Staff Robotics Engineer: Autonomous Perception & Planning

Xapply; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 253,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Staff Robotics Engineer to lead vehicle perception and planning capabilities for autonomous platforms. You will serve as a technical lead and hands-on contributor across architecture, implementation, testing, and validation.

You will own end-to-end outcomes, collaborating with software, mechanical, and systems engineers while shaping multi-year roadmaps and validating complex perception and planning modules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in C++ and/or Python.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors such as radar, sonar, LIDAR, and cameras.
• Experience in a senior perception or planning role for the delivery of a robotic system.
• Ability to act as the technical owner for a system and manage requirements, roadmap, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year software roadmap spanning multiple teams.
• Rapidly deliver capability beyond current platforms with architectural and capability evolution.
• Collaborate with external teams on interfacing requirements between diverse systems.
• Lead teams that architect and implement safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems.
• Develop sensor suites, perception and planning algorithms, and test fixtures for safe operation of autonomous vehicles.
• Perform high-impact IC work across perception and planning stack.
• Utilize computer vision, sensor fusion, and ML to enhance perception and planning.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics/Mechatronics/CS/Engineering

Tools

Gazebo

Unity

Unreal Engine

Job description

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Staff Robotics Engineer to lead vehicle perception and planning capabilities for autonomous platforms. You will serve as a technical lead and hands-on contributor across architecture, implementation, testing, and validation.

You will own end-to-end outcomes, collaborating with software, mechanical, and systems engineers while shaping multi-year roadmaps and validating complex perception and planning modules.