Staff Robotics Software Engineer, CUAS, Omen

The role

You will own the software integration of Omen's airborne counter-UAS effector payload. This includes leading the autonomy architecture for dogfighting missions and designing intercept guidance.

What you will do

• Own and lead the autonomy architecture for Omen's cUAS dogfighting mission.
• Collaborate with the Omen Perception team to develop target tracking and perception.
• Design intercept guidance and pursuit planning.
• Own fire control software including lead and ballistic solutions.
• Hold the sensor-to-shot latency budget.
• Own software interfaces with the payload, vehicle, and mission compute.
• Build simulation to prove engagement works before flight.
• Plan and run flight test campaigns.
• Take software to the field for verification, validation, and sustainment.
• Write requirements for SEIT and V&V engineers.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years building software for robotic or autonomous systems, including at least one system carried from concept to field deployment
• Strong engineering background, ideally in Robotics, Computer Science, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering
• Experience leading multidisciplinary software teams, including hiring
• Strong Rust or C++ for real-time and embedded systems, plus Python for tools and analysis
• Deep experience in target tracking and sensor fusion: state estimation, filtering, data association, and track quality on small, maneuvering targets
• Experience with guidance, motion planning, or control for fast-moving vehicles
• Experience integrating and characterizing perception sensors in software
• Experience building closed-loop simulation for algorithm validation
• Hands-on field test experience
• Experience as the technical owner of a safety-critical autonomy system
• Familiarity with US Export regulations as it applies to weapon system software
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• Direct experience with fire control, weapon, or effector software
• Counter-UAS experience
• Air-to-air autonomy, pursuit-evasion, or adversarial planning
• VTOL, tail-sitter, or rotorcraft autonomy
• Experience with gimbal or turret pointing software
• Familiarity with lead and ballistic solutions and sensor-to-effector latency
• Software safety standards for weapon or flight systems (MIL-STD-882E, DO-178C, or equivalent)
• Real-time operating systems, embedded Linux, middleware such as ROS 2 or DDS, and time-synchronized systems
• Simulation tools such as Gazebo, Unreal, or AirSim, and Monte Carlo engagement analysis

Benefits

• 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.