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Anduril Industries
Full time
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USA
11/14/2026
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Boston, MA

Responsibilities

Design and implement trusted, safety-critical Vehicle Management Systems.
Develop scalable vehicle subsystems for sensor processing, state estimation, contingency management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces.
Develop real-time embedded software using an RTOS.
Develop device drivers and interfaces for sensors and actuators.
Create software- and hardware-in-the-loop test and simulation fixtures.
Design reusable software components across multiple Anduril product lines.
Own software components across requirements, architecture, implementation, roadmap management, sustainment, and evolution.
Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and mentor software engineers.
Travel to co-locate with end users or other teams up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
Proficiency writing C.
Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
Familiarity with communications buses and protocols including CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232, UART/RS422, UART/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, and MIL-STD-1553.
Systems programming skills in algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and optimization.
Ability to act as technical owner for a software component and manage stakeholder engagement, requirements, roadmap, design, implementation, sustainment, and evolution.
Ability to mentor junior team members and contribute to team cohesion.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred: experience developing embedded applications for autonomous vehicle software systems.
Preferred: experience with high-assurance safety-critical software applications and sensor and actuator interfaces.
Preferred: experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems and testing electrical and mechanical systems.
Preferred: experience with DO-178, IEC 61508, or similar certifications.
Preferred: familiarity with navigation, communications systems, and Systems Engineering concepts.
Preferred: experience across manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
Preferred: interest in progressing to a Tech-Lead-Manager role with engineering line-management responsibility.

Benefits

Comprehensive, competitive benefits available at little to no cost to full-time employees.
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation.
Travel to co-locate with end users or other teams may be required up to 20% of the time.
The role supports autonomous maritime products through manufacturing, deployment, and sustainment.

Salary: $220k - $292k/yr

Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems designed to enhance military awareness and security across land, sea, and air. Targeting defense agencies and allied military forces, it leverages its proprietary Lattice platform to drive innovation in military capabilities. What sets Anduril...

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