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Anduril

Robot type
Drone · Defense
Location
Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Jun 18, 2026
Full-time

Robotics Software Engineer, Thunder

Job description

The Maneuver Dominance team is building Thunder - an autonomous attack rotorcraft built to fight alongside crewed combat aviation to deliver overwhelming mass effects deep beyond the front lines. The team in London builds the Mission System and the Autonomy that makes aircraft like Thunder work. The autonomy is key. It decides how Thunder coordinates with the crewed and uncrewed aircraft around it, how it adapts when the mission changes, how it behaves when the link drops and what it does in the situations no one planned for. Every one of those decisions determines whether the mission succeeds. That is the problem you would own.

We are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to join us in…

Job responsibilities

  • Own the feature development and software solutions that are deployed to customers
  • 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 that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring.
  • Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps.
  • Work closely with Anduril and 3rd party vehicle hardware teams, as well as operational subject matter experts (pilots, UAV operators, etc.) to align on requirements during product development and iterate towards a…
  • Write and maintain core libraries and services that perform critical functions for collaborative teams of robots - for example, motion deconfliction and contingency management of fast mover air vehicles.
  • Travel up to 20% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world

Job requirements

  • Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
  • 2+ years of professional industry experience working with C++ or Rust programming languages.
  • Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.
  • Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
  • A desire to work on critical software that has 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
  • Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems.

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