Senior Embedded Realtime Software Engineer

About Anduril

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

The Anduril Imaging team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems, deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies. We are interested in candidates that are excited to build Anduril's next generation of imaging products from the ground up.

About the Job

You will implement and deploy the core real-time image processing software of our infrared imaging systems. Your work will be essential to ensuring we can quickly field new technologies to embedded and SWAP-limited hardware, scale quickly, and securely integrate into the complex defense systems.

What You’ll Do

• Apply your experience configuration Linux based operating systems and developing terminal-based software
• Become an expert in Nix and NixOS and help define and implement NixOS based embedded systems
• Gain a deep understanding of our unique infrared sensor systems and our existing image processing software
• Contribute to the development of real-time, high-bandwidth processing pipelines in C++ and/or CUDA
• Define and implement test and simulation environments, incorporating both software- and hardware-in-the-loop methodologies
• Support end-to-end system delivery, from initial design to manufacturing, deployment, and sustainment
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team on challenging problems in a fast-paced environment

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional C++ software development experience and using development tools such as GIT, JIRA, and CI/CD systems
• Experience developing low-latency, high-throughput software on Linux based systems, including knowledge of system utilities and basic configuration
• Experience testing and debugging firmware on hardware platforms
• Experience with software infrastructure fundamentals including networking, security, and distributed systems
• Ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies and frameworks
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and produce detailed technical documentation
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with configuration Linux operating systems and Linux kernel development
• Experience working with a variety of programming languages such as C, Rust, Python, etc.
• Familiarity in graphics programming or image processing
• Experience in connectivity and high-performance networking software development
• Any experience in Nix/NixOS is a big plus
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance

Compensation

US Salary Range: $165,000 - $218,000 USD

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.