- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- IrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Jun 8, 2026
- Salary
- $191,000–$253,000 a year
Software Engineer, Robotics
Job description
The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense Team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters. From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) threats.
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
Job responsibilities
- Write and maintain core libraries and services that perform critical functions for collaborative teams of robots - for example, frame transformations, targeting and guidance, etc.
- Own major feature development and rollout of large, complex features for our products. This includes systems analysis, sensor selection and integration, perception architecture and implementation, motion planning,…
- Implement scalable sub-systems including sensor processing, perception, tracking, motion planning, health management, anomaly detection, simulation, testing fixtures, and vehicle interfaces
- Work closely with Anduril and 3rd party robotic platform hardware teams, as well as operational subject matter experts to align on requirements during product development and iterate towards a final design.
Job requirements
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
- 3+ years of C++ or Rust experience in a Linux development environment
- Demonstrated experience leading projects or teams with the ability to inspire, mentor, and grow other engineers.
- Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
- Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- MS, ideally in areas/fields such as Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering
- Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
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