Senior Software Engineer, Video

Senior Software Engineer, Video

Costa Mesa, California, United States
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.
About The Team

The TRS team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from paper sketches to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces.
What You'll Do

The role of our video pipeline engineers is to develop real-time and asynchronous video feeds from remote deployments to web, virtual reality clients, computer vision front-end and back-end pipelines. Video pipeline engineers help design the ISR payloads for drones and the camera systems used in our other existing and future products. They also have some computer vision overlap with e.g. object detection. Prior experience with relevant video technologies is required for this role.
Required Qualifications
Embedded software experience with C++/Rust
BS degree in an engineering discipline
General understanding of camera hardware and video formats
Solid understanding of writing reliable, multi-threaded software
Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
Embedded Linux software development experience. NixOS experience a plus.
Tools: vl42, ffmpeg, WebRTC, OpenCV, Python
Formats: MP4, MPEG-TS, MISB KLV standards, H264 format, WebRTC/RTP
Image formats: Demosaicing raw images, Color space conversions, pixel formats
Linux platform: V4L2 camera API, VA-API, ffmpeg, gstreamer, OpenGL
Nvidia Jetson platform: Tegra video encoding/decoding, V4L2 extensions, EGL
Advanced camera controls: XU extension unit interface, region of interest (ROI), analog versus digital gain
Experience integrating cameras into computer vision pipelines
Image processing experience with: Denoising, contrast enhancement, super-resolution, auto-focus, auto-exposure, auto-white-balance
MIPI camera bringup (Linux kernel drivers)
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone passionate to work on problems that matter, we'd love to hear from you!
US Salary Range
$191,000 - $253,000 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: