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Palmer Luckey’s defence startup Anduril is on an Australian hiring spree

The Oculus founder's US$30.5b autonomous submarine company is on the hunt for technical talent and expects to employ 200 Australians by the end of the year.

Daniel Van Boom
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Palmer Lucky's Anduril raised a US$2.5 billion Series G that valued it at US$30 billion. TED.

Anduril Australia is stocking up on software engineers, supply chain experts and product designers, with the defence company's local headcount expected to grow by 50% to over 200 by the end of the year.

The Palmer Luckey-founded startup is expanding its Australian ranks as it hopes to scale up production of its Ghost Shark submarines and readies itself for new collaborations with Australia's defence forces.

"The growth is mainly aligned to the growth in our existing maritime and air defence projects," a spokesperson said, "and in preparation for some other projects coming online later this year."

Anduril was launched in 2017 by Luckey, who previously invented the Oculus VR technology that Meta bought in 2014 for USD2 billion. The company's goal is to outpace incumbent defence contractors like Lockheed Martin by developing autonomous, AI-powered weapons that can be improved quickly via software updates.