# Cognitive Systems Lead

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Santa Ana, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $220,000-$292,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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

You will own the Cognitive subsystem for a maritime autonomous vehicle, owning navigation and control, the vehicle management system, communications, and protective systems.

## Responsibilities

- Own the Cognitive subsystem architecture: navigation and control, VMS, communications, and protective systems

- Drive GN&C design including inertial navigation, safe navigation systems, and actuation control software

- Drive Vehicle Management System design including route planning and casualty monitoring

- Own communications architecture across BLOS, LOS, and acoustic domains

- Define protective systems for vehicle survivability

- Define interfaces between cognitive subsystem and body, energy, and mission systems

- Manage subsystem schedule and cost performance across prototype, LRIP, and FRP phases

- Provide technical mentorship to engineers across cognitive disciplines

- Drive design-for-manufacturability in coordination with Production

- Represent the cognitive subsystem in technical and customer meetings

- Interface with Vehicle Systems Lead and Chief Engineer on technical decisions

- Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations

## Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent

- 8+ years of experience in GN&C, vehicle autonomy, or embedded systems for marine, aerospace, or robotic platforms

- Experience taking navigation, control, or communications systems through full product development cycles

- Demonstrated experience with navigation systems, control systems, or communications architectures

- Experience transitioning designs from prototype to production

- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with autonomous underwater or surface vehicles

- Working knowledge of inertial navigation, GPS-denied navigation, or acoustic communications

- Experience with vehicle management systems or flight management systems

- Familiarity with safety-critical software and system design

- Experience in defense or maritime robotics

## Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Robotics
- GN&C
- vehicle autonomy
- embedded systems
- navigation systems
- control systems
- communications architectures

### Nice to have
- autonomous underwater or surface vehicles
- inertial navigation
- GPS-denied navigation
- acoustic communications
- vehicle management systems
- flight management systems
- safety-critical software and system design
- defense or maritime robotics

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