Senior Computer Vision Engineer — Space Systems

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Washington DC is seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer to join our Space team. You will contribute to perception subsystems, hardware sensors, processing platforms, navigation algorithms, and flight software integration for space missions across LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond.

You will collaborate with Sensors, GNC, Avionics, Systems, and Mission Operations to design, implement, test, and validate CV software for spacecraft, ensuring robust autonomy and mission readiness

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics or Computer Science, Image Science with emphasis on Computer Vision
• BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Advanced professional experience developing and benchmarking ML algorithms on large-scale datasets
• High proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment
• Experience in one or more of the following: Objection Detection, Object Tracking, Instance Segmentation, Semantic Segmentation, Semantic Change Detection, Natural Feature Tracking (NFT)
• Experience in one or more of the following: Visual Odometry, SLAM, Multi‑view Geometry, Structure from Motion, 3D Geometry, Discriminative Correlation Filters, Stereo, Neural 3D Reconstruction, Multi‑band sensor processing, RGB‑D and LIDAR Sensor Fusion
• Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Propose and prototype innovative solutions to solve real world problems, leveraging the latest state-of-the-art techniques in the field
• Develop and maintain core libraries and runtime applications
• Integrate classical and geometric methods in computer vision with ML methods
• Work space vehicle CV software and hardware subsystems for various spacecraft efforts in all orbital regimes and work closely with partners for successful implementation
• Develop modern, software‑defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations with maneuvering capabilities to successfully accomplish mission objectives
• Develop appropriate test plans and procedures to validate the CV system during ground checkout, on‑orbit commissioning and operations
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Coordinate with end‑users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
• Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on‑orbit operations of the spacecraft systems
• Design of flight software and firmware, algorithms, and simulation products
• Development of space vehicle autonomy tools for dynamic space operations
• Test process development and execution
• Define automated fault detection and responses
• Provide hardware‑in‑the‑loop and monte‑carlo simulation capabilities

Skills

C++ development in Linux

Object Detection

SLAM

Neural 3D Reconstruction

Python

Education

MS/PhD in ML/Robotics/CS

BS in CS/EE or related

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

Python

Linux

Go

Job description

Anduril Industries in Washington DC is seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer to join our Space team. You will contribute to perception subsystems, hardware sensors, processing platforms, navigation algorithms, and flight software integration for space missions across LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond.

You will collaborate with Sensors, GNC, Avionics, Systems, and Mission Operations to design, implement, test, and validate CV software for spacecraft, ensuring robust autonomy and mission readiness