Staff Robotics Software Engineer - Mission Autonomy

The role

Staff Robotics Engineers lead the delivery of vehicle perception and planning capability for autonomous platforms. This includes systems analysis, sensor integration, motion planning, and simulation for products like the Thunder autonomous attack rotorcraft.

What you will do

• Design and deliver a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software roadmap
• Leverage internal engineering teams to deliver capability beyond current platforms
• Partner with external teams on interfacing requirements
• Lead teams to architect and implement safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems
• Drive development of sensor suites, perception algorithms, and planning algorithms
• Perform high impact IC work in architecture and implementation across the perception and planning stack
• Utilize computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning to enhance capabilities
• Conduct testing and validation through simulation and real-world data analysis
• Collaborate with cross-functional software, mechanical, and systems engineers
• Travel up to 20% of the time to co-locate with end-users or other teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in C++ and/or Python software development
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors such as radar, sonar, LIDAR, and cameras
• Demonstrated knowledge of at least one of: computer vision, sensor fusion, SLAM, motion planning, machine learning
• Experience in a senior perception or planning role for the delivery of a robotic system
• Capacity to act as the technical owner for a system
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement validation and verification strategies
• Capacity to learn and grow individually and mentor junior team members
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• Experience with autonomous systems in the ground, air, maritime or space domains
• Experience with simulation tools and frameworks, such as Gazebo, Unity, or Unreal Engine
• Knowledge of safety standards and certification processes for autonomous systems
• Familiarity with System Engineering concepts

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.