Staff Robotics Software Engineer - Mission Autonomy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Staff Robotics Engineer to drive perception and planning for autonomous platforms. You will own end-to-end architecture and delivery, from sensor integration to simulation, across multi-team programs.

The role requires senior IC leadership, strong C++/Python skills, and experience with sensors and ML methods. Expect collaboration with software, mechanical, and systems engineers on defense-grade autonomy initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Robotics, CS, or Engineering.
• 7+ years of C++ and/or Python software development experience.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors (radar, LiDAR, cameras).

Responsibilities

• Own customer success through a multi-year software roadmap across teams.
• Lead architecture and implementation of perception and planning for autonomous vehicles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system integration and testing.
• Drive safe navigation, sensor fusion, and ML-driven enhancements across platforms.
• Travel up to 20% to co-locate with end-users or teams.

Skills

C++

Python

Autonomous systems

Perception

Planning

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics/CS/Engineering

Tools

Gazebo

Unity/Unreal

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Maneuver Dominance team is building Thunder - an autonomous attack rotorcraft built to fight alongside crewed combat aviation to deliver overwhelming mass effects deep beyond the front lines.

ABOUT THE JOB

Staff Robotics Engineers lead the delivery of vehicle perception and planning capability integrated in to our products, acting as technical leads, extremely senior individual contributors, and/or as team leads that are also hands-on contributors. This includes systems analysis, sensor selection and integration, perception architecture and implementation, motion planning, health management, behaviour analysis, simulation and test infrastructure, and interfaces with lower- and higher-level systems. We expect Staff Robotics Engineers to demonstrate unparalleled end-to-end outcome ownership, driving the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of safe and effective vehicle autonomy on Anduril’s autonomous platforms through their entire product life-cycle.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software roadmap that spans across multiple teams
• Leverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Partner with external teams, collaborating on interfacing requirements between diverse systems and technologies
• Lead teams that architect, design and implement trusted safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Drive the development and implementation of sensor suites, perception algorithms, planning algorithms, and test fixtures to deliver safe navigation and effective operation of Anduril’s autonomous vehicles
• Perform high impact IC work in architecture and implementation across the whole perception and planning stack
• Utilize advanced techniques in computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning to enhance perception and planning capabilities of Anduril vehicles
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of perception and planning algorithms through development and use of simulation and analysis of data from real-world experiments, including evolving the data analysis tooling.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, mechanical engineers, and systems engineers, to ensure effective system integration and testing
• Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in C++ and/or Python software development.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors such as radar, sonar, LIDAR, and cameras
• Demonstrated knowledge of at least one of: computer vision, sensor fusion, SLAM, motion planning, machine learning
• Experience in a senior perception or planning role for the delivery of a robotic system
• Capacity to act as the technical owner for a system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement robust validation and verification strategies for perception and planning modules
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with autonomous systems in the ground, air, maritime or space domains
• Experience with simulation tools and frameworks, such as Gazebo, Unity, or Unreal Engine, for algorithm validation and testing
• Knowledge of safety standards and certification processes for autonomous systems
• Familiarity with System Engineering concepts

US Salary Range: $253,000 — $336,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

• At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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