Software Engineer, Rust at Anduril Industries

Department: Mission Systems : Battlespace Awareness Engineering

Compensation

$191,000 – $253,000/yr

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 12, 2026

Description

Anduril Industries is hiring a Software Engineer to define and lead a small team focused on target tracking, state estimation, sensor fusion, and real-time software systems. The role involves architecting and evolving complex software, developing high-performance Rust applications, designing probabilistic estimators and filters, validating systems through simulation, and integrating technologies across the software development lifecycle. Candidates need at least five years of professional software engineering experience, a bachelor's degree in a technical field, strong algorithmic and applied-mathematics skills, and eligibility for a U.S. Secret security clearance. The role offers a base salary of $191,000 to $253,000 USD and includes equity and benefits.

Required Skills

Rust
Python
State estimation
Sensor fusion
Linear algebra
Optimization
Probability
Stochastic processes
Adaptive filtering
Kalman filters
Particle filters
Multi-target tracking
Signal processing

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics, engineering, or another technical field
Required Previous Experiences: At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience
Experience managing and evolving software architecture in production environments, including refactoring legacy systems and managing technical debt
At least 2 years working on a single codebase or product
Experience with Rust and Python
Familiarity with big data pipelines, NoSQL databases, and large-scale sensor data
Ability to engineer systems for estimation theory, adaptive filtering, controls, and complex signal environments
Ability to work across development lifecycles from prototyping to optimizing production systems
Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree
Experience refactoring and modernizing Rust codebases in production environments
Architectural decision-making and technical leadership on long-lived projects
Contributions to open-source Rust projects or the broader Rust ecosystem
Experience with concurrent and parallel programming patterns in Rust
Experience in state estimation, Bayesian filtering, sensor fusion, and recursive estimation techniques
Machine learning applied to target tracking and recognition
Knowledge of Kalman filters, particle filters, and multi-target tracking algorithms
Signal processing for radar, lidar, and EO/IR sensor data
Translation Company Name: Anduril Industries