Senior Embedded NixOS Engineer
Anduril IndustriesCosta Mesa, California, United StatesPosted 24 February 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’s Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) team is seeking NixOS engineers to build the core infrastructure we use to develop, build, and deploy cutting edge software. As an Embedded NixOS Engineer, you’ll be responsible for EW team’s software supply chain, build out the tools we use to target downstream software environments, perform NixOS bringup on our state-of-the-art hardware designs, and play a key role in the successful employment of our EW technology. You’ll collaborate with industry leaders in mechanical, electrical, RF, FPGA, and functional programming software design to deliver the next generation of EW capabilities to our end users. You’ll do this while rubbing elbows with some of the top minds in the NixOS ecosystem, tapping many decades of collective experience.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Work with electrical and FPGA engineers to bring up NixOS on our hardware platforms.
Implement build and deployment infrastructure for EW teams’s software pipeline.
Shape our build, deployment, and CI/CD roadmaps to streamline the delivery of capabilities to customers.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience debugging custom hardware.
Experience with enterprise build and deployment systems.
Experience with image building infrastructure for embedded Linux systems.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience (professional or in the setting of an open source community) working with Nix/NixOS/Nixpkgs.
Experience (professional or in the setting of an open source community) working with typed functional programming languages ( Haskell , Scala, F#, OCaml, Rust, etc.)
Experience with designing and bringing AArch64 Embedded Linux products to market.
Experience with custom hardware drivers.
Experience with Linux kernel module development.
Experience with FPGA development.
Experience with MATLAB, especially C code generation.
US Salary Range
$191,000
$253,000 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
US Roles:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
UK AUS Roles:
We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
IE Roles:
We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
Income Protection
: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
Generous time off
: Highly competitive PTO plans with
a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
Family Planning Parenting Support:
Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
Mental Health Resources:
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