Engineering Lead, Vehicle Software

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

Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) is responsible for autonomous robotics systems like the Fury unmanned fighter jet and the Barracuda family of advanced effects. The AD&S Vehicle Software team is responsible for the software running on these systems. Our software engineers collaborate with other engineering disciplines to develop software for vehicle control, networking, sensor integration, and telemetry. We are looking for engineers excited to build the foundational vehicle software stack that supports the wide range of AD&S initiatives, from early concept simulation to first flight to live operations to large scale fleet management.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Lead the team’s technical direction and delivery against customer milestones, and act as a technical point of contact for customers

Drive solutions that balance end-user needs with the requirements of government customers, industry partners and Anduril teams

Develop and integrate mission autonomy software onto partner uncrewed platforms

Design scalable software that runs on- and off- robotic platforms, with components re-usable across Anduril product lines

Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop

Support integration events, demonstrations and test events, through to live flight test

Own the technical content of customer deliverables such as architecture and test documentation

Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team across multiple sites

Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 30% of the time

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.

8+ years of production-grade C++ and/or Rust experience in a Linux development environment

Experience leading a team of software engineers: setting technical direction, reviewing designs and code, and delivering against customer milestones

Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis

Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases

A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact

Eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Negative Vetting 2 security clearance (NV2)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems

Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments.

Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees.

Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality.

Distributed communication networks and message standards

Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics

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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