Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Sentry Tower

Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Sentry Tower

Irvine, California, United States

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.

The Sentry Tower Software team develops robotic systems that provide force protection capabilities, monitoring the perimeter of secure areas, land or sea, for approaching people, vehicles, and vessels. We live in a world where security officers are increasingly overwhelmed by sensor data feeds. Our products leverage advanced sensor fusion and autonomy to seamlessly render activity in the environment to Lattice's common operating picture.

We're looking for a Software Engineer specializing in Robotics to join our growing team in Irvine, CA. As a Software Engineer on the Sentry Tower Product Team you will be responsible for building and maintaining software for current and next‑generation Sentry Tower systems. This will include interacting with stakeholders like Anduril's business lines of Air Defense and Counter‑Intrusion all the way from internal engineering customers to the people in the field, prioritizing what is important to create an excellent experience for them in the long run.

• Own feature development and roll out for our products – recent examples include building out SITL/HITL, implementing security requirements, integrating sensors like cameras, GPS, and ADSB, creating APIs for actuating robotic arm movements, refining our build systems and more.
• Design, evaluate, and implement software that supports operation by both human and autonomous planning agents.
• Be responsible for service ownership, ensuring functionality, reliability, and alignment with customer objectives. This includes effective communication and a result‑oriented mindset.
• Submit well‑documented, tested pull requests addressing the team’s critical issues. The ability to negotiate system design trade‑offs in a technical, humble and open‑minded manner is key.
• Architecture and scaling our custom real‑time communication and middleware systems.

• Proficiency navigating the robotics system stack (integrating sensors, compute, and actuation), or deep expertise in low‑level software and hardware interfacing.
• 4+ years working with Rust or C++.
• Solid grasp of networking principles, including CAN and Ethernet protocols, along with expertise in hardware interfacing, diagnostic tools (e.g., Wireshark, CANoe), and cyber security principles as they pertain to secure and reliable sensor data transmission.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and building software solutions for high‑volume data processing and sophisticated sensor data analysis.
• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
• Experience with modern build systems (e.g., Nix, CMake) and setting up CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with Python or Go for tooling (and Rust, if your primary background is C++).
• Controls experience, including trajectory planning, inverse kinematics (for robotic arms), sensor fusion, etc.
• A solid understanding of real‑time systems and embedded software development.
• Familiarity with building custom data logging, observability pipelines, or edge‑compute deployment strategies.

US Salary Range: $220,000 - $292,000 USD (estimate based on compensation factors; actual offer may vary).

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 comprehensive, competitive benefits available at little to no cost to employees.

For more information on benefits, Explore Our Benefits.

Anduril is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.