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From the employer's careers site First seen 30 Oct 2026

Senior Estimation and Tracking Engineer

Salary

$220,000-$292,000 USD per year

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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.

We are looking for a Senior Estimation and Tracking Engineer to join our growing team in Irvine, CA. In this role, you will be bringing together data from robots, cameras, radars, and many other sources into a single combined operational picture which enables both autonomous systems and end users to complete their missions.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop robust and efficient software for real-time tracking and fusion.
  • Conduct data analysis and performance evaluation to validate and improve tracking system capabilities.
  • Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
  • Stay up to date with the latest developments in tracking and fusion technology.
  • Write clear and maintainable code with comprehensive documentation.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

Required Qualifications:

  • Proficiency in production-grade C++ or Rust software development
  • Strong background in linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and probability/stochastic processes
  • Experience with probabilistic inference and Bayesian likelihood estimation
  • Familiarity with classical and contemporary approaches for state estimation and tracking (e.g. Kalman Filter, EKF, Particle Filter)
  • Strong communication skill and the ability to take large problems and break them down into actionable parts
  • Eligible to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience processing sensor measurements from Radar, Electro-Optical Sensors, RF Sensors, or LIDAR
  • Experience with sensor characterization and modeling
  • Multi-target prediction and tracking (e.g., Multi-hypothesis tracking)
  • Derivation of performance metrics and analysis of system performance
  • Camera and sensor calibration
  • Familiarity with non-linear optimization frameworks like Ceres, g2o, GTSAM, etc
  • Experience in unmanned systems
  • Experience in Docker, CircleCI, Linux
  • MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Applied Math, Physics or related field

Benefits:

  • Highly competitive equity grants
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health, recovery, and other support

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Rust
  • linear algebra
  • multivariable calculus
  • probability
  • stochastic processes
  • probabilistic inference
  • Bayesian likelihood estimation
  • Kalman Filter
  • EKF
  • Particle Filter

Nice to have

  • Radar
  • Electro-Optical Sensors
  • RF Sensors
  • LIDAR
  • sensor characterization
  • modeling
  • Multi-hypothesis tracking
  • performance metrics
  • camera calibration
  • non-linear optimization frameworks
  • unmanned systems
  • Docker
  • CircleCI
  • Linux

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5277734007

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