Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Intelligence Systems

About the position

We are looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Sr. SWE) to join our rapidly growing team in Reston, Virginia. In this role you will be responsible for developing software throughout the entire hardware and software stack. This may include writing firmware and middleware components to a custom network stack, porting and refactoring code bases between languages, performance tuning, integrating encryption systems, designing software architectures, and other software development and engineering as needed. You will need to work within tight timelines and resource constraints.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with project managers to write software for fully custom embedded systems.
• Work at any level of the hardware/software stack, from firmware to GUI frameworks.
• Work with existing teams to maintain and update existing software systems.
• Provide technical leadership and the ability to learn new software technologies quickly.
• Provide software designs, estimates, and schedules as needed to program and project management.
• Actively contribute to software development for critical tasks to meet program deadlines.
• Adhere to software best practices to include: coding standards, perform code reviews, interact with revision control, build processes, and testing.
• Triage issues and investigate root cause failures.
• Report to the overall software lead for the project.
• Coordinate with other software team leads, engineering leads, external teams and/or subcontractors, as needed.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software development, with 7+ in bare metal and embedded systems development.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields, with a focus on embedded software systems, sensors, or other small form-factor systems.
• Experience working in constrained development environments, including air-gapped systems.
• Experience building low-level embedded software solutions including hardware integration and bare-metal code development.
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
• Ability to understand and implement complex certification requirements.
• Willingness to write and oversee world-class code with a deep commitment to solid, reviewed, well tested, well commented, well documented code.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.

Nice-to-haves

• B.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience building top-to-bottom, full-stack (bare metal on up).
• Experience implementing network and communication protocols, cryptographic systems, display protocols, or similar.
• Experience working with complex SoCs.
• Experience with ISRs, MMUs, timers.
• Experience developing operating systems or portions thereof.
• Experience with FPGA systems and commercial wireless systems software stacks (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.).
• Strong focus on security.

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
• For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)