Senior Vehicle Management Systems Engineer Maritime Autonomy

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a seasoned engineer to own the Vehicle Management System for a maritime autonomous vehicle. Reporting to the Cognitive Systems Lead, you will design supervisory software that monitors health, manages operational modes, responds to faults, and coordinates across subsystems.

The vehicle executes multi-day missions with no operator link; the VMS decides whether to continue, abort, or surface.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience in vehicle management systems, flight management, or supervisory control software.
• Experience with real-time embedded software for vehicle platforms.
• Familiarity with FDIR design and operational mode management.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Experience setting up an integration lab.

Responsibilities

• Own VMS architecture: health monitoring, mode management, fault response.
• Design vehicle state machines and operational mode transitions.
• Develop fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) logic.
• Define VMS interfaces with GN&C, energy, communications, and mission systems.
• Manage route planning and casualty monitoring functions.
• Support SITL/HITL testing of VMS behaviors.
• Interface with all vehicle subsystem leads on integration.
• Support at-sea testing and validation.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites.

Skills

Real-time embedded software

Vehicle management systems

Flight management

Operational mode management

Security clearance

Integration lab setup

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a seasoned engineer to own the Vehicle Management System for a maritime autonomous vehicle. Reporting to the Cognitive Systems Lead, you will design supervisory software that monitors health, manages operational modes, responds to faults, and coordinates across subsystems.

The vehicle executes multi-day missions with no operator link; the VMS decides whether to continue, abort, or surface.