Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control
Anduril Industries
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This role pays more than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $151,168–$197,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $192k versus about $174k for comparable roles.
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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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Senior Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control joins the Lattice for Space C2 team to develop ground-side services that manage satellite missions. You will own the architecture, delivery, and operation of command-and-control software, including systems for mission planning, telemetry ingestion, antenna brokering, and space-to-ground protocol stacks. The role involves building modular capabilities on the Lattice platform while integrating with legacy defense systems and modern orbital hardware. Key responsibilities include designing gRPC/Protobuf API contracts, managing Kubernetes deployments in secure government clouds, and developing software-in-the-loop simulations to validate operations. You will utilize Go, Rust, or C++ to build backend services and integrate with physical components like software-defined radios and ground stations. The work addresses the technical challenge of providing reliable command and control for space domain awareness and orbital mission execution in a contested environment.
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