Principal Robotics Software Engineer, Anduril Industries

Drones

$196-294k

+ Equity

Python
Linux
Go
C++
Rust
Senior and Expert level
Los Angeles

Office located in Costa Mesa, CA

Anduril Industries

Hardware and software for national security

Job no longer available

Anduril Industries

Hardware and software for national security

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDronesAerospace

Job no longer available

$196-294k

+ Equity

Python
Linux
Go
C++
Rust
Senior and Expert level
Los Angeles

Office located in Costa Mesa, CA

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDronesAerospace

Company mission

To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.

Role

Who you are

  • BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
  • Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
  • Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
  • Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems
  • 7+ Years experience with C++ or Rust experience in a Linux development environment
  • Must be eligible to obtain and hold a US DoD Security Clearance

Desirable

  • MS or PhD
  • Experience in one or more of the following: motion planning, perception, localization, mapping, controls, and related system performance metrics
  • Python, Rust, and/or Go experience
  • Experience programming for embedded and physical devices
  • Multi-agent coordination of UAVs
  • Complex frame transformation problems, such as target localization or multi degree of freedom robotic arms

What the job involves

  • The Vehicle Autonomy (Robotics) team at Anduril develops aerial and ground-based robotic systems
  • The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Roadrunner, Bolt, and our Sentry Tower from paper sketches to operational systems
  • We work in close coordination with specialist teams like Perception, Autonomy, and Manufacturing to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers
  • We are looking for software engineers and roboticists excited about creating a powerful robotics stack that includes computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, estimation, and secure communications
  • Write and maintain core libraries (frame transformations, targeting and guidance, etc.) that all robotics platforms at Anduril will use
  • Own major feature development and rollout of large features for our products - recent examples include building a Software-in-the-Loop simulator for our Anvil product and characterizing and improving Ghost helicopter battery consumption with route planning
  • Work closely with our hardware and manufacturing teams during product development, providing quick feedback that contributes to the final hardware design

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Insights

Top investors

68% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jul 2025

$310m

GRANT

Jun 2025

$2.5bn

SERIES G

Total funding: $6.5bn

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 $1 billion Series G funding round in 2025 led by the Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $30 billion. This oversubscribed funding round came after the company doubled its revenue in 2024, when it won a contract with the US military to build its soldiers' VY/AR headsets for combat, a contract the company beat Microsoft to.

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