions across the business.Embrace Challenge (and follow through) - We take responsibility for achieving the mission; Developing technical self-sufficiency across a wide range of environments
Ruthlessly prioritizing, while honing our ability to understand large systems and incorporate new components in varying levels of complexity.BENEFITS Platinum Benefits: We offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision, life) and cover premiums for you.16 Weeks paid parental leave for all caregiversFamily planning: We’re proud to offer comprehensive family planning support
Fertility planning and treatment, adoption support, gestational carrier support and fertility preservation are all included.Unlimited Provisions: From breakfast to dinner, our kitchen team has you covered with healthy meals and snacks at every office.Commuter benefits depending on regionRelocation assistancePaid Time OffUS Salary Range$140,000—$252,000 USDThe 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:Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S
roles, we offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision) that are 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% covered for your dependents.
For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more
Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k)
(US roles only)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.Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology
All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process
If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit .
and allied military capabilities with advanced technology
By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold
Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center
As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky
At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense Team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters
From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) threats
Working across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Air Defense team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems (FoS) in challenging operational environments worldwide.As a Mission Software Engineeron theAir Defenseteam, you will solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more, while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way
Your efforts will ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve a variety of critical outcomes
Above all, Mission Software Engineers are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality.Air Defense Systems DemonstrationWHAT YOU’LL DO Own the software solutions that are deployed to customersWrite code to improve products and scale the mission capability to more customersBring a willingness to learn new technologies in any area of the stack: UI, Backend Software Development, Robotics, Device Integrations, NetworkingCollaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionalityCreate and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoringTriage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-stepsPartner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraintsTravel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real worldCORE REQUIREMENTS Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or PhysicsAt least 2-5+ years working with a variety of programming languages and frameworks such as Golang, C++, Rust, etcExperience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysisAbility to empathize with end-users, to turn needs into features, and to balance user experience with engineering constraints to deliver full solutionsAbility to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code basesA desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impactMust be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret ClearanceDesired RequirementsStrong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systemsDeveloping and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environmentsDistributed communication networks and message standardsKnowledge of military systems and operational tacticsWHAT WE VALUE IN MISSION SOFTWARECustomer Facing - Mission Software Engineers are the software engineers closest to Anduril customers, end-users, and the technical challenges of operational scenarios.Mission First - Above all, MSEs execute their mission in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way
They keep the mission top-of-mind and make pragmatic and thoughtful engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes.Small Project Wrangling = Large Project Impact - Our MSEs are the voice of our business line(s)
They are the forcing function that gets us to think about how a project will transition to production and tie in to the centralized functions across the business.Embrace Challenge (and follow through) - We take responsibility for achieving the mission; Developing technical self-sufficiency across a wide range of environments
Ruthlessly prioritizing, while honing our ability to understand large systems and incorporate new components in varying levels of complexity.BENEFITS Platinum Benefits: We offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision, life) and cover premiums for you.16 Weeks paid parental leave for all caregiversFamily planning: We’re proud to offer comprehensive family planning support
Fertility planning and treatment, adoption support, gestational carrier support and fertility preservation are all included.Unlimited Provisions: From breakfast to dinner, our kitchen team has you covered with healthy meals and snacks at every office.Commuter benefits depending on regionRelocation assistancePaid Time OffUS Salary Range$140,000—$252,000 USDThe 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:Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S
roles, we offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision) that are 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% covered for your dependents.
For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more
Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k)
(US roles only)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.Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology
All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process
If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit .
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