Senior Software Engineer, VMS

Senior Software Engineer, VMS - Seabed Sentry

Anduril Industries

[Maritime & Manoeuvre Dominance : Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike - Engineering & Operations : Software

Engineering] •

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.

Senior Software Engineer, VMS

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 defense

capability.

About the Job

Senior Software Engineers independently drive the delivery of a variety of embedded and/or safety critical software

integrated in to our products. This includes device management, drivers, firmware, power management, networking, and

contingency management and recovery. We expect Senior Software Engineers to demonstrate end-to-end outcome

ownership at the major subsystem or system level. Senior Software Engineers contribute as a technical lead to the rapid

architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next generation autonomous platforms through their entire

product life-cycle.

What You’ll Do

Design and implement trusted, safety critical Vehicle Management Systems that balance constraints, restrictions

and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Design and implement scalable vehicle sub-systems including sensor processing, state estimation, contingency

management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces.

Contribute to the design and development of existing software components across Anduril, with the aim of

developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines.

Develop real-time embedded software using an RTOS.

Develop device drivers and interfaces to a variety of sensors and actuators.2

Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software-and hardware-in-the-loop.

Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.

Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, including as a mentor for 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.

Experienced and proficient at writing C.

Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS).

Familiarity with communications busses and protocols (e.g. CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI,

QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, etc).

Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization.

Capacity to act as the technical owner for a software component, including stakeholder engagement, requirements

definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution.

Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, contributing to team

cohesion and capacity.

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in design and development of embedded applications in autonomous vehicle software systems.

Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software applications.

Experience in developing interfaces to sensors and actuators.

Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.

Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems.

Experience with DO-178, IEC 61508, or similar certifications.

Familiarity with navigation and communications systems.

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 Senior Software Engineer, such as Staff

Software Engineer and/or Software Engineering Manager.

US Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 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:

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.

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