Staff Software Engineer, EW

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $220,000–$292,000 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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 · Staff Software Engineer, EW

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Staff Software Engineer, EW joins the Electronic Warfare team to build the software ecosystem for a next-generation electronic warfare platform. This role involves developing high-performance implementations of numerical algorithms, creating hardware abstractions, and designing tooling to deploy advanced DSP and RFML models for detecting and defeating emerging threats. You will work with digital systems, DSP, and RFML engineers to integrate electronic warfare products with the Lattice system-of-systems suite. Key technical requirements include experience with software-defined digital radio systems, high-performance numerical algorithm development, and Linux kernel module development. Preferred skills include typed functional programming languages like Haskell, OCaml, or Rust, as well as experience with FPGAs, GPUs, and Nix/NixOS. The work focuses on delivering correct, high-reliability, mission-critical code for complex RF data generation and manipulation.

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Skills

Embedded Software DSP RFML Haskell Rust OCaml Linux Kernel FPGA Nix NixOS Numerical Algorithms Configuration Management Deterministic Builds

What you'll do

Develop hardware abstractions in collaboration with FPGA, DSP, and firmware engineers.
Design tooling to rapidly deploy advanced DSP and RFML models for threat detection.
Implement high-performance numerical algorithms for RF data generation, analysis, and manipulation.
Develop high-reliability software for electronic warfare that integrates with the Lattice ecosystem.
Utilize infrastructure for deterministic builds and configuration management to ensure software traceability.
Create high-performance interfaces between next-generation RF hardware and software.

What we're looking for

10+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
Experience with software-defined digital radio systems.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.
Experience with typed functional programming languages such as Haskell, OCaml, or Rust (preferred).
Experience with high performance numerical algorithm development (preferred).
Experience with Linux kernel module development (preferred).
Experience writing software that interfaces with FPGAs and GPUs (preferred).
Experience with Nix/NixOS (preferred).

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