Staff Software Engineer

Anduril

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• Lead design and delivery of software systems for autonomous maritime platforms, acting as a senior technical leader and hands-on contributor across autonomy, simulation, data processing, and command-and-control applications. • Own end-to-end outcomes for multi-year software roadmaps spanning multiple teams and stakeholders, driving rapid architecting and delivery of next-generation autonomous systems through their full product lifecycle. • Work on cutting-edge defense technology including AI-powered Lattice OS and autonomous underwater vessels (Dive-XL, Dive-LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry) supporting billion-dollar contracts and Robot-as-a-Service operations. • Collaborate with diverse teams of software engineers, robotics experts, AI specialists, and sensor fusion engineers to deliver systems that directly impact U.S. and allied military capabilities. • Demonstrate exceptional technical depth and leadership to drive innovation in autonomous systems, sensor integration, and real-time data processing for maritime defense operations.

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.

About the Team

Anduril’s Maritime Division has assembled a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the capabilities of our customers. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of maritime operations. Anduril has brought to market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth underwater vessel platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "small" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on billion-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

We are seeking to sustain our early successes with deep investment in an expanded product portfolio. These products, including Dive-XL, Dive-LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and other unannounced systems, will deliver a coherent system-of-systems, enabling the end-to-end conduct of a variety of autonomous missions in the maritime domain. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact and working on systems that directly contribute to achieving national strategic priorities, we want you to join Anduril’s Maritime Division and help us build the future of defence capability.

About the Job

Staff Software Engineers lead the delivery of a variety of software integrated in to our products, acting as technical leads, extremely senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on contributors. This includes autonomy, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off-board command and control and decision support. We expect Staff Software Engineers to demonstrate unparalleled end-to-end outcome ownership, driving the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life-cycle.

What You’ll Do

Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software roadmap that spans across multiple teams.
Leverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
Partner with external teams, collaborating on interfacing requirements between diverse systems and technologies
Drive architecture selection and design for robotic systems, including hardware selection, compute, storage and network architecture, service orchestration and other software platform concerns that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
Contribute to the design and development of a company wide roadmap for software inputs to autonomous systems
Lead teams that develop software that runs on- and off- platform, using a variety of technologies
Act as a subject matter expert for software engineering, representing software equities in a multi-stakeholder environment including engineering, business and sales leadership.
Drive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of software, including full lifecycle testing
Drive the creation of test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop
Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment
Lead teams of multi-disciplinary engineers, including as a mentor for Senior Software Engineers from differing backgrounds
Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
Experience in a leadership position within a high performing technology organization
Extensive professional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise
Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, scaling, testing, infrastructure, software design and system design
Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment
Capacity to act as the technical owner for an entire software system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring senior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a senior role for the delivery of a military mission system
Experience writing backend services or embedded software in C++, Rust and/or Go
Experience writing frontend applications using Typescript and React
Experience with the design, implementation and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies
Experience with the design, implementation and support of embedded software, particularly in the field of robotics
Experience with modeling and simulation
Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software
Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
Familiarity with Systems Engineering concepts
Desire to learn and grow in to other roles that require experience as a Staff Software Engineer, such as Principal Software Engineer and/or Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Desire to grow in to a Tech-Lead-Manager role, with responsibility for line management of engineers, in addition to delivery

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:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
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Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

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Company:
Anduril
Location:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Job Type:
Internship
Experience Level:
Mid
Source:
Greenhouse
Status:
Active

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