Software Engineer, Android at Anduril Industries | Powderkeg

Location: Costa Mesa, CA

Employment Type: Full-time

Team: Lattice - Command and Control

Anduril is a defense technology company, bringing Silicon Valley talent and funding to the defense sector. Our technology helps our customers solve their toughest challenges by enabling them to make better, more informed decisions in life-and-death situations. We’ve assembled a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor fusion, optics, and data analysis that are creating software and hardware solutions to radically evolve the capabilities of the United States and our allies. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact, come join Anduril and build the future of defense.

We are looking for an excited engineer to join our growing Android team. You’ll be working on our new UAV command and control application written primarily in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Help the team define and develop the MVP for a handheld unmanned aerial vehicle command and control, including for pilot workflows, streaming video, and autonomous flight
  • Integrate directly with drone hardware to build new in-flight experiences for controlling drone positioning, behavior and data capture
  • Analyze and optimize mobile applications for efficiency and performance for critical flight workflows
  • Work closely with our product and design teams to prototype, test, and ship new user-facing improvements and features

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum 1 year of experience with writing, testing, shipping, maintaining, and supporting live mobile applications
  • Demonstrated proficiency with the Android ecosystem (Java/Kotlin)
  • Exhibit a passion for user interfaces balancing technology with customer impact
  • The ability to iterate on solutions and respond to change effectively

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Exposure to Jetpack Compose
  • Familiarity with ATAK, TAK Server, and WinTAK
  • Prior experience with multimedia and video streaming protocols
  • Prior experience with location technologies, Mapbox preferred
  • Drone piloting experience

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone passionate to work on problems that matter, we’d love to hear from you!

Eligibility Disposition: U.S. Person Status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

Job Summary
  • Job Title
    Software Engineer, Android
  • Company
    Anduril Industries
  • Location
    Irvine, CA
  • Employment Type
    Full time
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