Embedded Software Team Lead (Bare Metal), Intelligence Systems
Anduril
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 Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.
AIS is seeking embedded software team leads to build out the software ecosystem supporting next-generation hardware platforms powered by cutting-edge System-on-Chip devices, producing code that is rigorously tested and validated. Your developers are highly motivated and will have come to Anduril because they loathe shelfware and want to have impact.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Oversee design and development of low-level bare-metal infrastructure code that is rigorously tested and validated.
- Provide technical leadership and people management for a team of 5-8 developers, giving them guidance on scope, direction, and technical approach, proactively identifying and removing blockers for the team.
- Foster a healthy collaborative team environment — our people matter to us.
- Work in a fast-paced and rapidly growing environment, on a program of significant national security importance
- Create, own, and maintain a software roadmap and execution plan, with detailed breakdown of work and milestones tracked against broader software and program deliverables.
- Actively contribute to the software development for critical tasks as needed to meet program deadlines.
- Adhere to software best practices and coding standards, perform code reviews, interact with revision control, build processes, and testing.
- Triage issues and investigate root cause failures.
- Report to the overall software lead for the project.
- Coordinate with other software team leads, engineering leads, and external teams or subcontractors as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Must have an active United States Top Secret security clearance.
- 8+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field.
- 8+ years of experience writing production software (C, C++, or Rust).
- 5+ years leading and building software engineering teams.
- Expertise with ISRs, MMUs, timers, health tests, entropy, and standard I/O (UART, I2C, SPI, eMMC,...).
- Experience building low-level embedded software solutions involving hardware integration.
- Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
- Ability to understand and implement complex certification requirements.
- Desire to work with an outstanding team of developers.
- Willingness to write and oversee world-class code.
- Deep commitment to solid, reviewed, well tested, well commented, well documented code.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, static code analysis, advanced debugging.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing operating systems or portions thereof.
- Experience working with complex SoCs.
- Strong focus on security.
- Experience implementing Control Flow Integrity.
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:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
- For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
- Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
- 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
- A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
- Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
- Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
- 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
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