# Manager, Software Engineering **Company**: Anduril Industries **Location**: Costa Mesa, California **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $191,000-$253,000 USD **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5054662007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_eb8d6b6c-87a ## Description Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The Connected Warfare Division builds mission-critical systems that enable global command and control for time-sensitive, multi-domain operations. As an Engineering Manager for the Edge Compute and Communication group, you will lead a high-performing team that leverages cutting-edge technologies like Rust and C++ to deliver complex, high-impact software systems that operate with extreme efficiency and reliability at the tactical edge. ## What You'll Do - Lead & Mentor: Manage and grow a team of 10–15 engineers, fostering a high-performance, high-integrity culture focused on mission-critical delivery and rapid iteration. - Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with product, mission systems, and technical leadership to define team objectives, prioritize work streams, and align with broader Connected Warfare initiatives. - Drive Execution: Ensure the timely and reliable delivery of complex software projects by removing impediments, providing the necessary resources, and promoting agile methodologies. - Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the primary conduit between your team and senior leadership, communicating status updates, managing expectations, and advocating for your team's needs. - Technical Ownership: Supervise and monitor architecture, design, and implementation of features for high-performance, low-latency edge applications, ensuring they meet stringent quality standards and customer requirements. - Drive technical excellence in areas like memory safety (Rust), concurrency, inter-process communication, and hardware-software interface design. - Quality & Process Ownership: Champion best practices in software design, code reviews, testing for embedded deployments, and CI/CD processes to ensure robust, scalable, and maintainable systems that are mission-ready. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with technical peers and other teams to support system integration, resolve technical challenges, and continuously improve operational workflows. - People Development: Invest in the professional growth of your team through coaching, feedback, and structured career development plans. - Operational Insight: Occasionally travel (up to 10% of the time) to work alongside teammates and observe systems in real-world operational settings. ## Required Qualifications - 3+ years of experience as a software engineering manager, with a proven record of building and leading high-performing teams. - 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, demonstrating a strong technical foundation in building resilient, high-performance software for distributed edge systems, networked applications, and Embedded Linux environments. - Demonstrated expertise in C++ or Rust (or both), with a deep understanding of systems programming principles, memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization for resource-constrained environments. - Successful track record of delivering complex software projects under tight deadlines while managing stakeholder relationships in a matrixed organization. - Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and develop talented engineers. - Expertise in agile development methodologies and process improvement. - Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience managing teams in mission-critical domains such as command and control, robotics, or defense applications. - Familiarity with modern DevOps and CI/CD practices tailored for embedded and distributed deployments. - Background in developing software for distributed systems, connected ecosystems and hardware integrations. - Direct experience in IoT device management, telemetry, and secure over-the-air (OTA) update mechanisms is highly valued. - Experience working within or closely with multi-domain operation teams. - A deep understanding of networking, security, and system integration challenges in high-stakes environments. - Familiarity with low-level hardware interactions, device drivers, or firmware development is a strong plus. ## Benefits - Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you. - Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees. - Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. - Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting. - Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. - Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development. - Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region. - Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility. - Retirement Savings Plan: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options. ## Skills ### Required - C++ - Rust - systems programming - memory management - concurrency - performance optimization - agile development methodologies ### Nice to have - IoT device management - telemetry - secure over-the-air update mechanisms - multi-domain operation teams - low-level hardware interactions - device drivers - firmware development --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5054662007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)