Senior Firmware Engineer, Bare-Metal

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.

Anduril is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to join our team based in Costa Mesa, CA. The firmware team at Anduril develops core technology used across multiple products such as Menace, Dive‑XL, Ghost, and Roadrunner. We work in close coordination with Electrical Engineering to develop hardware and software solutions to some of the hardest problems facing our customers. You’ll contribute low level firmware development for systems operating on land, sea, and air.

• Develop low‑level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system‑level features and architect changes to support an ever‑growing codebase
• Own complex firmware features of an embedded system
• Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
• Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with electrical engineering team
• Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages
• Design and implement highly efficient, resource‑constrained firmware solutions that interface directly with hardware at the register level for maximum performance and precision

• BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience
• Experience:
  
  5+ years of firmware/embedded software development, with a focus on embedded systems
• Strong C coding ability for embedded 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
• Deep practical experience with direct register manipulation and low‑level hardware access to configure and control microcontroller peripherals and GPIO
• 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, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

• Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP
  430, PIC, etc.)
• Have a bias for action. If you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it
• Be naturally curious about the technologies and tools you use

$191,000 — $253,000 USD

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:

• US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.

• Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
• Family Planning &…