Staff Embedded Software Engineer (Bare Metal), Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries
Reston, Virginia, United StatesPosted 24 February 2026

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><h3>ABOUT THE TEAM</h3> <p>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.<br><br><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong></p> <ul> <li>Design and develop low-level bare-metal infrastructure code that is rigorously tested and validated.</li> <li>Build out the software ecosystem supporting next-generation hardware platforms powered by cutting-edge System-on-Chip devices.</li> <li>Provide technical leadership and the ability to learn new software technologies quickly.</li> <li>Board bring-up on embedded ARM boards (bootloaders, drivers, etc.).</li> <li>Customize vendor BSPs for use with ARM-based SoC platforms.</li> <li>Help secure our embedded system devices.</li> <li>Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure proper functionality of embedded systems</li> </ul> <p><strong>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p> <ul> <li>12+ years of experience in software development, with 7+ in bare metal and driver development</li> <li>Experience with one or more of the following languages: Rust, C, C++, ARMv7/ARMv8 assembly.</li> <li>Experience developing bare metal code, infrastructure, and drivers.</li> <li>B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields</li> <li>Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.</li> </ul> <p><strong>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience developing operating systems or portions thereof.</li> <li>Strong focus on security.</li> <li>Experience with complex SoCs.</li> <li>Experience implementing Control Flow Integrity.</li> <li>Experience with ISRs, MMUs, timers, health tests, entropy.</li> <li>Experience with standard I/O (UART, I2C, SPI, eMMC,...).</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">US Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$220,000</span><span class="divider"></span><span>$292,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span data-contrast="auto">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:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Healthcare Benefits </span></strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><span data-contrast="none">US Roles:</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little ... (truncated, view full listing at source)