Staff Robotics Software Engineer, CUAS

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Anduril Industries
Full time
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USA
11/07/2026
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Costa Mesa, CA

Responsibilities

Own and lead Omen’s counter-UAS autonomy architecture from prototype through fielded software.
Develop target tracking, perception integration, sensor fusion, intercept guidance, pursuit planning, and fire control software.
Define and maintain interfaces among payload, vehicle, mission compute, sensors, and command systems, including timing and latency requirements.
Build closed-loop simulation, plan and conduct flight-test and live-range campaigns, and lead root-cause analysis using field data.
Own verification, validation, release and configuration control, requirements for SEIT and V&V engineers, and the sustainment path for fielded software.
Lead multidisciplinary software teams, including hiring and building the team around the system.

Requirements

6+ years building software for robotic or autonomous systems, including at least one system carried from concept to field deployment.
Strong engineering background in robotics, computer science, aerospace, electrical engineering, or a related area.
Strong Rust or C++ for real-time and embedded systems, plus Python for tools and analysis.
Deep experience with target tracking and sensor fusion, including state estimation, filtering, data association, and track quality.
Experience with guidance, motion planning, or control for fast-moving vehicles and associated latency and bandwidth tradeoffs.
Experience integrating and characterizing perception sensors in software and building closed-loop simulation for algorithm validation.
Hands-on field-test experience covering planning, instrumentation, and data analysis.
Experience as technical owner of a safety-critical autonomy system across requirements, architecture, verification, validation, and release.
Experience leading multidisciplinary software teams, including hiring.
Familiarity with US Export regulations as applied to weapon-system software.
Preferred qualifications include fire-control or weapon software, counter-UAS, air-to-air autonomy, pursuit-evasion, reinforcement learning, game-theoretic methods, VTOL or rotorcraft autonomy, gimbal or turret pointing, ballistic solutions, safety standards, real-time operating systems, embedded Linux, ROS 2, DDS, Gazebo, Unreal, AirSim, and Monte Carlo engagement analysis.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Benefits

Top-tier full-time benefits available at little to no cost to employees.
Approximately 25% travel is required, with potential surges for test and demonstration events.

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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