Senior Computer Vision Engineer, Space
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$191k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Propose and prototype state-of-the-art computer vision solutions for real-world spacecraft and defense problems.
- Develop and maintain core computer vision libraries, runtime applications, flight software, firmware, algorithms, and simulation products.
- Integrate classical, geometric, and machine-learning computer vision methods for spacecraft perception and autonomy.
- Work with vehicle computer vision software and hardware subsystems across spacecraft and orbital mission types.
- Develop software-defined autonomous spacecraft operations with maneuvering capabilities.
- Create test plans and procedures for ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning, and operational validation.
- Collaborate with Sensors, GNC, Avionics, Systems, Flight Software, Mission Operations, and Ground Software teams.
- Coordinate with operators, end users, and customers to translate mission needs into features.
- Support ground testing, launch windows, and on-orbit spacecraft operations.
- Define automated fault detection and response capabilities.
- Provide hardware-in-the-loop and Monte Carlo simulation capabilities.
- Lead implementation, validation, and computer vision operations for Anduril’s space vehicle fleet.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, or Image Science with an emphasis on Computer Vision, plus a BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Advanced professional experience developing and benchmarking machine-learning algorithms on large-scale datasets.
- High proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment.
- Experience with object detection, object tracking, instance segmentation, semantic segmentation, semantic change detection, or natural feature tracking.
- Experience with visual odometry, SLAM, multi-view geometry, structure from motion, 3D geometry, discriminative correlation filters, stereo, neural 3D reconstruction, multi-band sensor processing, RGB-D, or LiDAR sensor fusion.
- Ability to understand complex systems and detailed requirements quickly.
- Familiarity with terminal guidance, rendezvous proximity operations and docking, orbital mechanics with propulsive spacecraft, or spacecraft and missile GNC.
- Clear communication, documentation, organizational, and training-material skills.
- Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance that can be maintained.
- Preferred experience with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, Go, OpenCV, computer vision, vision navigation, image processing, feature tracking, SLAM, and Linux systems.
- Preferred experience testing computer vision subsystems in space-constrained laboratory environments, using FlatSats, hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, and digital spacecraft simulators.
- Preferred experience with orbital mechanics, resident space object tracking, spacecraft operations, satellite command and control, system reliability, and GNC perception algorithms.
- Preferred experience developing 3-DOF and 6-DOF dynamics simulation models for GNC analysis and validation.
- Preferred exposure to U.S. satellite operations policy and constraints across relevant orbital mission threads.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, including health and recovery support.
- Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
- Full-time role based in Washington, DC.
- Work supports ongoing funded defense programs involving ground testing, launch windows, and on-orbit operations.
About Anduril Industries
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.