Ground Software Engineer, Space · Anduril Industries

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:46:47 GMT
Engineering

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States · $168,000-$220,000 USD · onsite

As a Ground Software Engineer on the Space team, you will own the architecture and deployment of software solutions that support customer missions for space operations and mission management. You will develop modular capabilities to support the DoD and IC customers across the space domain. This will involve the architecture of the Space C2 system based on top of the Anduril Lattice software platform, to include infrastructure, algorithms, and integrations to support both orbital and ground systems.

Key responsibilities include:

Owning the software solutions that are deployed to customers

Developing Space C2 and Mission Management capabilities to enable delivery of end-to-end mission systems

Integrating with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities

Writing code to improve products and scale the mission capability to different users

Collaborating across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality

Creating and analyzing metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring

Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps

Partnering with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints

Required qualifications include:

Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics

Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements

Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight

Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material

3+ years working with a variety of programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, etc.

Experience with Space C2 software systems and spacecraft operations

A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact

Preferred qualifications include:

Experience with Go, Rust, or C++

Experience with deployment tooling such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Helm

Previous exposure to space ground hardware like sensors, radars, telescopes

Previous exposure to space-related simulation and hardware integration

A desire to work on critical software in the space domain

Experience with existing space software standards and modular software services development