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Robot type
Drone · Defense
Location
Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Jul 22, 2026
Salary
$220,000–$292,000 a year
Full-time

Senior Flight Software Engineer

Job description

The Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) software team, which is part of Anduril's Tactical Recon and Strike (TRS) division, develops flight computer vehicle software for small drones (Group 1–3).

Are you passionate about avionics and flight software? Join us in refining the foundation for a common Vehicle Management System (VMS) that can be used across Group 1–3 UAVs. The team is enhancing the current Altius VMS to support modularity, clean abstractions, and faster new-aircraft development cycles—laying the groundwork for scalable, reusable flight software across the TRS product line.

The right person for this role has experience in flight control software and embedded Linux or RTOS…

Job responsibilities

  • Design and implement vehicle control systems.
  • Develop embedded software for pre-emptible Linux or RTOS applications.
  • Develop device drivers, protocols, and APIs for aircraft sensors.
  • Integrate new features and sensors into flight controller software.
  • Integrate guidance and control algorithms with the flight software stack.
  • Create Software-In-The-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) test fixtures and automation.
  • Analyze flight test results and iterate quickly on fixes and improvements.
  • Support device manufacturing efforts, debugging, and production-level test.

Job requirements

  • 7+ years of C++ or Rust programming experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Direct experience with embedded software or other safety-critical systems.
  • Background in low-level embedded software architecture, design and development.
  • Low-level device driver development experience; familiarity with both microcontrollers and application processors.
  • Comfortable with typical embedded systems tools, compilers, debuggers, and IDEs.
  • Familiarity with communications busses and protocols such as CAN, CAN FD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc.
  • Strong debugging skills, comfortable using instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
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