Mission Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy, C++

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Boston, MA +2 · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Software Engineering

Anduril Industries is hiring a Mission Software Engineer for their Air Vehicle Autonomy team. This role focuses on developing aerial and multi-domain robotic systems, specifically contributing to the autonomy software stack which includes computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, and estimation. The position requires strong C++ or Rust experience and the ability to work with complex systems in a defense technology context.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develops aerial and multi-domain robotic systems.
  2. Develops Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril’s premier software platform that enables masses of Fury, Barracuda, and other first and third party robots to collaborate across various missions.
  3. Work in close coordination with specialist teams like Perception, Motion Planning, Hardware, and Test Engineering to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.
  4. Create a powerful autonomy software stack that includes computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, estimation, and secure communications.

Skills

Required

  • production-grade C++ and/or Rust experience
  • Linux development environment
  • building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis
  • ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases
  • desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact

Nice to have

  • Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems
  • Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments.
  • Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees.
  • Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality.
  • Distributed communication networks and message standards
  • Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Other signals

  • AI-powered operating system
  • cutting-edge autonomy
  • AI, computer vision
  • multi-domain robotic systems
  • powerful autonomy software stack