# Senior Software Engineer, Space Special Programs

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Chantilly, Virginia
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $191,000-$254,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Space Special Programs team in Chantilly, VA.

The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the full lifecycle of flight software, ground test software, and ground station software at both embedded and application levels.

As the lead for the software engineering team, you will architect software systems, understand the full range of tasks, and mentor and grow your team.

The team develops, tests, deploys, and operates new space capabilities to drive mission success in challenging operational environments.

Key responsibilities include:

- Designing market-leading hardware-based products

- Driving product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities

- Applying modern space-flight software design standards to create high-reliability systems

- Architecting and designing flight, ground, and payload systems

- Leading the team in establishing internal guidelines and best practices

- Conducting peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews

- Helping drive development, integration, and test activities to meet schedule

- Working in a fast-paced environment with multiple concurrent projects and customers

The ideal candidate will have:

- A Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical/computer engineering, or a similar field

- 8+ years of software engineering experience

- 3+ years of leading a software engineering team

- Experience with embedded C code, device drivers, and algorithm implementation

- Experience with host-level code for GUI, database interaction, and protocol interfaces

- Excellent communication skills

- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred qualifications include:

- A Master's degree in a relevant field

- Demonstrated high ownership and autonomy across the entire lifecycle of a spacecraft or space system

- Experience working in a classified environment

- Experience designing, integrating, and flying Cubesat spacecraft

The salary range for this role is $191,000-$254,000 USD per year.

Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

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## Skills

### Required
- embedded C code
- device drivers
- algorithm implementation
- host-level code
- GUI
- database interaction
- protocol interfaces
- software engineering
- team leadership

### Nice to have
- M.S. in aerospace or similar field
- high ownership and autonomy
- classified environment experience
- Cubesat spacecraft design

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