Robotics Software Engineer

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy.

As a Staff Robotics Engineer, you will lead the delivery of vehicle perception and planning capability integrated into our products.

Responsibilities:

• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software roadmap that spans across multiple teams
• Leverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms
• Partner with external teams, collaborating on interfacing requirements between diverse systems and technologies
• Lead teams that architect, design and implement trusted safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems
• Drive the development and implementation of sensor suites, perception algorithms, planning algorithms, and test fixtures
• Perform high impact IC work in architecture and implementation across the whole perception and planning stack
• Utilize advanced techniques in computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning to enhance perception and planning capabilities
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of perception and planning algorithms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, mechanical engineers, and systems engineers
• Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in C++ and/or Python software development
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors
• 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 robust validation and verification strategies
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Benefits:

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits package