Staff Embedded Software Engineer (Bare Metal), Intelligence Systems

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Anduril Industries

Compensation

$220,000 - $292,000/year

Reston, Virginia, United States

On-site

Posted April 3, 2026

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 Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Design and develop low-level bare-metal infrastructure code that is rigorously tested and validated.
Build out the software ecosystem supporting next-generation hardware platforms powered by cutting-edge System-on-Chip devices.
Provide technical leadership and the ability to learn new software technologies quickly.
Board bring-up on embedded ARM boards (bootloaders, drivers, etc.).
Customize vendor BSPs for use with ARM-based SoC platforms.
Help secure our embedded system devices.
Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure proper functionality of embedded systems

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

12+ years of experience in software development, with 7+ in bare metal and driver development
Experience with one or more of the following languages: Rust, C, C++, ARMv7/ARMv8 assembly.
Experience developing bare metal code, infrastructure, and drivers.
B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience developing operating systems or portions thereof.
Strong focus on security.
Experience with complex SoCs.
Experience implementing Control Flow Integrity.
Experience with ISRs, MMUs, timers, health tests, entropy.
Experience with standard I/O (UART, I2C, SPI, eMMC,...).

US Salary Range

$220,000—$292,000 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:

Healthcare Benefits