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Anduril Industries
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Software Engineer, Sensor Simulation

Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, California, United States
$166k-$220k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities
  • developing capabilities
  • integrating services
  • debugging systems
Requirements
  • 4+ years professional C++ experience
  • Proficiency with Unreal Engine or robotics/autonomy sensor simulation
  • Strong CS fundamentals (data structures
  • Algorithms
  • Concurrency)
  • Experience debugging remote systems and performance tools
  • Willing to travel ~10%
  • Eligible for U.S. Secret clearance
Technical tools mentioned
C++Unreal EnginegdbbpftraceperfRustLinuxHLSLVulkanCUDALattice OS

Job description

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Sensor Simulation team at Anduril is building a platform for generating synthetic imagery for a variety of teams across the company. Use cases span a variety of areas, such as SITL (software in the loop) and HITL (hardware in the loop) integration tests of our systems, machine learning (ML) data generation and user training simulations. Our mission is to close the sim2real gap—building synthetic imagery pipelines so realistic and physically accurate that our autonomy stack can't tell the difference between synthetic and real-world data. This directly accelerates development and validation of Anduril's perception and autonomy capabilities. We're looking for software engineers with strong coding skills and deep, relevant experience who can learn quickly and help build out the platform. Candidates must have hands-on background in robotics, autonomy systems, or game engines—we need versatile generalists who can connect cutting-edge graphics with real-world sensor behavior.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Develop and maintain core capabilities in Unreal Engine such as a terrain rendering pipeline, vehicle physics models, and many more
  • Work with other platform teams at Anduril to ensure our service integrates seamlessly with other core services
  • Integrate various plugins and third party capabilities into our platform, figuring out how to best make use of them and working around or fixing any bugs
  • Collaborate closely with other teams across the company to enable them to integrate synthetic imagery and bring back lessons learned to help improve our product
  • Iterate on sensor fidelity and environmental realism based on feedback from autonomy teams, bridging the gap between synthetic training data and real-world performance

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must have 4+ years of professional C++ programming experience
  • Must be willing to travel 10% for collaboration across offices
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Strong communication skills are a must.
  • Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Game Design, Robotics.
  • Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
  • Proficiency with Unreal Engine OR demonstrated experience in robotics/autonomy systems (e.g., sensor simulation, perception pipelines, SITL/HITL testing)
  • Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
  • Experience with various tools for performance analysis and debugging problems (gdb, bpftrace, perf, etc)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • MS in Computer Science or Software Engineering
  • Rust programming experience
  • Experience in a Linux development environment
  • GPU and graphics programming experience, including languages such as HLSL, Vulkan, or CUDA
  • Familiarity with training machine learning models, especially for computer vision use cases
  • Understanding of sensor physics (cameras, LiDAR, radar, EO/IR) and how to model them accurately in simulation
  • Experience with 3D modeling tools
US Salary Range
$166,000$220,000 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: 

 

Benefits

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.

 

Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams

Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

  • No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

  • Please always verify communications:
    • Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
    • Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to [email protected]
  • Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

  • What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to [email protected]. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

 

Data Privacy

To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/. 

 

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.

About Anduril Industries

Defense technology developing AI-powered autonomous military systems.

Year founded
2017
Employees
7000
Organization type
Private
Latest investment
Raised $5.00B Series H (2026) — led by Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz
Headquarters
US

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