Staff Robotics Engineer
Anduril IndustriesResponsibilities
- Own a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software roadmap spanning multiple teams and drive customer success.
- Lead teams developing safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems.
- Drive sensor-suite, perception-algorithm, planning-algorithm, and test-fixture development for autonomous vehicles.
- Perform high-impact individual-contributor work across the perception and planning stack.
- Use computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning to improve vehicle perception and planning.
- Develop simulation, testing, validation, and data-analysis capabilities using real-world experiment data.
- Collaborate with software, mechanical, systems, external, and customer teams on requirements, interfaces, integration, and testing.
- Travel to co-locate with end users or other teams up to 20% of the time.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in C++ and/or Python software development.
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors such as radar, sonar, LIDAR, and cameras.
- Knowledge of at least one of computer vision, sensor fusion, SLAM, motion planning, or machine learning.
- Experience in a senior perception or planning role delivering a robotic system.
- Ability to own a system technically across stakeholder engagement, requirements, roadmap management, coordination, design, implementation, sustainment, and evolution.
- Ability to define and implement validation and verification strategies for perception and planning modules.
- Ability to mentor junior team members and build team cohesion and capacity.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Negative Vetting 2 security clearance.
- Preferred experience with autonomous systems in ground, air, maritime, or space domains.
- Preferred experience with Gazebo, Unity, or Unreal Engine for algorithm validation and testing.
- Preferred knowledge of safety standards, certification processes for autonomous systems, and systems engineering concepts.
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage varies by region, including medical, dental, vision, or private medical insurance.
- Life and disability insurance, competitive paid time off, December holiday hiatus, caregiver and wellness leave, and family planning and parenting support are provided.
- 24/7 mental health resources and work-life services, including legal and financial support, are available.
- Annual professional development reimbursement and region-based commuter benefits are offered.
- Relocation assistance may be available depending on role eligibility.
- Retirement savings options include 401(k) plans in the US, pension plans in the UK and Ireland, and superannuation in Australia.
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.