Anduril Industries
Senior Mission Software Engineer - Maneuver Dominance
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Anduril Industries
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 real-time, 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.
About The Role
The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. We are focused on building the next generation of autonomous capabilities by:
- Leveraging existing Anduril platforms like Ghost or Altius
- Bringing third-party platforms into Anduril’s Lattice ecosystem
- Developing breakthrough systems that will shape the future of the battlefield
We build software services and autonomy algorithms that solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.
As a Mission Software Engineer on the Maneuver Dominance team, you will:
- Solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics
- Make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs
- Ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve critical outcomes
Above all, Engineers within Maneuver Dominance are driven by a "Whatever It Takes" mindset—executed expediently, scalably, and pragmatically while keeping the mission top-of-mind, delivering successful outcomes correctly, on time, and with high quality.
What You'll Do
- Own the feature development and software solutions deployed to customers, and lead complex, cross-cutting technical efforts from concept to deployment
- 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 for debugging and monitoring
- Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next steps
- Work closely with:
- Anduril and third-party vehicle hardware teams
- Operational subject matter experts (pilots, UAV operators, etc.), to align on requirements during product development and iterate toward a final design
- Write and maintain core libraries and services performing critical functions such as:
- Motion deconfliction
- Contingency management of fast-mover air vehicles
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers
- Help raise the engineering bar through code reviews and design leadership
- Travel up to 20% of time for real-world testing and deployment
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Required Qualifications
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas such as:
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering
- Mathematics
- Physics
- 5+ years of professional industry experience working with either C++ or Rust
- Experience in designing software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
- A track record of:
- Leading technical projects
- Delivering complex software systems to production
- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
- Desire to work on critical software with a real-world impact
- A bias for action, extreme ownership, and the drive to see projects through from concept to production
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active UKSV Security Clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong background in:
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Motion Planning
- Experience with:
- Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems
- Deploying successfully in real-world environments
- Feature and algorithm development, including an understanding of behavior trees
- Developing software/hardware for:
- Flight systems
- Safety-critical functionality
- Knowledge of:
- Distributed communication networks
- Message standards
- Familiarity with:
- Military systems
- Operational tactics
Salary and Benefits
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on various factors, including:
- Base salary only
- Experience
- Education and/or training
- Critical skills
- Business considerations
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Highly competitive equity grants are included for most full-time offers and are part of Anduril’s total compensation package.
Additional benefits include:
- Support for employees in areas of health, recovery, and growth
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of its Talent acquisition process and the security of job seekers.
Threats to watch for include:
- Successful phishing and fraudulent scams
- Individuals impersonating Anduril representatives
Red flags include attempts to:
- Extract payment or sensitive personal information
- Lure job seekers with false interviews or job offers
To safeguard your details:
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No Financial Requests:
- Anduril will never ask for payment or personal financial details (e.g., banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) during hiring.
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Always verify communications:
- Diirectly from Anduril: Emails will come from an @anduril.com address.
- Via Agency Partner: Recruiting agencies must explicitly identify their affiliation in emails.
- If suspicious activity is suspected, verify the agency’s legitimacy by contacting contact@anduril.com.
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Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach:
- Avoid engaging with messages containing:
- Unusual requests
- Gramatical errors
- Avoid engaging with messages containing:
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What to Do if Fraud is Suspected:
- Report any questionable or fraudulent communications to contact@anduril.com
- Your caution is critical in protecting personal information and maintaining the security of Anduril’s recruitment process.
Data Privacy
For more details regarding Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, visit: Anduril Applicant Privacy Notice
Consent Notice: By submitting your application, you consent to the use of a third-party risk and integrity screening service during hiring. This service ensures compliance with applicable laws and helps safeguard Anduril’s technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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