Senior Firmware Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $191,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted: 43 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Firmware Engineer

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As a Senior Firmware Engineer - ESAD, you will join the Firmware Team to develop low-level embedded software for multiple product platforms including Barracuda, Dive-LD, Altius, and Roadrunner. You will be responsible for writing clean, verifiable C code for microcontrollers, designing and documenting test procedures to ensure firmware behavior meets specific requirements, and maintaining strict requirement traceability. Your daily work involves troubleshooting issues across electrical, firmware, and software boundaries while supporting board bring-up and hardware-firmware integration. The role requires expertise in C programming, common bus protocols such as SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, and Ethernet. You will manage multiple projects from prototype through production, utilizing skills in Python for test automation and experience with microcontroller cores like ARM, AVR, MSP430, or PIC to solve complex hardware-software integration challenges in a high-reliability environment.

What does a Firmware Engineer earn?

Median $202800 from 35 postings across 9 companies.

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Skills

C Embedded Systems Microcontrollers ARM AVR MSP430 PIC SPI I2C CAN RS232 RS485 Ethernet Python Test Automation Requirements Management Jama DOORS Hardware-Firmware Integration

What you'll do

Develop low-level firmware in C for microcontrollers across multiple product platforms.
Design, develop, and document test procedures to verify firmware behavior against requirements.
Debug and troubleshoot issues spanning electrical, firmware, and software boundaries.
Support board bring-up and hardware-firmware integration with cross-functional teams.
Maintain requirements traceability to ensure every requirement has a corresponding verification test.
Manage multiple projects concurrently from the prototype stage through production.

What we're looking for

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
4+ years of firmware/embedded software development experience.
Strong C coding ability for embedded systems.
Hands-on experience developing and executing test procedures for embedded firmware.
Solid understanding of board bring-up, debugging, and coding best practices.
Experience with common bus protocols including SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, and Ethernet.
Familiarity with requirements generation and linking requirements to verification tests.
Must be a U.S. Person due to export-controlled information or facility access.