Maritime Cognitive Autonomy Lead

Anduril Industries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Senior Cognitive Subsystem Architect for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will own navigation and control, vehicle management, communications, and protective systems, setting architecture for autonomous operations and leading cross‑functional teams to rapid completion.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in GN&C or related fields, experience moving designs from prototype to production, and the ability to secure U.S. Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of GN&C, vehicle autonomy, or embedded systems experience in marine, aerospace, or robotic platforms.
• Experience taking navigation, control, or communications systems through full product development cycles.
• Demonstrated experience with navigation systems, control systems, or communications architectures.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the Cognitive subsystem architecture: navigation and control, VMS, communications, and protective systems.
• Drive GN&C design including inertial navigation, safe navigation, and actuation control software.
• Drive Vehicle Management System design including route planning and casualty monitoring.
• Own communications architecture across BLOS, LOS, and acoustic domains.
• Define protective systems for vehicle survivability.
• Define interfaces between cognitive subsystem and body, energy, and mission systems.
• Manage subsystem schedule and cost across prototype, LRIP, and FRP phases.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers across cognitive disciplines.
• Drive design-for-manufacturability in coordination with Production.
• Represent the cognitive subsystem in technical and customer meetings.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations.

Skills

GN&C experience

Navigation development

Prototype to production

Security clearance

System architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Robotics

Job description

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA is seeking a Senior Cognitive Subsystem Architect for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will own navigation and control, vehicle management, communications, and protective systems, setting architecture for autonomous operations and leading cross‑functional teams to rapid completion.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in GN&C or related fields, experience moving designs from prototype to production, and the ability to secure U.S. Secret clearance.