2027 Early Career Firmware Engineer
Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
Defenseonsiteentry-level$112k–$149k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build low-level firmware for advanced defense systems across land, sea, and air.
- Develop core technology used across products like Ghost, Roadrunner, and Dive-XL.
- Work on AI-powered Lattice OS turning data streams into real-time command control.
What they offer
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Comprehensive top-tier benefits package
Ideal candidate
Early-career engineer with a bias for action and mission-driven mindset. You are naturally curious, low-ego with high ownership, eager to tackle hard problems spanning hardware and software for national defense.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing or have recently completed a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities
- Able to start full time in 2027
- Experience coding in C for embedded systems
- Familiarity with microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
- Knowledge of developing firmware in bare-metal or RTOS environments
- Familiarity with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
- Experience with microcontroller cores such as ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.
- Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers
- visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person - no visa sponsorship
Lab profile
About Anduril
Defense technology company building autonomous systems for military missions.
What they build
- Lattice OS
- Ghost
- Anvil
Known for
- Autonomous defense systems
- AI-powered command and control
- Rapid hardware-software iteration
Key facts
- Founded in 2017
- Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California
- Backed by Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz
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