Staff Software Engineer, Air Defense

Irvine, CA (OC-62)full time

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$220k–$292k

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Anduril Industries Staff Software Engineer at Anduril Industries develops software solutions for air defense systems, focusing on networking, autonomy, and systems integration. The role involves collaborating across teams, writing code, analyzing metrics, triaging issues, and traveling up to 30% for real-world deployments.

Responsibilities

Own the software solutions that are deployed to customers
Write code to improve products and scale the mission capability to more customers
Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring
Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next steps
Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world

Qualification

Strong background with focus in Physics$220

Required

Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
10+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, etc.
Strong Experience with React and Javascript/TypeScript
Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred

Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems
Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments
Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees
Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality
Distributed communication networks and message standards
Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics
$220,000—$292,000 USD
The 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:

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Anduril Industries

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