2027 Early Career Firmware Engineer
- Salary
- $112,000 - $149,000
- Level
- Junior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 22 September 2026.
About the role
Anduril Industries's standard text
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.
Anduril is seeking Firmware Engineers to join our team based in Costa Mesa, CA. The Firmware team at Anduril develops core technology used across multiple products such as as Menace, Dive-XL, Ghost, and Roadrunner. We work in close coordination with Electrical Engineering to develop hardware and software solutions to some of the hardest problems facing our customers. You'll contribute low level firmware development for systems operating on land, sea, and air.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers
- Create reusable device drivers and integrate system-level features
- Architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
- Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
- Collaborate and review schematics with the electrical engineering team
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be pursuing or have recently completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.
- Able to start full time in 2027.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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
- 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.
- Experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.)
- 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
- Low-ego, high ownership, and mission oriented.
US Salary Range
$112,000—$149,000 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:
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Benefits
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What this role asks for
Standard for embedded / hardware roles
Embedded Systems
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In most of Anduril Industries's ads
Computer Vision
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The team: Connected Warfare HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 9 open in Connected Warfare. 6 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Computer Vision (9 of 9), Embedded Systems (7 of 9), FPGA (4 of 9), PCB Design (4 of 9)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Advanced Targeting Systems posted Oct 15
- Hardware Systems Integration Engineer posted Oct 14
- Technical Lead - Containerized Command & Control posted Oct 14
- Technical Lead - Containerized Effects posted Oct 14
- Senior Mission Operations Engineer, Connected Warfare posted Sep 22
- Winter 2027 Technical Program Management Co-op posted Sep 15
- Senior Systems Engineer, AI Containerized Systems posted Sep 14
- Lead Electrical Architect - Expeditionary AI/HPC Data Centers posted Feb 20
From the team and dates on Anduril Industries's own job board.
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