Autonomy Software Engineer, Air Vehicle Missions

Front Door Defense

Costa Mesa (CA)

On-site

USD 166,000 - 220,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, seeks a Mission Software Engineer for Air Vehicle Autonomy to develop and integrate autonomous flight software powering air vehicle control and mission autonomy.

Join the Air Dominance & Strike team, contribute to Lattice OS, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver robust autonomy software across perception, planning, and control domains.

Qualifications

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
  • Strong engineering background in CS/Software Eng/Math/Physics.
  • 3+ years with Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript.
  • Experience handling large data processing and analysis.
  • Ability to understand and navigate complex systems and code bases.
  • Desire to work on critically impactful software.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and integrate autonomous flight software for air vehicle control and mission autonomy.
  • Collaborate with Perception, Motion Planning, Hardware, and Test Engineering teams to solve hard problems and enable mission autonomy.

Skills

Java
Python
C++
Rust
Go
JavaScript
Data processing
Complex systems

Education

Engineering degree (CS/SE/Math/Physics)

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, seeks a Mission Software Engineer for Air Vehicle Autonomy to develop and integrate autonomous flight software powering air vehicle control and mission autonomy.

Join the Air Dominance & Strike team, contribute to Lattice OS, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver robust autonomy software across perception, planning, and control domains.

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