Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Autonomy

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Mission Software Engineering

Staff Robotics Software Engineer role at Anduril, focusing on developing aerial and multi-domain robotic systems. The role involves writing core libraries for robot collaboration, leading feature development for products like unmanned fighter jets, and working with hardware and operational experts. Requires strong experience in robotics software, leadership, and integrating sensor systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Write and maintain core libraries and services that perform critical functions for collaborative teams of robots - for example, motion deconfliction and contingency management of fast mover air vehicles.
  2. Own major feature development and rollout of large, complex features for our products - recent examples include developing terminal-phase autonomy for various air vehicles and developing a test plan on live surrogates.
  3. Work closely with Anduril and 3rd party vehicle hardware teams, as well as operational subject matter experts (fighter pilots, UAV operators, etc.) to align on requirements during product development and iterate towards a final design.

Skills

Required

  • Robotics
  • Computer Science
  • Mechatronics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • motion planning
  • perception
  • localization
  • mapping
  • controls
  • integrating various sensor systems
  • utilizing various techniques for perception and decision-making
  • troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
  • working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems

Nice to have

  • MS or PhD
  • Python
  • Rust
  • Go
  • programming for embedded and physical devices
  • Multi-agent coordination of UAVs
  • Complex frame transformation problems, such as target localization or multi degree of freedom robotic arms

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • 10+ years experience in one or more of the following: motion planning, perception, localization, mapping, controls, and related system performance metrics.
  • Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, set technical direction, and manage full project lifecycles from concept to deployment.

Other signals

  • AI-powered operating system
  • cutting-edge autonomy
  • AI, computer vision
  • collaborative teams of robots
  • terminal-phase autonomy