GNC Software Engineer
Anduril IndustriesBase Salary
$166k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and influence the direction of a small Command and Control Software team using subject-matter 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 software for real-time command-and-control systems, including mission-planning tools and autonomous tasking and routing services.
- Design planners, search algorithms, and decision-making systems that generate safe, feasible, and optimal routes in dynamic and contested environments.
- Analyze planner performance using high-fidelity simulations, modeling tools, and statistical techniques.
- Customize algorithms and software for collaborative autonomy, asset routing, and obstacle and threat avoidance use cases.
- Integrate path-planning technologies into the C2 software lifecycle from requirements definition through testing and optimization.
- Communicate technical progress and actionable insights to colleagues, operators, and end users.
Requirements
- Proficiency in algorithm design, software development, mathematical modeling, 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.
- Demonstrated experience in guidance, navigation, and control; trajectory optimization; or predictive modeling 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 development 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, projects, and coursework.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.
- Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
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.