Senior GNC Engineer

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.

Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Lead architecture selection, design and implementation for Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) sub-systems and control schemes for autonomous robotic platforms

Integrate technology from best-in-class third-party vendors, local research and development partners, and Anduril’s internal product teams

Contribute to the design and development of other embedded sub-systems.

Develop real-time embedded software using a RTOS

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

Develop modeling and simulation capabilities that capture appropriate data during testing so that models can be updated and validated

Analyze test data captured from control systems, subsystems, and other test instrumentation to verify vehicle performance, evaluate GNC algorithm and controller behavior, or debug incidents

Drive light-weight root cause analyses for vehicle anomalies or incidents that are tied to GNC responsibilities

Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment

Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, including as a mentor for Software and Hardware Engineers from differing backgrounds

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience

Extensive experience (at least 6 years) with development of high assurance safety critical GNC software, including cascading controls, adaptive controls, and transfer functions

Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization

Extensive experience with MATLAB and Simulink.

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Familiarity with communications busses and protocols such as CAN, CANFD, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc

Experience writing C and/or C++

Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems

Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems

Experience with DO-178 or similar certifications

Familiarity with open source control software such as PX4, ArduPilot, or ROS

Experience with RTOS

US Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 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

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