Machine Learning Research Engineer

Washington, District of Columbia, 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.

Anduril’s Lattice software platform integrates together many sensors into a single cohesive view of the world, providing needed context for our users. AI Engineers on Anduril’s Frontier AI team build edge‑compatible, generative AI systems into the Lattice software platform to provide features and products that improve autonomy and reduce cognitive burden on the warfighter. Specific applications include but are not limited to automating mission planning, battle‑space understanding, voice‑control of assets, and enabling higher‑levels of autonomy.

• Distill and fine‑tune transformer architectures so they can be deployed onto edge devices or compute‑denied environments
• Propose and prototype LLM‑based agentic systems that help solve real world problems, leveraging the latest state‑of‑the‑art techniques in the field
• Develop and maintain mission relevant benchmarks
• Work cross‑functionally with different business lines across Anduril to help discover and scope new research problems

• BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years experience developing and benchmarking ML algorithms
• Experience pushing and maintaining ML algorithms in production
• Strong Python skills with experience in ML frameworks such as Py Torch
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export‑controlled information or facilities

• Experience fine‑tuning transformer‑based model
• Experience deploying deep‑learning based models to edge devices or air‑gapped environments
• Prior experience in defense tech or start‑up

US Salary Range

$220,000 - $292,000 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:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.