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Senior Software Engineer, Deepview
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
The Deepview team builds Anduril’s real-time 3D data visualization and analysis tool. Deepview ingests protobuf, image, video, and CSV data streams—rendering them in a time-synchronized world view with terrain, plots, and camera feeds for deep introspection of autonomous systems. The tool runs cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows) and supports both offline data analysis and live telemetry streaming over MAVLink, STANAG 4586, Flux, and gRPC.
Our team’s mission is to give engineers and operators the deepest possible visibility into what autonomous systems are doing and why. We build high-performance visualization software that handles massive data volumes from heterogeneous sources, enabling engineers across Anduril to debug, analyze, and validate autonomous behaviors in the field and in simulation.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Develop and extend Deepview’s real-time 3D rendering engine and 2D plotting capabilities using C++20 and OpenGL (via the Cinder framework).
- Build and optimize data ingestion pipelines for diverse formats including Protobuf, MCAP, HDF5, video (FFmpeg), KML, MAVLink telemetry logs, and CSV.
- Implement and maintain live telemetry streaming over gRPC, MAVLink, STANAG 4586, and Anduril protocols.
- Design cross-platform features targeting Linux, macOS, and Windows using CMake.
- Create APIs (including gRPC services and a Python client SDK) that allow external tools and scripts to interact with Deepview.
- Collaborate with mission teams across Anduril to support new data types, visualization needs, and debugging workflows.
- Test and validate features through unit testing and performance benchmarks.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of experience in C++ software engineering
- Experience with CMake-based build systems
- Experience developing on Linux-based environments
- Strong communication skills and an ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with real-time graphics or visualization (OpenGL, Vulkan, or similar)
- Experience with 3D rendering frameworks (Cinder, OpenFrameworks, or similar)
- Experience with geospatial libraries (GDAL, KML) or terrain rendering
- Experience with Nix package management or reproducible build systems
- Experience developing with Python or Lua scripting
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.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
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No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
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Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
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What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
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To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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Software Engineer Mobile (iOS)
Who We Are
About the Opportunity
What You’ll Be Doing
- Part of a global mobile team, developing new features for the all-in-one iOS and Android apps.
- Strive for performance optimization and maximize customer satisfaction.
- Stay on top of industry trends, and evaluate new solutions to address our unique and fast-growing business needs.
- Work closely with design and product teams, and turn design ideas into quality features that scale to millions of users.
- Collaborate with global development teams, and deliver customized solutions targeting international users while maintaining consistency with the overall architecture.
- Maintain high-quality technical documentation and improve efficiency in cross-office/timezone cooperation.
What We Look For In You
- Experience in either native iOS/Android development, or cross-platform solutions like ReactNative/Flutter/Lua.
- Fluent with at least one of the following languages: Java/Objective-C/Swift/Kotlin/JavaScript.
- Understanding of common data structures and algorithms.
- Embrace agile development process including TDD, CI and Scrum.
- Passionate about mobile technology and building applications for a large user base
Perks & Benefits
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Competitive total compensation package
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L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
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Various team building programs and company events
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Wellness and meal allowances
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Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
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More that we love to tell you along the process!
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The salary range for this position is $180,000 to $320,000.
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The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via OKX internal or external careers site.
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Software Engineer Mobile (Android)
Who We Are
About the Opportunity
What You’ll Be Doing
- Part of a global mobile team, developing new features for the all-in-one iOS and Android apps.
- Strive for performance optimization and maximize customer satisfaction.
- Stay on top of industry trends, and evaluate new solutions to address our unique and fast-growing business needs.
- Work closely with design and product teams, and turn design ideas into quality features that scale to millions of users.
- Collaborate with global development teams, and deliver customized solutions targeting international users while maintaining consistency with the overall architecture.
- Maintain high-quality technical documentation and improve efficiency in cross-office/timezone cooperation.
What We Look For In You
- Experience in either native iOS/Android development, or cross-platform solutions like ReactNative/Flutter/Lua.
- Fluent with at least one of the following languages: Java/Objective-C/Swift/Kotlin/JavaScript.
- Understanding of common data structures and algorithms.
- Embrace agile development process including TDD, CI and Scrum.
- Passionate about mobile technology and building applications for a large user base
Perks & Benefits
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Competitive total compensation package
-
L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
-
Various team building programs and company events
-
Wellness and meal allowances
-
Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
-
More that we love to tell you along the process!
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The salary range for this position is $180,000 to $320,000.
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The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via OKX internal or external careers site.
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Apply to OKX
Turning Space into a Transportation Layer for Earth
Who We Are:
Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.
Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain. We see space not as a destination, but as a platform — one that unlocks unprecedented speed and global reach.
Our spacecraft are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour, operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision. These systems open the door to new ways of testing, delivering, and operating at hypersonic speeds.
Inherently dual-use, our technology is built to meet urgent national security needs while laying the groundwork for future commercial applications. Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and working with partners such as the U.S. Space Force and NASA, Inversion is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space-based defense and logistics.
About the Role
As a Senior Test and Automation Engineer at Inversion, you will work as part of the simulation team to build, test, maintain, and develop the automated hardware systems that support the simulation and test environments for our flight systems. The simulation team is responsible for ensuring that flight software and flight hardware can be continuously integrated and tested under realistic flight conditions. You will play a key role in the automation of electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches that will enable fast, repeatable development and deployment workflows across the engineering stack. Your work will empower Inversion’s engineering teams to iterate rapidly throughout the development life cycle and will strengthen Inversion’s ability to put our products into the hands of our customers with unprecedented speed and agility.
What You'll Do
- Automate provisioning, deployment, execution, operation, and logging tasks to optimize resource utilization and allocation
- Develop emulators for flight hardware to support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
- Install and maintain servers, electrical ground support equipment (EGSE), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches to support simulation workflows
- Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting to maximize simulation system availability
- Calibrate equipment to ensure simulation system performance
- Contribute to the design and development of a simulation system capable of automatically provisioning and deploying resources to support simulation workflows
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of professional experience in testing and automation of electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems
- Proficiency in one or more scripting languages (Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
- Proficiency in one or more embedded languages (C/C++, Rust, etc.)
- Proficiency in the integration and testing of mission- and safety-critical electronics
- Experience with Linux-based systems
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with modern DevOps practices
- Experience with async and multithreaded architectures
- Experience with data acquisition and logging
- Familiarity with time-series databases (InfluxDB, QuestDB, TimescaleDB, Prometheus, etc.)
- Familiarity with message-oriented middleware (NATS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Docker Compose, etc.)
- Familiarity with system observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.
The California annual base salary for this role is currently $137,000 - $193,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
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Turning Space into a Transportation Layer for Earth
Who We Are:
Inversion builds advanced reentry systems to deliver next-generation capabilities from space.
Our mission is to make Earth radically more accessible by turning Low-Earth Orbit into an on-demand logistics domain. We see space not as a destination, but as a platform — one that unlocks unprecedented speed and global reach.
Our spacecraft are designed to deliver payloads anywhere on Earth in under an hour, operating through extreme reentry conditions and landing with high precision. These systems open the door to new ways of testing, delivering, and operating at hypersonic speeds.
Inherently dual-use, our technology is built to meet urgent national security needs while laying the groundwork for future commercial applications. Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, and working with partners such as the U.S. Space Force and NASA, Inversion is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space-based defense and logistics.
About the Role
As a Senior Back-end Engineer at Inversion, you will work as part of the simulation team to design, develop, and maintain the architecture and server-side logic of the applications that support the simulation and test environments for our flight systems. The simulation team is responsible for ensuring that flight software and flight hardware can be continuously integrated and tested under realistic flight conditions. You will play a key role in the design and development of data management and self-service tools that will enable fast, repeatable development and deployment workflows across the engineering stack. Your work will empower Inversion’s engineering teams to iterate rapidly throughout the development life cycle and will strengthen Inversion’s ability to put our products into the hands of our customers with unprecedented speed and agility.
What You'll Do
- Design, deploy, and maintain the server-side logic and infrastructure of the applications that support simulation workflows, including high-performance computing (HPC), software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
- Select a back-end tech stack that ensures the performance and scalability of our applications
- Design and implement a back-end architecture that strikes the right balance between simplicity and flexibility
- Design and develop databases architectures and data pipelines to meet configuration and data management needs
- Leverage self-documenting API tools and technologies to develop robust and efficient APIs
- Leverage modern web frameworks to develop server-side logic
- Work with front-end engineers to integrate the front-end with the back-end and deliver a smooth user experience (UX)
- Contribute to the design and development of a simulation system capable of automatically provisioning and deploying resources to support simulation workflows
Required Qualifications
Candidates must meet all of the following qualifications to be considered for this position:
- 6+ years of professional experience in back-end or full-stack development
- Expertise in back-end engineering and best practices
- Proficiency in one or more scripting languages (Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
- Experience with Linux-based systems
- Experience with modern DevOps practices
- Experience with one or more back-end architectures (monolithic, modular, serverless, event-based, microservices, etc.)
- Experience with one or more API architectures (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets, Webhooks, etc.)
- Experience with one or more database systems (MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, DynamoDB, InfluxDB, etc.)
- Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, CloudStack, etc.)
The ideal candidate will also meet one of the following qualifications:
- Expertise in database administration for both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Expertise in SaaS/PaaS development
- Expertise in network administration
Desired Qualifications
- Extensive experience with Python and Python-based web frameworks (Django, Flask, Quart, FastAPI, etc.)
- Extensive experience with C/C++ or Rust
- Experience with async and multithreaded architectures
- Experience with time-series databases (InfluxDB, QuestDB, TimescaleDB, Prometheus, etc.)
- Experience with message-oriented middleware (NATS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Familiarity with one or more front-end JS frameworks (React, Angular, etc.)
- Familiarity with one or more open-source cloud computing platforms (OpenStack, CloudStack, etc.)
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Docker Compose, etc.) and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, etc.)
- Familiarity with system observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.
The California annual base salary for this role is currently $139,000 - $201,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
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Sr. Electronics Integration and Development Engineer
Turning Space into a Transportation Layer for Earth
Who We Are:
Eras of humanity can often be defined by a dominant transportation mode - horse drawn chariots, ocean going boats, or aircraft. These were spurred by a small group of people rigorously focused on building technology to achieve faster access to more of the world. We seek to usher in a new era of humanity defined by universal access to the whole globe free of borders and the presence of a routine way from space to Earth. To do this, we are building highly maneuverable re-entry vehicles that can loiter in orbit before precision landing back on Earth.
About the Role
As an Electronics Integration and Development Engineer at Inversion, you will work as part of the simulation team to design and develop the hardware-in-the-loop testbeds for our flight systems. You will own the integration of flight, simulation, and test hardware, and will be responsible for everything from making wiring harnesses to designing PCBs and writing code. The simulation team is responsible for ensuring that flight software and flight hardware can be continuously integrated and tested under realistic flight conditions. You will play a key role in the design, development, and integration of specialized hardware and software that will enable fast, repeatable development and deployment workflows across the engineering stack. The ideal candidate is a tinkerer who enjoys hands-on experimentation with embedded systems (such as microcontrollers and single-board computers) to quickly turn ideas into prototypes but also has the ability to turn those prototypes into production-ready hardware. Your work will empower Inversion’s engineering teams to iterate rapidly throughout the development life cycle and will strengthen Inversion’s ability to put our products into the hands of our customers with unprecedented speed and agility.
What You'll Do
- Integrate and develop electronics hardware needed to enable on-demand, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation workflows
- Create schematics and layouts for custom hardware (wiring harnesses and PCBs), with a focus on interface boards, breakout systems, and inter-system connectivity
- Perform hands-on assembly of prototype wiring harnesses and PCBs
- Own the transition from prototype to production, including overseeing external fabrication and assembly
- Analyze circuit performance to ensure design meets requirements and perform acceptance testing to ensure hardware meets specifications
- Write software as needed (e.g.: embedded software for micros, test scripts, etc.)
- Contribute to the design and development of a simulation system capable of automatically provisioning and deploying resources to support simulation workflows
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional experience in electronics integration, development, and testing
- Experience with custom wiring harness design and assembly, including connector selection, pin mapping, wire sizing, and shielding strategies for EMI/EMC
- Experience using common laboratory equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, data acquisition systems, etc.)
- Basic coding proficiency in one or more programming languages
- Experience using PCBA design tools (Altium Designer, EAGLE, KiCad, etc.)
- Experience implementing mixed-signal PCBs with digital communications (UART, I2C, SPI, RS422, RS485, CAN, PCIe, Ethernet, Spacewire, etc.)
Desired Qualifications
- Expertise in PCB design and best practices for production-ready hardware
- Expertise in one or more scripting languages (Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, etc.) and/or embedded C/C++
- Experience designing high-reliability and/or safety-critical systems (e.g., for spacecraft or automotive applications)
Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.
The California annual base salary for this role is currently $140,000 - 170,000 Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.
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