Senior Software Engineer, RAIL

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

In Anduril’s Tactical Recon and Strike (TRS) division, we push the boundaries of aerial drone technology. We are the driving force behind products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt, and Altius, taking them from concept to fully operational systems that reshape defense and security. Our team tackles the entire spectrum of small‑drone development, from the drones themselves to the equipment needed for testing, deployment, and operation. We thrive on solving complex challenges and collaborating with specialist teams to deliver cutting‑edge solutions for our customers. In TRS, you will be at the forefront of innovation, working with state‑of‑the‑art technology and pushing the limits of what autonomous systems can achieve.

ABOUT THE JOB

RAIL serves two primary customers :

• Mission Autonomy (MA) – Coordinating mission‑level behaviors by manipulating hardware, such as “fly to these waypoints,” “enter radio silence mode,” or “arm munitions.”
• Robotics Business Lines – Owning specific Anduril robots end‑to‑end, as well as individual pieces of hardware on those robots.

RAIL bridges the gap between Mission Autonomy and diverse hardware by creating common interfaces. We enable Anduril to integrate with new hardware effortlessly, allowing the company to scale and deploy ambitious robot designs on short timelines. Autopilots from many vendors use different interfaces—MAVLINK, STANAG, or bespoke serial streams—but all provide the same basic functionality of flying waypoints. RAIL abstracts these differences so that Mission Autonomy can focus on writing advanced behavior without caring about the underlying protocol. RAIL also provides hardware custody management, access‑control semantics, shared‑memory IPC, and flexible observability plugins. As the layer between Mission Autonomy and low‑level hardware, you will develop expertise across nearly every robotics team at Anduril and collaborate with cross‑functional partners to launch new initiatives with Ghost, Altius, Dive, and Fury.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

US SALARY RANGE

$191,000 – $253,000 USD (base salary only; equity and benefits are included in the total compensation package).

BENEFITS

Healthcare Benefits

Additional Benefits

Retirement Savings Plan

DISCLAIMER

All information regarding eligibility for security clearances, export controls, and other legal requirements is determined during the hiring process. The recruiter for this role can provide additional details about compensation, benefits, and eligibility requirements at the time of interview.

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If you are interested in building your career at Anduril Industries, please submit your application.

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