Defense · Defense
Currently tracking 144 active AI roles, with 441 new openings in the last 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $86k–$444k (avg $210k).
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Chief Engineering Lead Lead engineering efforts for generative AI in autonomous vehicle technology, focusing on deep learning, reinforcement learning, and agent-based systems. The role involves designing and implementing novel algorithms, integrating prototypes into production, and utilizing real-world and synthetic data for training. Requires experience shipping products end-to-end and knowledge of LLMs and RL. | AgentData | 9 |
| AI Sorcerer The AI Sorcerer role at Anduril focuses on designing, implementing, and evolving agentic systems that interact with classical software. This involves contributions to test and evaluation infrastructure, agent tool calling, prompt engineering, and improving agent performance and interaction patterns within the Lattice OS for defense applications. | Agent |
| 9 |
| AI Chief Engineering Lead Lead engineering for AI-driven autonomous vehicle technology, focusing on deep learning and reinforcement learning to develop advanced agentic software systems and integrate them into production-ready systems. This role involves research, experimentation, and utilizing real-world and synthetic data for model enhancement, with a strong emphasis on shipping end-to-end products. | AgentData | 9 |
| Generative AI Chief Engineering Lead Lead engineering for generative AI and reinforcement learning in autonomous vehicle technology, focusing on agentic software systems, end-to-end integration, and data-driven innovation using real-world and synthetic data. | AgentData | 9 |
| Head of Frontier AI, Integrated Systems Head of Frontier AI to build and lead a machine learning team focused on instantiating safe and secure agentic and perception capabilities for defense programs. This role involves driving strategy, managing engineers and researchers, providing technical leadership, leveraging large defense robotics datasets, coordinating with testing teams, and partnering with research labs to revolutionize autonomy in embedded hardware. Requires management experience, experience deploying AI in classified environments, and expertise in deep learning and generative AI (Agents, VLAs). | AgentPost-train | 9 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception Senior Machine Learning Engineer focused on perception systems for defense technology. This role involves designing, training, and deploying computer vision and perception models for edge-compatible, mission-critical environments, fusing multi-sensor data, and integrating ML algorithms into production systems. The position also requires developing evaluation frameworks and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver operational capabilities. | AgentServe | 8 |
| Generative AI Integration Engineer Anduril Industries is seeking a Generative AI Integration Engineer to design, implement, and evolve agent interactions with classical software systems. This role involves contributing to test and eval infrastructure, deployment software, agent tool calling, prompt engineering, and other agent techniques to achieve high performance with frontier and edge models. The engineer will enhance agentic interaction patterns and expand agent interaction capabilities within the Lattice system. | Agent | 8 |
| Senior Machine Learning/MLOps Engineer Senior ML/MLOps Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and sustainment of an AI-enabled backbone for a digital shipbuilding environment. Focuses on operationalizing advanced models and architecting the industrial AI stack, integrating components like feature stores, vector databases, orchestration, and model-serving frameworks. Will translate factory scenarios into applied AI capabilities with human-in-the-loop controls and integrations with production systems. | AgentServe | 8 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Sentry Tower Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company, focusing on developing and deploying multi-sensor object detection models and learning algorithms for autonomous systems on edge compute devices. The role involves owning the end-to-end ML stack, including data infrastructure, training, and optimizing on-device inference for real-time applications in a defense context. | AgentServe | 8 |
| Staff Software Engineer Staff Software Engineer role focused on architecting, designing, and delivering software for autonomous maritime systems, including autonomy, simulation, data processing, and command and control. The role involves end-to-end ownership, edge deployment in constrained environments, and leading teams to build and evolve next-generation platforms. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Signal Processing Engineer, Space This role focuses on developing discrimination algorithms for EO/IR sensors in space and missile defense. The engineer will design signal processing pipelines, including detection, feature extraction, and image processing, to classify threats from non-threats. The position requires expertise in signal processing, classification, detection theory, and algorithm development, with a focus on transitioning algorithms to production environments and providing technical leadership. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Maritime Senior Manager, Software Engineering for Anduril's Maritime Division, focusing on leading teams to deliver software for autonomous maritime systems. Responsibilities include roadmap development, architecture design, team management, and end-to-end product lifecycle ownership. The role involves managing software for autonomy, simulation, data processing, and command and control, with a strong emphasis on integrating AI, computer vision, and sensor fusion into defense technology products. | Agent | 7 |
| C++ Mission Software Engineer, Mission Autonomy Anduril Industries is hiring a C++ Mission Software Engineer for their Mission Autonomy team, focusing on developing aerial and multi-domain robotic systems. The role involves building the Lattice OS platform that enables robots to collaborate across missions, requiring expertise in autonomy software stacks including computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, and estimation. The position requires strong C++/Rust experience and the ability to work with complex systems in a defense technology context. | Agent | 7 |
| Rust Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy Software Engineer role focused on building autonomy software stacks for aerial and multi-domain robotic systems, including computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, and estimation. The role involves developing multi-agent autonomous systems and integrating them into flight systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Perception Senior Software Engineer specializing in Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineering for autonomous drones and defense technology. Focus on object detection, object tracking, and integrating classical computer vision with ML methods for UAV perception systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Robotics Engineer, Maritime This role focuses on designing and implementing perception and planning capabilities for autonomous maritime vehicles. It involves systems analysis, sensor integration, and leveraging advanced techniques in computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning to enhance vehicle capabilities. The engineer will have end-to-end ownership of subsystems and contribute to the entire product lifecycle of next-generation autonomous platforms. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Robotics Engineer, Maritime Anduril Industries is hiring a Senior Robotics Engineer for their Maritime Division. The role focuses on designing and implementing perception and planning capabilities for autonomous maritime vehicles, utilizing advanced techniques in computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning. Responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of subsystems, stakeholder engagement, and technical leadership. | Agent | 7 |
| Principal Mission Systems Lead Principal Mission Systems Lead at Anduril, a defense technology company. The role focuses on leading the technical development and integration of vehicle mission systems for Maneuver Dominance platforms. This involves driving architecture selection, hardware/software integration, service orchestration, and full lifecycle testing for robotic mission systems. The position requires experience in delivering military mission systems, distributed software platforms, and high assurance safety-critical software, with a deep understanding of autonomous weapons systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Mission Software Engineer The Mission Software Engineer role at Anduril focuses on developing and deploying software solutions for defense systems, involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics. The role requires owning deployed software, writing code for product improvement and scaling, collaborating across teams, analyzing metrics, triaging issues, and partnering with end-users. A strong engineering background, experience with C++, Rust, or Python, and data processing skills are core requirements. Desired experience includes multi-agent autonomous systems, behavior trees, and flight systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Mission Systems Lead Lead the technical development and integration of vehicle mission systems for a defense technology company, focusing on AI-powered operating systems, autonomy, computer vision, and sensor fusion for military applications. This role involves driving architecture selection, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring the delivery of operational mission systems from concept to deployment, with a strong emphasis on safety-critical software and integration with vehicle management systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Tracking Software Engineer, Space Senior Software Engineer focused on developing advanced 2D/3D tracking algorithms for space objects, processing sensor data into actionable tracks for space situational awareness. This role involves architecting multi-target tracking systems, state estimation, data association, physics-based modeling, and mentoring engineers, with a focus on transitioning algorithms from prototypes to production C++ code. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Tracking Software Engineer, Space Senior Software Engineer focused on developing advanced 2D/3D tracking algorithms for space object custody, processing sensor data into actionable tracks. This role involves architecting and implementing multi-target tracking systems using state estimation and data association techniques, developing physics-based models for validation, and mentoring engineers. The engineer will transition algorithms from prototypes to production C++ code for operational systems within a defense technology company. | Agent | 7 |
| Air Vehicle Lead Lead the development and integration of AI and autonomy technologies for air vehicles within a defense technology company. Focus on transforming military capabilities with advanced systems powered by an AI operating system. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Air Vehicle Lead Lead the development and integration of AI and autonomy technologies for air vehicles within a defense technology company. Focus on transforming military capabilities with advanced systems powered by an AI operating system. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Programs Chief Engineer Chief Engineer for an autonomous underwater system (Dive-XL) within a defense technology company. Responsible for technical vision, architecture, roadmap, and execution, leading a multi-disciplinary team. Focuses on system integration, performance, test & evaluation, and technical problem-solving for complex autonomous systems in challenging maritime environments. | Agent | 7 |
| Mission Software Engineer, Maneuver Dominance Anduril Industries is a defense technology company building AI-powered operating systems and advanced autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology for military systems. This Mission Software Engineer role focuses on owning and deploying software solutions, improving products, scaling capabilities, and collaborating across teams to build and test complex functionality, with a strong emphasis on autonomy and multi-agent systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Undersea Reconnaissance and Strike Staff Software Engineer for Anduril's Maritime team, focusing on designing and developing core decision-making and autonomy software for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The role involves leading architecture, implementation, and deployment of logic for environmental understanding, navigation, threat response, and complex mission execution. It requires technical leadership, hands-on contributions, roadmap management, customer engagement, and owning the development of mission systems and core robotics libraries. | Agent | 7 |
| Signal Processing Engineer, Space Develops discrimination algorithms for EO/IR sensors to classify threats in space and missile defense missions, involving signal processing pipelines, decision logic, and algorithm optimization. Collaborates with software engineers for production deployment and engages with customers. | Agent | 7 |
| Software Engineer, Air Defense Software Engineer for Anduril's Air Defense team, focusing on building and deploying robotic systems that detect and neutralize aerial threats. The role involves developing software for networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics, with a strong emphasis on delivering mission-critical capabilities in real-world environments. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Air Defense Senior Software Engineer for Anduril's Air Defense team, focusing on developing and deploying networked robots and systems for detecting and neutralizing aerial threats. The role involves software solutions for networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics, with a focus on delivering critical capabilities to military customers. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Computer Vision Engineer Senior Computer Vision Engineer role focused on developing advanced perception systems for autonomous aerial platforms, integrating computer vision algorithms with robotics principles for real-time decision-making, SLAM, and path planning. The role involves developing robust algorithms, integrating perception outputs with path planning, designing experiments, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Platform Anduril is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build the infrastructure for agentic software development, focusing on multi-agent orchestration, real-time knowledge bases for AI agents, and a skills/plugin platform. The role also involves improving CI/CD and operating the company's LLM adoption platform. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Maritime Staff Software Engineer role focused on leading the delivery of software for autonomous maritime systems, including autonomy, simulation, data processing, and command and control. The role involves end-to-end ownership of the software product lifecycle, from architecture and design to delivery and evolution, with a strong emphasis on integrating AI, computer vision, and sensor fusion technologies into defense products. | Agent | 7 |
| Computer Vision Engineer Computer Vision Engineer for autonomous aerial platforms, focusing on 3D perception, SLAM, and integration with path planning and autonomy systems in a defense technology company. | Agent | 7 |
| Systems Software Engineer Systems Software Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company, focusing on designing, integrating, and managing complex, software-intensive mission autonomy systems for ASVs. The role involves bridging hardware and software, managing the entire lifecycle from ConOps to maintenance, and ensuring the effectiveness and reliability of autonomous maritime systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Mission Software Engineer, Systems Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Software Systems Engineer to design, integrate, and manage complex, software-intensive mission autonomy systems based on their AI-powered Lattice OS for autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). The role involves the full lifecycle from ConOps to maintenance, with a focus on integrating mission systems with vehicle and payload management, and supporting simulation and testing. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Flight Test Engineer - Mission Autonomy (UAS) Staff Flight Test Engineer focused on mission autonomy for UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) in the defense sector. Role involves designing, implementing, and analyzing tests for autonomous systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving end-to-end test management. Requires significant experience in flight testing autonomous systems and strong analytical skills. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Flight Test Engineer - Mission Autonomy (UAS) Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Flight Test Engineer focused on Mission Autonomy for their UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems). The role involves driving testing methodologies for autonomous systems, designing and implementing test plans, analyzing test data to refine autonomy algorithms, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The position requires a strong background in flight testing of autonomous or remotely piloted systems and experience with simulation environments. | Agent | 7 |
| Flight Sciences Engineer - Tactical, Reconnaissance and Strike Division The Flight Sciences Engineer will develop and validate guidance and control laws, perform hardware and software in-the-loop testing, and create cutting-edge navigation solutions for Anduril's autonomous drone fleet. This role is part of the Tactical Recon and Strike team, focusing on small aerial drones and their operational systems, including navigating contested and GPS-denied environments. | Agent | 7 |
| Flight Sciences Engineer - Tactical, Reconnaissance and Strike Division The Flight Sciences Engineer will develop and validate guidance and control laws, perform hardware and software in-the-loop testing, and create cutting-edge navigation solutions for Anduril's autonomous drone fleet. This role is part of the Tactical Recon and Strike team, which builds aerial small drones and their operational systems, leveraging an AI-powered operating system for real-time command and control. | Agent | 7 |
| Drone Mission Support Specialist This role focuses on the development, testing, and operational deployment of small drones and their associated systems, particularly those powered by an AI-driven operating system. The specialist will be involved in rapid prototyping, validation of algorithms, and ensuring systems meet warfighter needs in a defense technology context. | Agent | 7 |
| Full Stack Software Engineer Full Stack Software Engineer at Anduril Labs, focusing on developing innovative prototypes for defense technology, including autonomous systems and GenAI applications. Requires strong software development skills, experience with AI/ML concepts, and full-stack development across various environments. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Maritime Senior Software Engineer for Anduril's Maritime Division, focusing on developing and delivering end-to-end software solutions for autonomous maritime platforms. This role involves driving the delivery of software for autonomy, simulation, data processing, and command and control, with a strong emphasis on customer deployment and lifecycle ownership. | Agent | 7 |
| Robotics Software Engineer Robotics Software Engineer at Anduril Industries, focusing on developing autonomous drone systems and integrating AI-powered operating systems. The role involves building core robotics libraries, simulators, optimizing performance, and contributing to multi-agent coordination systems for UAVs. Requires C++ or Rust proficiency, Linux development, and experience with deployed systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Senior Software Engineer on the Discovery team at Anduril, focusing on incubating and maturing AI-native offerings for defense applications. The role involves standing up infrastructure, simulation solutions, and integrations for agent development and training, collaborating with customers and other engineering teams, and deploying software in fielded environments. Requires experience in data processing, containerization, and Kubernetes, with a preference for ML training infrastructure and simulation expertise. | AgentData | 7 |
| Senior Systems Engineer Senior Systems Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company, focusing on developing unmanned systems with unsupervised autonomy. The role involves owning technology solutions deployed to customers, acting as a subject matter expert in areas like robotic perception and cybersecurity, and designing/architecting integrated systems for autonomous vehicles. This position requires extensive experience in engineering, particularly with robotic and autonomous systems, and the ability to manage complex systems throughout their lifecycle. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Flight Test Engineer - Mission Autonomy This role focuses on the flight testing and evaluation of mission autonomy systems for defense technology. The Senior Flight Test Engineer will plan, coordinate, and execute system-level testing of hardware and software, with an emphasis on developmental testing of flight systems. Responsibilities include requirements development, test planning and execution, data analysis, and safety/risk assessment for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and weapon systems. The role requires strong engineering fundamentals, experience with flight test programs, and the ability to work with complex autonomous systems. | Agent | 7 |
| Senior Robotics Software Engineer Senior Robotics Software Engineer role focused on developing and deploying multi-asset autonomy systems for defense applications. The role involves owning mission autonomy systems, writing code to improve products, collaborating across teams, and analyzing metrics. It requires strong C++ or Rust experience, data processing skills, and the ability to navigate complex systems. Experience with multi-agent autonomous systems and behavior trees is preferred. | Agent | 7 |
| Robotics Software Engineer Robotics Software Engineer role focused on developing and deploying multi-asset autonomy systems for defense applications. The role involves networking, autonomy, systems integration, and ensuring seamless operation of autonomous systems. It requires strong C++ or Rust skills and experience with data processing, complex systems, and real-world deployments. | Agent | 7 |
| Software Engineer Software Engineer role focused on designing and implementing advanced tracking algorithms and real-time software systems for air and missile defense, processing radar sensor data to track multiple targets. The role involves building and leveraging simulation environments, optimizing for performance-critical scenarios, and integrating solutions into larger defense systems. Experience with C++, Python, mathematics, and software engineering fundamentals is required, with desired experience in tracking algorithms, sensor fusion, HPC, and machine learning. | Agent | 7 |