Drimva

Anduril

Mission Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, Active Clearance

$166K–$220K

Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Mar 14, 2025

Experience
3+ years working with a variety of programming languages.

About the job

Build foundational vehicle software for autonomous aircraft and other systems, covering control, networking, sensors, telemetry, simulation, flight, and fleet operations.

What you'll do

  • Develop vehicle software for control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry.
  • Build software supporting the vehicle lifecycle, from concept simulation and first flight to live operations and fleet management.
  • Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to deliver vehicle software.

What they ask for

  • Currently possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
  • Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
  • 3+ years working with a variety of programming languages.
  • Experience building software involving significant data processing and analysis.

Nice to have

  • Background in Physics, Mathematics, or Motion Planning for modeling and simulation or physical systems.
  • Experience with multi-agent autonomous systems, flight or safety-critical systems, behavior trees, distributed networks, or military systems.

Pay

$166,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript

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