Senior Software Engineer, Robotics Middleware

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Lattice Vehicle Interface and Robotics Middleware team develops performant and ergonomic abstractions for Lattice application software running on our robotics systems. Lattice is designed as an autonomy platform that agnostically supports a variety of hardware platforms both first and third party.

Your job on the Lattice Middleware team will be to ensure that our robotics and product development teams can focus on building their systems without worrying about the underlying incidental details such as logging, managing storage and networks or dealing with low level intricacies of deploying software to novel targets.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build and maintain performant abstractions for common robotics infrastructure utilities such as storage, logging and more
• Work with Lattice's faster than real time simulation environment to develop infrastructure that supports Lattice Application portability across simulation and robotics environments
• Work with Anduril business lines to define the middleware framework needed across third party robotics systems to support Lattice Autonomy deployment to third party systems
• Develop and maintain automated hardware-in-the-loop tests to ensure proper functionality of Linux & NixOS based systems

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience developing embedded Linux systems
• Experience developing middleware for robotics application software (i.e. vehicle interfaces)
• Experience debugging and performing root cause investigations
• Experience with C, C++ or Rust
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working on production robotics systems
• Experience with Linux kernel module development

US Salary Range

$191,000-$253,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Healthcare Benefits

• US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.

Additional Benefits

• Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
• Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
• Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
• Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

Retirement Savings Plan

• US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
• UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
• AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.

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