Senior GNC Software Engineer
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$191k - $253k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and influence the direction of a small Command and Control Software team using expertise in path planning and route optimization.
- Prototype and deploy algorithms for global and local path planning, trajectory optimization, and multi-agent coordination.
- Develop high-performance real-time C2 software for mission-planning tools, autonomous tasking, and unmanned-platform routing services.
- Design planners, search algorithms, and decision-making systems for safe, feasible, and optimal routing in dynamic environments.
- Analyze planner performance using high-fidelity simulations, modeling tools, and statistical techniques.
- Customize algorithms and software for collaborative autonomy, asset routing, obstacle avoidance, and threat avoidance use cases.
- Integrate path-planning technologies into the software stack and development lifecycle from requirements definition through testing and optimization.
- Communicate technical progress and actionable insights to colleagues, operators, and end users.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in algorithm design, software development, and mathematical modeling.
- Programming expertise in C/C++, Python, and Matlab.
- Strong knowledge of graph-based, sampling-based, lattice-based, and grid-based path-planning techniques, including A*, D* Lite, RRT, RRT*, and PRM.
- Experience with guidance, navigation, and control; trajectory optimization; or predictive models for vehicle dynamics and weapon-system effectiveness, including 6-DoF simulation or intercept analysis.
- Understanding of linear algebra, optimization, computational geometry, and graph theory.
- Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, kinematic constraints, and control theory for autonomous ground, air, or maritime platforms.
- Familiarity with map representations, terrain reasoning, and large-scale geospatial and environmental data in distributed C2 architectures.
- Background in machine learning for planning and decision-making, including reinforcement learning, learned heuristics, and behavior prediction.
- Ability to engineer robust planning systems for uncertainty, multi-agent coordination, and complex dynamic environments.
- Experience working across the lifecycle from prototyping through production optimization.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
- Applicants are asked to provide transcripts or detailed information about relevant academic performance, coursework, and projects.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, including support for health and recovery.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
- The role offers a U.S. salary range of $191,000—$253,000 in base salary.
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.