CareerPlan

Staff Software Engineer, Active Clearance, Air Defense

Irvine, CA (OC-62)Full-time$220k2026-07-14 → 2026-11-11
Based in United StatesSecurity clearance required

Core

Designing and deploying software solutions for networked sensors and effectors that detect, track, and neutralize airborne threats (UAS) in real-world environments.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Autonomy & Systems Integration)

Builds

Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems (FoS) including robots, sensors, and effectors

Domain

Defense / Robotics / Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, Rust, Go, data processing, complex system navigation, mission-critical software development

Preferred skills

NixOS, multi-agent autonomous systems, behavior trees, flight systems software, distributed communication networks, military tactics knowledge

Responsibilities

Own deployed software solutions, write code to improve and scale mission capability, collaborate on complex functionality planning and testing, create and analyze metrics for debugging/monitoring, triage issues and root cause failures, partner with end-users to define features

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact