# GNC Software Engineer **Company**: Anduril **Location**: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $191,000 - $253,000 USD **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5150958007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_d7c34ef1-1eb ## Description At Anduril, our Battelspace Awareness Command and Control Software team specializes in solving complex, real-world problems through cutting-edge algorithms and intelligent software integrations. We are currently seeking highly talented technologists to join our mission and redefine the future of defense technology. As a GNC Software Engineer, you will define and influence the direction of a small team within the Command and Control Software organization, leveraging your subject-matter expertise in path planning and route optimization. Key responsibilities include: - Defining and influencing the direction of a small team within the Command and Control Software organization - Prototyping and deploying state-of-the-art algorithms for global and local path planning, trajectory optimization, and multi-agent coordination within command and control systems - Developing high-performance software for real-time C2 systems, ranging from operator-facing mission planning tools to autonomous tasking and routing services that orchestrate fleets of unmanned platforms - Designing and implementing robust planners, search algorithms, and decision-making systems that generate safe, feasible, and optimal routes in dynamic, uncertain, and contested environments - Analyzing system performance using high-fidelity simulations, innovative modeling tools, and rigorous statistical techniques to validate planner behavior across diverse mission scenarios - Driving customer success by customizing algorithms and software for mission-critical use cases, including collaborative autonomy, asset routing, and obstacle and threat avoidance - Integrating path planning technologies into the broader command and control software stack and development lifecycle, from requirements definition through testing and optimization - Translating technical progress into clear, actionable insights for diverse stakeholders, including colleagues, operators, and end-users Required qualifications include: - Proficiency in algorithm design, software development, and mathematical modeling with programming expertise in C/C++, Python, and Matlab - Strong knowledge of path planning techniques, such as graph-based search (A*, D* Lite), sampling-based planners (RRT, RRT*, PRM), and lattice or grid-based planners - Demonstrated experience in guidance, navigation, and control (GNC); trajectory optimization; and/or the development of predictive models for vehicle dynamics and weapon system effectiveness (e.g., 6-DoF simulation, intercept analysis) - Solid understanding of applied mathematics, including linear algebra, optimization, computational geometry, and graph theory - Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, kinematic constraints, and control theory as applied to autonomous ground, air, or maritime platforms tasked through C2 systems - Familiarity with map representations, terrain reasoning, and the efficient handling of large-scale geospatial and environmental data within distributed C2 architectures - Background in machine learning as applied to planning and decision-making, including reinforcement learning, learned heuristics, and behavior prediction - Ability to engineer robust systems for planning under uncertainty, multi-agent coordination, and operation in complex, dynamic, contested environments - Demonstrated ability to work across development lifecycles, from prototyping to optimizing production systems - Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance Salary: $191,000 - $253,000 USD per year Benefits: Comprehensive, competitive benefits package, including top-tier benefits for full-time employees, such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. Please note that the salary range is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. ## Skills ### Required - algorithm design - software development - mathematical modeling - C/C++ - Python - Matlab - path planning - graph-based search - sampling-based planners - lattice or grid-based planners - guidance, navigation, and control - trajectory optimization - predictive models - vehicle dynamics - kinematic constraints - control theory - map representations - terrain reasoning - large-scale geospatial and environmental data - machine learning - reinforcement learning - learned heuristics - behavior prediction - robust systems - multi-agent coordination - complex, dynamic, contested environments - development lifecycles - prototyping - optimizing production systems - U.S. Top Secret security clearance --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5150958007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)