Senior Mission Software Engineer, EW

Andurils Electronic Warfare (EW) division builds next-generation electronic warfare platforms hardware-enabled software-defined systems operating at scale in contested environments. The team recently secured an $85M contract (first tranche of $125M) awarded in under 24 hours from funding delivered 30 novel system configurations into active combat in under a week and earned a unanimous fielding recommendation from government evaluators. Production is scaling from hundreds to thousands of units and the software challenges are scaling with it.
We are building a new Mission Software Engineering (MSE) team to own the full software lifecycle development integration deployment sustainment and customer success. This team needs experienced engineers who can take ownership of critical systems and drive technical decisions in a high-stakes fast-moving environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Were looking for Senior Mission Software Engineers who bring deep expertise in at least one area and the ability to contribute across several. The MSE teams scope is broad: embedded software and hardware interfaces backend services and data pipelines deployment and configuration management integration with the Anduril Lattice ecosystem and operator-facing applications. You might spike in one of these what matters is that you can operate independently make sound architectural decisions and drive work to completion across team boundaries.
At this level youll be expected to own significant technical areas influence the teams engineering practices mentor junior engineers and interface directly with customers and operators to ensure our software meets the mission.

• Own and drive the technical direction for one or more critical areas of the EW software stack
• Architect and implement solutions that work reliably in production at scale and in contested operational environments
• Debug complex cross-system issues spanning embedded software networking applications and deployed infrastructure
• Develop high-performance software whether thats numerical algorithms for RF data deployment automation Lattice integration services or operator tools
• Drive engineering quality through architectural review code review testing strategy and operational practices
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers raising the bar for the teams technical capabilities
• Work directly with customers and operators to understand mission requirements and translate them into engineering priorities
• Collaborate with embedded software DSP/RFML systems architecture and growth teams
• Support field deployments integration events and customer engagements
• Contribute to building the MSE teams culture processes and technical standards from the ground up

• 7 years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in at least two of: Haskell Rust C Go TypeScript
• Deep expertise in at least one of the following areas:
• Embedded systems real-time systems or hardware/software interfaces
• Backend services distributed systems or data infrastructure
• Deployment systems CI/CD configuration management or infrastructure-as-code
• Systems integration networking or system-of-systems architecture
• Experience with Linux systems at a production level (administration debugging performance)
• Track record of owning and shipping complex software in a high-stakes or fast-moving environment
• Ability to work independently and drive technical decisions with minimal oversight
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with customers
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance
• Willingness to travel up to 30%

• Experience with Haskell and/or Rust in production environments
• Experience with electronic warfare software-defined radio or RF systems
• Familiarity with Nix/NixOS for deterministic builds and system configuration
• Experience with FPGA development (Verilog VHDL) especially Xilinx
• Experience with MATLAB and C code generation
• Experience with containerized deployments (Kubernetes Docker) in edge or operational environments
• Experience building engineering teams or functions from early stages
• Prior experience in defense technology or military operations
• Contributions to open source projects

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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

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

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