Principal Flight Software Engineer

Principal Flight Software Engineer

About the Role

As a Principal Flight Software Engineer at Anduril Industries, you will be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge flight software for autonomous systems. This role involves designing and implementing low-level flight software for microcontrollers, creating reusable device drivers, and integrating system-level features. You will work closely with the electrical engineering team to select microcontrollers and peripherals, review schematics, and ensure seamless integration of hardware and software components.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop low-level flight software for microcontrollers.
• Create reusable device drivers and integrate system-level features.
• Architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase.
• Develop hardware drivers to interface with various sensors such as Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs).
• Contribute to hardware-in-the-loop testing to verify and validate combined software and hardware functionality.
• Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries.
• Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with the electrical engineering team.

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• Excellent C coding ability for embedded systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing embedded software for autonomous flight vehicles.
• Advanced competency in real-time embedded software control systems.
• Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors.
• Experience developing firmware in bare-metal or RTOS environments.
• Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers.
• Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Solid experience with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, ARINC-825, RS232/485, Ethernet.
• U.S. Persons status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with flight software such as Ardupilot.
• Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.).
• A bias for action and problem-solving.
• Natural curiosity about the technologies and tools you use.

Benefits

Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance.
• Generous PTO and holiday calendar.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support.
• Mental Health Resources.
• Professional development stipend.
• Daily meals and provisions.
• Commuter benefits and relocation assistance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.

About Anduril

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company committed to transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results, controlling our products from start to finish. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently, bringing the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters.

If you are passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!