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Senior GNC Software Engineer in USA

  • Anduril Industries
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Waltham, MA

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 real-time command-and-control software for mission-planning tools, autonomous tasking, and fleet routing services.
  • Design planners, search algorithms, and decision-making systems that produce safe, feasible, and optimal routes in dynamic and contested environments.
  • Analyze system performance with high-fidelity simulations, modeling tools, and statistical techniques across mission scenarios.
  • Customize algorithms and software for collaborative autonomy, asset routing, obstacle avoidance, and threat avoidance use cases.
  • Integrate path-planning technologies into the command-and-control software stack and lifecycle from requirements through testing and optimization.
  • Communicate technical progress and actionable insights to colleagues, operators, stakeholders, 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.
  • Experience with guidance, navigation, and control; trajectory optimization; or predictive models for vehicle dynamics and weapon-system effectiveness.
  • Understanding of linear algebra, optimization, computational geometry, graph theory, vehicle dynamics, kinematic constraints, and control theory.
  • Familiarity with map representations, terrain reasoning, large-scale geospatial and environmental data, and distributed command-and-control 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 across the development lifecycle from prototyping through production optimization.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, supporting health and recovery.
  • Benefits are available to full-time employees.

Salary: $220k - $292k/yr

Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems designed to enhance military awareness and security across land, sea, and air. Targeting defense agencies and allied military forces, it leverages its proprietary Lattice platform to drive innovation in military capabilities. What sets Anduril...

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