Software Engineer, Satellite Command and Control

Anduril Industries is a defence technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

As a Software Engineer on Space Ground Software, you will build, deploy, and operate the command-and-control software that flies real space missions , the ground-side services that plan missions, command spacecraft, ingest and serve telemetry, drive antennas and ground stations, and keep deployed satellite systems running in production.

Responsibilities

• Own software solutions end-to-end , from API/proto design through deployment to production operation , and be on the hook when they run in front of customers
• Build and operate backend services across the Space C2 stack (Go, gRPC/Protobuf): command & telemetry, mission and plan management, ground-station and antenna brokering, space-to-ground protocol stacks, file transfer, and access control
• Write and evolve protobuf API contracts, coordinating interface changes across teams
• Deploy and run services in secure government cloud on containers/Kubernetes, and participate in on-call and incident response for live missions
• Integrate with spacecraft and ground infrastructure , software-defined radios, antenna pointing, ground-station providers, space-to-ground data links, and astrodynamics (orbit propagation, maneuver planning, satellite state)
• Build and run software-in-the-loop (SITL) simulation to validate end-to-end operations before live passes
• Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities
• Review your teammates' code and uphold a high quality bar , rigorous, high-volume code review is a core part of the job on this team
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Create and analyse metrics for debugging and monitoring; triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
• Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints

Requirements

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
• 4+ years building backend and distributed systems, primarily in a systems language (Go, Rust, or C++), with networked services using gRPC/Protobuf , and comfortable working primarily in Go
• Experience shipping and operating production services on containers/Kubernetes, with real CI/CD and cloud deployment , you've run what you've built, not just written it
• Experience integrating software with physical systems , hardware control, embedded interfaces, protocol implementation, or real-time data pipelines
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements, and to solve complex technical problems with little oversight
• Strong collaboration and code-review discipline, with clear communication and good documentation/training habits
• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Space/aerospace domain experience: telemetry & commanding, ground stations and antenna systems, RF/waveform/link-layer, orbital mechanics, or GNC
• Experience with space C2 software systems and spacecraft operations
• Experience with CCSDS protocols (TM/TC framing, CFDP, virtual channels) or similar layered communication standards
• Experience with binary protocol parsing , deserializing wire formats, implementing framing layers, or working with annotation-driven codecs
• Previous exposure to software-defined radios, RF modems, or satellite communication equipment
• Experience with deployment and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Kubernetes, FluxCD, Helm, Terraform, or Nix, and government cloud (e.g., Azure Gov)
• Experience operating live systems (on-call, incident response) and building observability/metrics
• Nix-based build systems or reproducible/hermetic build toolchains
• Familiarity with time systems (UTC, TAI, GPS time) and coordinate frames (ECI, ECEF, ENU)
• Previous exposure to space-related simulation and hardware-in-the-loop integration
• Comfort working in secure/compliance-constrained (CUI, TS, gov) environments

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.