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 working on low-level flight software for microcontrollers, creating reusable device drivers, and integrating system-level features. You will architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase and develop hardware drivers to interface with various sensors such as Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs).

Key Responsibilities

• Develop low-level flight software for microcontrollers.
• Create reusable device drivers and integrate system-level features.
• Architect changes to support an expanding codebase.
• Develop hardware drivers to interface with sensors like IMUs.
• Contribute to hardware-in-the-loop testing to verify and validate software and hardware functionality.
• Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues across electrical, firmware, and software boundaries.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 technologies and tools.

Benefits

Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% for your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance.
• Generous company holiday calendar and PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support.
• Mental Health Resources available 24/7.
• Professional development stipend.
• Daily meals and provisions in many offices.
• Company-funded commuter benefits.
• 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 together the brightest minds and best-in-class talent 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!