Senior Firmware Engineer - Manufacturing Test

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Firmware Engineer you will develop new platforms to interact with our products at the lowest levels (I2C, SPI, CAN, UART, USB, etc).

You will work within an interdisciplinary product development team, delivering a streamlined solution for test execution and automation.

Your code will ensure that we are consistently shipping the highest quality products to our customers.

You will build features targeted at embedded Linux, NIX, and several RTOS platforms.

You will debug and solve complex data acquisition challenges in analog and digital realms.

In this role you’ll need to think creatively and come up with solutions to solve difficult testing problems and push to continuously improve our methods of automation, throughput, user interfaces, and data analytics.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Build things that test things.

  Utilize your expertise in firmware/software development to anticipate failure modes and build code for host/client verification of form, fit, function.

• Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontroller platforms interfacing to robots, or control algorithms for OTS Data acquisition tools.

• Build capability for device side validation of system-level features, utilizing SSH, gRPC, while creating or leveraging existing debug tools.

• Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries, and transfer that process to automated test and failure analysis SOPs for production line staff.

• Engage in DFT/DFM reviews with electrical engineering and product firmware teams.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Strong C coding ability for embedded systems
• Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
• Experience developing firmware in bare-metal, RTOS environments, and embedded Linux
• Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
• Some familiarity with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience.

• Bring up and Debug expertise for new designs, comfortable with low and high-speed interfaces

• Strong fundamentals for data acquisition and analysis (FFT, Bode, control loops)

• Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.)

• Experience with embedded Linux development and deployment process

• Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers

• Have a bias for action.

  If you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it

• Be naturally curious about the technologies and tools you use

US Salary Range

$168,000—$240,000 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:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.

  • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
  • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.

• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.

• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.

• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.

• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.

• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more.

  Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.

• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.

• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.

• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.

• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).

• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)