Mission Software Engineer, Mission Systems, Networking

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

15h • Onsite

About The Position

The AD&S Mission Systems Software team builds the distributed infrastructure that connects these vehicles to command and control. We develop the messaging, orchestration, and networking backbone that ties individual vehicles into coordinated, multi-vehicle operations. Our engineers develop the services that integrate with Lattice OS, coordinate fleets of vehicles in the field, and task and manage mission payloads and effects. We are looking for engineers excited to own from cradle-to-grave resilient, distributed mission software that supports the full range of AD&S initiatives: from early concept simulation to live operations and large scale fleet management.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• Ability to diagnose & root cause arbitrary & complex networking or routing failures in multi hop networks
• Ability to read packet captures and use standard network debugging tools (tcpdump, Wireshark, etc.)
• Experience with end to end testing of both unicast and multicast data flows
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/UDP, socket programming, MTU, multicast, TLS/mTLS
• Experience utilizing timing protocols such as NTP and PTP
• CCNA or equivalent exp.
• A high comfort working in a Linux environment
• Experience with systemd
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Experience with Git & GitHub
• 2-3+ years of experience using C++, Rust, or equivalent mid-level language
• Travel up to 30% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Track record of high ownership and bias for action

Nice To Haves

• Experience building or maintaining distributed systems (message buses, RPC frameworks, consensus protocols, or similar)
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming models (async/await, event loops, futures)
• Comfort working with Protocol Buffers and/or gRPC
• Experience with Linux’s FRR package
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance

Responsibilities

• Own from cradle-to-grave resilient, distributed mission software that supports the full range of AD&S initiatives: from early concept simulation to live operations and large scale fleet management.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: Benefits At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level