Senior Robotics Autonomy Engineer - Multi-Robot Behaviors

Slope; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Behaviors, to design, implement, and maintain high-level robot behaviors across teams of autonomous systems. You will craft behavior trees and state machines, connect autonomy stacks to sensors and radios, and coordinate multi-robot missions for field deployment.

You will collaborate with autonomy, hardware, systems, and platform teams to ensure field-ready software, while traveling up to 25% to test and deploy in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
• At least 6+ years of hands-on experience developing production-grade software in C++ and/or Rust.
• Experience designing behavior trees, state machines, or comparable frameworks for orchestrating high-level robotic behavior.
• Proven ability to write software integrations between autonomy stacks and robotic peripherals such as sensors, flight controllers, and radios.
• Strong systems-level knowledge and the ability to navigate and contribute to complex codebases.
• A “Whatever It Takes” mindset—expedient, scalable, and pragmatic engineering while keeping the mission top-of-mind.
• Passion for building software that directly influences mission-critical outcomes.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to test and deploy systems.
• Must be eligible for a US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement behavior trees and state machines that control high-level behavior for teams of robots.
• Write software integrations between autonomy stacks and robotic peripherals—sensors, flight controllers, radios, and other onboard systems.
• Build software that coordinates teams of autonomous platforms to achieve complex mission outcomes across networked robots.
• Solve problems spanning networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics with pragmatic engineering tradeoffs.
• Partner with autonomy, hardware, systems, and platform teams to ensure products work together in the field.
• Travel up to 25% to test, debug, and deploy systems in operational environments.
• Contribute across the entire software lifecycle, including prototyping, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Analyze and resolve issues in deployed systems to ensure reliability and operational success.

Skills

C++/Rust proficiency

Behavior trees

State machines

Autonomy integration

Systems thinking

Pragmatic engineering

Travel readiness

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics/CS/SE/Math/Physics

Tools

BehaviorTree.CPP

py_trees

Embedded systems

Flight controllers

Job description

Anduril Industries in the United States seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Behaviors, to design, implement, and maintain high-level robot behaviors across teams of autonomous systems. You will craft behavior trees and state machines, connect autonomy stacks to sensors and radios, and coordinate multi-robot missions for field deployment.

You will collaborate with autonomy, hardware, systems, and platform teams to ensure field-ready software, while traveling up to 25% to test and deploy in