Anduril Industries is hiring a Software Engineer for the Strategic Defense team in Reston, Virginia. In this onsite role, you will help build a software-defined command and control layer designed to counter ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats.
Role Overview
You will write production software across areas such as networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and mission-scale software capabilities. The work involves collaborating with multiple engineering teams and supporting real-world build, test, and deployment activities, including travel as needed.
Responsibilities
- Own software solutions that are deployed to customers at the edge of innovation and necessity
- Write code to improve robust command and control (C2) products and scale mission capabilities
- Collaborate across multiple engineering teams to plan, build, and test functionality of complex systems
- Partner with end-users to convert needs into features quickly while balancing user experience and engineering constraints
- Travel 10-30% with the team to build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments
Requirements
- 3-8+ years writing production software in languages such as C++, Rust, Go, or Python for real users or systems
- Owned a feature or service end-to-end, including design, implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting when issues arise
- Debugged problems in code you did not write and systems you did not design
- Ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-software-engineering audiences such as operators, hardware engineers, and customers
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Technologies
Preferred Qualifications
- Interest in working on critical software with real-world impact
- Exposure to robotics, distributed systems, networking, or real-time systems
- Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control (C2) programs
- Experience working on systems where software interfaces with physical hardware
- Experience building software solutions involving substantial data processing and analysis
- Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Math, or Physics
- Willingness to travel up to 20% to Asia Pacific
About the Strategic Defense Team
The Strategic Defense team at Anduril supports the United States and its allies by protecting against ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats. These threats arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and often come in volleys intended to overwhelm legacy systems.
To address this, the team is building a software-defined command and control layer intended to see, decide, and act faster than a human operator could alone. The group spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to help build an accredited fire control system fielded rapidly and at scale.
The team is also involved in incubating and maturing AI-native offerings for the integrated air and missile defense domain.
About the Job Process
This application is for experienced coders with 3+ years of experience. The process includes live coding interviews and does not require active clearance, but you must be eligible.
As a Software Engineer on Strategic Defense, you will work alongside experienced peers to solve problems related to networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more. You will make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs in ambiguous scenarios to support multiple mission outcomes.
You will collaborate with teams across AI, Edge Hardware, Space Solutions, Networking, and Test Engineering to deliver end-to-end systems for major strategic capabilities.
Benefits
Anduril provides a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) designed to support employees in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.
Location and Compensation
- Location: Reston, VA (onsite)
- Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 per year
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