At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of innovative software solutions for military applications.
- Company: Join Anduril Industries, a cutting-edge defence technology company.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, equity grants, and comprehensive health benefits.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for rapid career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real-world impact with advanced technology in defence.
- Qualifications: Strong engineering background and experience in software leadership required.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
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. Since 2023, Anduril UK has experienced rapid growth, introducing world-leading software-first, hardware-enabled systems to the UK Ministry of Defence and other government agencies. Our exemplar programme of Maritime Sentry Towers (MST) has been developed and delivered in close partnership with the UK government and sovereign British industry, fundamentally changing how border security and surveillance capabilities can be employed by UK authorities.
Additionally, Anduril UK has expanded its portfolio to include the ALTIUS-600, a versatile autonomous aerial system, and Seabed Sentry, an advanced underwater surveillance platform. These systems, along with others, position Anduril UK to provide a broad range of software and software-enabled hardware products to meet the UK’s defence and security needs as outlined in the 2023 Integrated Review Refresh and Defence Command Paper.
The Mission Software Engineering team is responsible for building, deploying, integrating, extending, and scaling Anduril's software to deliver mission-critical capabilities to our customers. As the software engineers closest to Anduril customers and end-users, Mission Software Engineers solve technical challenges of operational scenarios while owning the end-to-end delivery of winning capabilities such as Counter Intrusion, Joint All Domain Command & Control, and Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
As a Lead Mission Software Engineer on the Connected Warfare team, you will help architect third party systems to seamlessly integrate with Anduril products while solving a wide variety of technical problems, making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way. Your role sets the bar for the technical excellence our customers expect from Anduril. Above all, Mission Software Engineers are driven by a "Whatever It Takes" mindset- executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Be a champion for Anduril capabilities within a customer environment
- Develop architecture and mission vignettes
- Iterate on core data mesh technology to make optimal use of degraded networks
- Develop connectors and APIs for legacy and cutting edge systems to integrate with Lattice
- Deploy software to non-standard environments
- Create data flow pipelines that span horizontally and vertically across disparate networked systems and security domains
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
- At least 2+ years previous experience as a technical lead or people manager of software engineers
- Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
- Experience working in a customer / client facing role
- A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
- Ability to travel to client sites
- Eligible for SC Clearance
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.
Lead Mission Software Engineer, Connected Warfare employer: Anduril-1
Anduril-1 is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation meets collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth and development, you will have the opportunity to work alongside industry experts in the UK and Europe, engaging in meaningful projects that push the boundaries of technology. Our commitment to a supportive work culture ensures that every team member's contributions are valued, making it a rewarding place to advance your career in maritime and submersible engineering.
