Orbital Software Engineer, Space · Anduril Industries

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:47:40 GMT
Engineering

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States · $166,000-$220,000 USD · onsite

As an Orbital Software Engineer on Space, you will contribute to the architecture and deployment of software solutions that support specific customer missions for on-orbit spacecraft operations and mission management.

This role involves providing guidance and oversight to a team developing modular capabilities to support the DoD and IC customers across the space domain. You will work on architecture of an orbital software system in coordination with the Anduril Lattice software platform team, algorithms, techniques, and coding development to support orbital systems and their interfacing with multi-domain systems.

The role requires integration with legacy systems that have been part of our nation's critical defense for decades as well as new space systems being added to the cache of orbital and ground-based capabilities. You will also be responsible for the interfaces to multi-modal payload platforms, bus platforms, and networking solutions in proliferated satellite constellations.

We work with mission partners and operators to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC.

Key responsibilities include:

Contributing to software solutions that are deployed to customers.

Contributing to development of on-orbit software 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 and customers.

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.

Ideally 3+ years professional experience working with a variety of programming languages such as Python, C++, Rust, or Go.

Experience with spacecraft software systems and spacecraft operations.

Experience with satellite mission autonomy to include fault isolation and recovery systems.

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred qualifications include:

Advanced expertise with Python, Go, Rust, or C++.

Experience with deployment tooling like Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Helm.

A desire to work on critical software in the space domain.

Experience with OMS/UCI standards and modular software services development.