Staff Robotics Engineer — Mission Autonomy Lead

Andurilindustries; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Melbourne, Australia, seeks a Staff Robotics Engineer to lead mission autonomy development across perception and planning stacks for autonomous vehicles. You will own end-to-end architecture, drive multi-team collaboration, and ensure robust validation and deployment of safe navigation systems.

This role involves frequent cross‑functional interaction and up to 20% travel to customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, CS, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of C++/Python software development.
• Experience with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors.
• Leadership and stakeholder engagement experience.
• NV2 security clearance eligibility or ability to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year software roadmap across multiple teams.
• Leverage internal teams to deliver capability beyond current platforms with clear architecture evolution.
• Partner with external teams on interfacing requirements between diverse systems.
• Lead teams in safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems.
• Develop and implement sensor suites, perception algorithms, planning algorithms, and test fixtures.
• Perform high-impact IC work across perception and planning stack.
• Utilise computer vision, sensor fusion, and ML to enhance perception and planning.
• Test and validate algorithms using simulation and real-world data analysis.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, and systems engineers for integration and testing.
• Travel to co-locate with end-users up to 20%.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Sensor fusion

CV

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics or related field

Tools

Gazebo

Unity

Unreal Engine

Job description

Anduril Industries in Melbourne, Australia, seeks a Staff Robotics Engineer to lead mission autonomy development across perception and planning stacks for autonomous vehicles. You will own end-to-end architecture, drive multi-team collaboration, and ensure robust validation and deployment of safe navigation systems.

This role involves frequent cross‑functional interaction and up to 20% travel to customer sites.