Senior Robotics Software Engineer – Autonomy & cUAS

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the software integration of Omen’s airborne counter-UAS payload and to build a team around it. You will own the autonomy architecture for the cUAS mission, collaborate on perception, and design guidance and fire control software for fast-moving targets.

You will lead a multidisciplinary software team, oversee simulation and field testing, and ensure strict latency budgets and safety-critical V&V processes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building software for robotic or autonomous systems, including at least one system you carried from concept to field deployment.
• Strong engineering background in Robotics, CS, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering
• Experience leading multidisciplinary software teams, including hiring
• Deep experience in target tracking, sensor fusion, state estimation, and data association

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the autonomy architecture for Omen’s cUAS dogfighting mission end to end.
• Collaborate with perception to develop target tracking and sensor fusion implementations.
• Design intercept guidance and pursuit planning for engagement of maneuvering targets.
• Lead and integrate fire control software, including timing and latency budgeting.
• Build simulations and run flight test campaigns, providing root-cause analysis when results diverge from predictions.

Skills

Rust/C++ for RT & embedded

Team leadership

Python for tools

Sensor fusion & tracking

Simulation & testing

Target acquisition & guidance

Tools

ROS 2

Gazebo

AirSim

DDS

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the software integration of Omen’s airborne counter-UAS payload and to build a team around it. You will own the autonomy architecture for the cUAS mission, collaborate on perception, and design guidance and fire control software for fast-moving targets.

You will lead a multidisciplinary software team, oversee simulation and field testing, and ensure strict latency budgets and safety-critical V&V processes.