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Staff Firmware Engineer

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Core Technology Products
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Costa Mesa, CA$220k - $292kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer to join the Costa Mesa, CA team. The role focuses on low-level firmware development for embedded systems across multiple products, collaborating with Electrical Engineering to solve hard hardware-software problems and mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Develop low-level firmware/software for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, integrate system-level features and architect changes to support an ever-growing codebase
  • Take full ownership of design, implementation and completion of embedded firmware projects
  • Mentor other firmware engineers and help teach best practices in design engineering
  • Contribute to team direction, policy and guidance
  • Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
  • Help select microcontrollers and peripherals and review schematics with electrical engineering team
  • Concurrently manage involvement in multiple projects at various stages

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience
  • 10+ years of experience in firmware/embedded software development, with a focus on embedded systems
  • Expert level C coding ability for embedded systems
  • Demonstrated success creating complex MCU projects that communicate between multiple boards or systems
  • Broad experience with one or more microcontroller cores (ARM, AVR, MSP430, PIC, etc.)
  • Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors
  • Experience developing firmware in bare-metal and/or RTOS environments
  • Debugging skills with JTAG, SWD, Oscilloscopes, and Logic analyzers
  • Solid understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring up and debugging
  • Extensive experience with common bus protocols such as USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Skills

Required:C programming for embedded systemsMCU software developmentMicrocontroller coresBare-metal/RTOS firmware

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Highly competitive equity grants are included in majority of full-time offers
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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