Mission Software Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Reston, VA
Salary: $166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted: 52 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k

This role $193k

$133k most similar roles pay here $229k

This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$213,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1504 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Mission Software Engineer

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As a Mission Software Engineer, you will join the team to solve complex problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs. You will own software solutions deployed to customers, write code to scale mission capabilities, collaborate across teams to build and test functionality, and create metrics for debugging and monitoring. The role involves triaging issues, root causing failures, and partnering with end-users to translate needs into features. You will utilize programming languages such as Go, Rust, or Python, along with frontend frameworks like React or Angular. The work focuses on developing software for safety-critical functionality and distributed communication networks. This position addresses the technical challenge of integrating various systems to achieve critical outcomes in a defense context involving high volumes of data processing and analysis.

Skills

Go Rust Python React Angular Data Processing Networking Robotics Systems Integration Mandarin

What you'll do

Own the software solutions that are deployed directly to customers.
Write code to improve products and scale mission capabilities for more users.
Create and analyze metrics used for debugging and monitoring systems.
Triage issues, identify root causes of failures, and coordinate necessary next steps.
Translate end-user needs into functional features while balancing engineering constraints.
Travel up to 50% of the time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the field.

What we're looking for

Must be willing to travel up to 50% of the time to Asia Pacific.
Must have fluent Mandarin language skills.
Strong engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
Experience working with programming languages including Go, Rust, or Python.
Experience working with frontend frameworks such as React or Angular.
Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
Preferred 4+ years of professional industry experience.

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