Robotics Software Engineer, Maneuver Dominance
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, CA
$166,000–$220,000from the description
Jul 11, 2026
Costa Mesa, CA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The programming language requirement lists C++, Rust, and Python as interchangeable options ('such as … or'); all three are captured as a single must-have gate with the others as alternatives.
No minimum total years of experience is stated in the posting.
A degree is framed as 'ideally in areas/fields such as…' — it is not a hard requirement, and equivalent industry experience is implicitly accepted.
The Secret clearance is a hard gate: candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain one.
All 'Desired Requirements' items (motion planning, multi-agent systems, behavior trees, flight systems, distributed networks) are listed under an explicitly secondary heading and are preferred, not required.
The role is on-site at Costa Mesa HQ (Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim CBSA); up to 25% travel is required but the primary work location is not remote.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): motion planning, multi-agent autonomous systems.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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