Senior Embedded Linux Software Engineer

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Senior Embedded Linux Software Engineer in USA

Anduril Industries
Full time
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USA
09/18/2026
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Costa Mesa, CA

Responsibilities

Own the deployed compute boot sequence, including firmware, U-Boot/UEFI, unified kernel images, initrd, encrypted storage unlock, and NixOS handoff.
Customize and sustain vendor BSPs such as Tegra/Jetson Linux and NXP, including kernel and device-tree patches and forward-porting across OS upgrades.
Ensure cameras, radars, motor controllers, CAN networks, radios, and other peripherals enumerate deterministically and operate reliably.
Maintain signed boot chains, disk encryption, vendor kernels, and low-level components while triaging and remediating CVEs in field-deployed systems.
Build and maintain automated hardware-in-the-loop test suites for power states, bus communication, and platform stability.
Perform hardware/software root-cause analysis using serial consoles, logic analyzers, dmesg, schematics, and board-level debugging.
Triage upstream Linux kernel and vendor BSP issues and produce and maintain patches when upstream fixes are unavailable.

Requirements

At least 4 years of professional embedded Linux platform, deployed embedded Linux sustainment, or kernel-adjacent integration experience.
Deep knowledge of embedded Linux boot chains, firmware and bootloaders, device trees, kernel command lines, initrd/initramfs, and root filesystem assembly.
Strong C programming skills for kernel, driver, and BSP work, plus proficiency in Rust or C++ for userspace platform integration.
Hands-on hardware debugging experience with serial consoles, schematics, component datasheets, and board-level diagnosis.
Experience maintaining software on real-world hardware with safe, resilient updates and rigorous regression validation.
U.S. Person status and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance are required.
Preferred qualifications include Nix/NixOS or Yocto/Buildroot experience, NVIDIA Jetson/Tegra and JetPack expertise, CUDA runtime integration, hardware root-of-trust or secure-boot experience, Python or Bash HIL automation, Haskell or functional-programming familiarity, and upstream contributions to Linux kernel, U-Boot, or system-level open-source projects.

Benefits

Comprehensive competitive benefits are available at little to no cost to full-time employees.
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
The role includes work supporting deployed robotic hardware and field systems; no specific remote or hybrid arrangement is stated.

Salary: $191k - $253k/yr

Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems designed to enhance military awareness and security across land, sea, and air. Targeting defense agencies and allied military forces, it leverages its proprietary Lattice platform to drive innovation in military capabilities. What sets Anduril...

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