# Software Developer in Test, Air Defense

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Irvine, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $129,000-$171,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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

The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) on the Air Defense team, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and performance of mission-critical systems.

Your work will focus on designing, developing, and maintaining robust automated test frameworks for backend systems, real-time data processing, and command & control software.

## Responsibilities

- Design and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for backend systems, APIs, and distributed components.

- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployments in secure cloud environments.

- Develop and execute test strategies, including functional, integration, performance, and reliability testing.

- Conduct end-to-end testing of complete software stacks in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

- Troubleshoot system issues using advanced Linux expertise, log analysis, and network debugging.

- Configure and manage test environments, including virtualized and containerized setups.

- Document test results, findings, and resolutions for knowledge sharing and compliance.

## Required Qualifications

- 6+ years of experience as an SDET or Test Automation Engineer, focusing on backend systems, APIs, and microservices.

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).

- Proficiency in developing test automation frameworks using modern programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Go, C#).

- Experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines.

- Advanced expertise in Linux, including scripting, system configuration, and log analysis.

- Experience testing complex distributed systems and cloud-native applications.

- Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills for cross-functional teamwork.

- Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail).

- Ability to obtain a security clearance (U.S. Citizenship may be required).

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Robot Framework or other keyword-driven test automation tools.

- Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog).

- Knowledge of gRPC-based microservices testing.

- Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, K6).

- Proficiency in Golang or willingness to learn it.

- Exposure to Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) or Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) simulation environments.

## Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- JavaScript
- Go
- C#
- Linux
- CI/CD pipelines
- test automation frameworks
- distributed systems
- cloud-native applications
- Jira
- TestRail

### Nice to have
- Robot Framework
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- DataDog
- gRPC-based microservices testing
- JMeter
- K6
- Golang
- HITL
- SITL

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