Senior Robotics Behaviors Engineer – Multi-Robot Autonomy

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

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Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Behaviors to lead high-level robotic behavior development. You will design behavior trees and state machines to orchestrate teams of robots and integrate autonomy with sensors and flight controllers.

The role emphasizes systems integration, pragmatic engineering, and cross-functional collaboration with autonomy, hardware, and platform teams, with up to 25% travel for field testing and deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in C++ and/or Rust.
• Experience designing behavior trees, state machines for robotic systems.
• Proven ability to write software integrations between autonomy stacks and robotic peripherals.
• Strong systems-level knowledge and ability to navigate large codebases.
• “Whatever It Takes” mindset with expedient, scalable engineering.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% and eligibility for US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement behavior trees and state machines to control high-level robot behavior.
• Write software integrations between autonomy stacks and sensors, flight controllers, radios.
• Build software to coordinate teams of autonomous platforms across networks.
• Collaborate with autonomy, hardware, systems, and platform teams for field readiness.
• Travel up to 25% to test, debug, and deploy systems in operational environments.
• Contribute across prototyping, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in deployed systems for reliability.

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Behaviors to lead high-level robotic behavior development. You will design behavior trees and state machines to orchestrate teams of robots and integrate autonomy with sensors and flight controllers.

The role emphasizes systems integration, pragmatic engineering, and cross-functional collaboration with autonomy, hardware, and platform teams, with up to 25% travel for field testing and deployment.