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At the midpoint, this role pays about
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$173k
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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$146,000–$194,000
across 1504 roles with salary data.
Senior Software Engineer, Air Defense joins the Air Defense team to develop, test, and deploy systems designed to detect, track, and defeat Unmanned Aerial System threats. This role involves owning software solutions for customers, writing code to scale mission capabilities, collaborating across teams to build complex functionality, and analyzing metrics for debugging and monitoring. The position requires navigating complex systems while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs in networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics. Candidates should possess a strong background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, with over six years of experience using programming languages such as Python, C++, Rust, Go, and JavaScript. Preferred skills include motion planning, behavior trees, distributed communication networks, and developing software for flight systems. The work focuses on solving critical problems within the domain of autonomous defense and counter-UAS technologies.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.
Python
C++
Rust
Go
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Motion Planning
Behavior Trees
Networking
Data Processing
Modeling & Simulation
Robotics
Systems Integration