Staff Software Engineer, EW
Anduril Industries is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, EW. It pays $220k-$292k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Anduril Industries.
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- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
- The listed pay starts 32% above the typical software engineer posting on Level.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include computer vision.
- Level lists 2,500+ other open roles at Anduril Industries.
- The role was posted in the last few days.
AI in this role
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril’s Electronic Warfare (EW) team is seeking experienced generalist embedded software engineers to build out the software ecosystem supporting a next-generation electronic warfare platform. As an Embedded software engineer, you’ll develop high-performance implementations of numerical algorithms, collaborate with digital systems engineers to enable maximum-performance interfaces between next-gen RF hardware and software, work with DSP and RFML engineers to rapidly deploy bleeding-edge capabilities to our customers, and collaborate with the wider software organization to deliver seamless integration of electronic warfare products with the Anduril Lattice system-of-systems suite. You will apply state-of-the-art software construction techniques to ensure the timely delivery of correct mission-critical code.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Develop cutting-edge hardware abstractions in collaboration with FPGA, DSP, and firmware engineers.
- Design tooling for rapidly deploying advanced DSP and RFML models to detect and defeat emerging threats.
- Implement high-performance numerical algorithms for RF data generation, analysis, and manipulation.
- Develop correct, high-reliability software for electronic warfare that integrates with the Anduril Lattice ecosystem.
- Utilize infrastructure providing deterministic builds and configuration management for deployment, guaranteeing software traceability and minimizing the maintenance burden of our products.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years professional experience in software engineering
- Experience with software-defined digital radio systems
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with typed functional programming languages (e.g. Haskell, OCaml, or Rust)
- Experience with software-defined digital radio systems
- Experience with high performance numerical algorithm development
- Experience with Linux kernel module development
- Experience writing software that interfaces with FPGAs and GPUs
- Experience with Nix/NixOS
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers 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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
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How we rate this
Staff Software Engineer, EW at Anduril Industries rates 33 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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