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Principal Embedded Engineer, EW

Anduril

Costa Mesa, CAFull-time$260–345K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$260–345K/yr
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance

Job overview

Anduril’s Electronic Warfare team is building the software ecosystem for a next-generation electronic warfare platform. The engineer will develop high-performance numerical algorithms, enable interfaces between RF hardware and software, deploy DSP and RFML capabilities, and integrate electronic warfare products with the Anduril Lattice system. The role applies state-of-the-art software construction techniques to deliver correct, mission-critical code.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Embedded SoftwareDigital Signal ProcessorRadio FrequencyNumerical ComputingLinux KernelFunctional ProgrammingConfiguration ManagementSoftware-Defined Digital Radio SystemsNumerical Algorithm DevelopmentTyped Functional Programming LanguagesLinux Kernel Module DevelopmentFPGA and GPU InterfacesNix/NixOS

Qualifications

15+ Years Software EngineeringU.S. Top Secret SCI Clearance Eligibility

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Full job description

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM Anduril’s Electronic Warfare (EW) team is seeking experienced generalist embedded software engineers to build out the software ecosystem supporting a next-generation electronic warfare platform. As an Embedded software engineer, you’ll develop high-performance implementations of numerical algorithms, collaborate with digital systems engineers to enable maximum-performance interfaces between next-gen RF hardware and software, work with DSP and RFML engineers to rapidly deploy bleeding-edge capabilities to our customers, and collaborate with the wider software organization to deliver seamless integration of electronic warfare products with the Anduril Lattice system-of-systems suite. You will apply state-of-the-art software construction techniques to ensure the timely delivery of correct mission-critical code. WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Develop cutting-edge hardware abstractions in collaboration with FPGA, DSP, and firmware engineers.
  • Design tooling for rapidly deploying advanced DSP and RFML models to detect and defeat emerging threats.
  • Implement high-performance numerical algorithms for RF data generation, analysis, and manipulation.
  • Develop correct, high-reliability software for electronic warfare that integrates with the Anduril Lattice ecosystem.
  • Utilize infrastructure providing deterministic builds and configuration management for deployment, guaranteeing software traceability and minimizing the maintenance burden of our products.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • 15+ years professional experience in software engineering
  • Experience with software-defined digital radio systems
  • Experience with high performance numerical algorithm development
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience (professional or open source) working with typed functional programming languages (e.g. Haskell, OCaml, or Rust)
  • Experience with Linux kernel module development
  • Experience writing software that interfaces with FPGAs and GPUs
  • Experience with Nix/NixOS

US Salary Range $260,000—$345,000 USD

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:

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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,285 open Embedded Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$260–345K/yr
  • California median$150–222K/yr341 salary ranges
  • US median$130–194K/yr945 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $303K, is 63% above the California median midpoint ($186K) — in the top quarter of Embedded Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 417 open Embedded Software Engineer jobs in California and 1,285 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Embedded Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,070 postings).
Education
563 of the 1,285 open Embedded Software Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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