Staff GN&C Engineer, Maritime Autonomy & Navigation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense tech company, seeks a Staff Software Engineer focused on Navigation and Control for maritime autonomous assets. You will own GN&C architecture, lead INS integration, and drive GPS-denied navigation, with responsibilities spanning cross-functional teams and safety certification.

The role emphasizes leadership of multi-disciplinary projects, prototype integration, and testing, including sea trials and travel up to 25% to sites and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Robotics, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of GN&C or vehicle control systems experience.
• Experience with INS, Kalman filtering, or sensor fusion.
• Familiarity with marine/aerospace control system design.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own GN&C architecture: inertial navigation, safe navigation, and actuation control software.
• Lead INS integration and GPS-denied navigation solution development.
• Drive Safe Navigation System design and safety certification approach.
• Define actuation and control software requirements with body subsystem.
• Manage navigation compute requirements and hardware selection.
• Lead trade studies across navigation sensor suites and fusion approaches.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers across GN&C sub-disciplines.
• Interface with VMS, communications, and mission systems teams.
• Support prototype integration, testing, and sea trials.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations.
• Own GN&C architecture: inertial navigation, safe navigation, actuation control software, depth keeping and hover.
• Lead trade studies across navigation sensor suites and fusion approaches, including make vs buy.

Skills

GN&C leadership

Inertial navigation

Sensor fusion

Control systems

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Robotics, or equivalent

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense tech company, seeks a Staff Software Engineer focused on Navigation and Control for maritime autonomous assets. You will own GN&C architecture, lead INS integration, and drive GPS-denied navigation, with responsibilities spanning cross-functional teams and safety certification.

The role emphasizes leadership of multi-disciplinary projects, prototype integration, and testing, including sea trials and travel up to 25% to sites and customers.