Firmware Engineer Intern, Anduril Industries
Summer 2025
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Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hardware and software for national security
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Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- Pursuing a BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience
- Must be a rising senior at the time of their internship and returning to school at the end of their internship to continue their academic studies for at least one quarter/semester
- Solid C coding ability for embedded systems
- Some experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital designs
- Some experience developing firmware in bare-metal or RTOS environments
- Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
- Some familiarity with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc
Desirable
- Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.)
- Some experience debugging with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, or Logic analyzers
- Have a bias for action. If you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
- Be naturally curious about the technologies and tools you use
What the job involves
- The Firmware team designs embedded firmware from concept to production for our growing fleet of UAS and ground systems
- This dynamic role works closely with other electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers to support new developments and active deployments
- Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
- Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2024
$1.5bn
SERIES F
Dec 2022
$1.5bn
SERIES E
Total funding: $3.7bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
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Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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