Anduril
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, C++
$191K–$253K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2025
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of production-grade C++ and/or Rust experience.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
About the job
Develop vehicle software for autonomous aircraft and other systems, supporting vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry from simulation through flight and fleet operations.
What you'll do
- Collaborate across engineering disciplines to build foundational vehicle software.
- Develop software for vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry.
- Build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments, with travel up to 30% of the time.
What they ask for
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of production-grade C++ and/or Rust experience in a Linux development environment.
- Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.
Nice to have
- Background in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning for modeling and simulation and physical systems.
- Experience with multi-agent autonomous systems, behavior trees, flight systems, safety-critical functionality, distributed networks, message standards, or military systems and tactics.
Pay
$191,000 — $253,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Rust, Linux
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