Staff Software Engineer, Undersea Reconnaissance and Strike

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique ultra-long-range full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from large to extra-large vehicle sizes. Today Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing Maritime team in Boston or Quincy this role you will design and develop the core decision-making and autonomy software that powers our autonomous underwater vehicles. You will lead the architecture implementation and deployment of the logic that enables these systems to understand their environment navigate safely respond to obstacles or threats and execute complex missions with limited human involvement. You will provide technical leadership and hands on contributions across software development establishing a long term software roadmap and leading the team through execution of that plan. Collaborating closely with program leadership and cross-functional teams from other Anduril products youll ensure that designs align with customer requirements while maintaining traceability to program office technical decisions. You will act as a subject matter expert in mission systems development and integration presenting to customers and demonstrating overall system performance. If you enjoy tackling complex technical challenges and owning the development of high-impact products this role is for you.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Act as a technical leader on a small team owning software for Copperhead
• Draw on both your technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives build cross-functional teams and rapidly drive projects to completion
• Drive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of payloads and mission systems
• Act as the technical owner for an entire mission system including stakeholder and customer engagement requirements definition roadmap management team coordination design implementation sustainment and evolution
• Organize integration events scoping key deliverables and impact to broader program
• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a fully operational mission system
• Leverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Generate system solutions to improve reliability ease-of-use and capability across a variety of customer missions
• Write and maintain core libraries (frame transformations targeting and guidance communications etc.) that all robotics platforms at Anduril will use
• Own major feature development for Copperhead and manage rollout to the fleet
• Travel up to 15% of time to build test and deploy capabilities in the real world and collaborate with other teams or end-users

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong engineering background from industry or school ideally in areas/fields such as Robotics Computer Science Software Engineering Mechatronics Electrical Engineering Mathematics or Physics
• System architecture experience
• Hands-on experience developing software for embedded and physical devices
• Proven understanding of data structures algorithms concurrency and code optimization
• 6 years of professional C or Rust programming experience in a Linux development environment
• Experience with NixOS
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Experience with the development and sustainment of distributed software platform and application architectures running under dynamic network topologies
• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design implementation operation and sustainment
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to learn outside of core discipline and a desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact
• Experience engaging with customers to represent the technical aspects of a product portfolio regarding missions and payloads
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical teams
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MS or PhD in Computer Science Robotics or a related field
• Experience in a leadership position within a high performing technology organization
• Experience with modeling and simulation of complex systems
• Proficiency in Python Rust and/or Go
• Experience in one or more of the following: high performance computing network programming fault tolerance fault handling DevSecOps
• Experience solving complex frame transformation problems such as target localization or multi degree of freedom robotic arms
• Experience in one or more of the following: sensor integration tracking and estimation motion planning perception localization mapping guidance navigation and control and related system performance metrics
• Solid understanding of robotics systems common interfaces and protocols (gRPC TCP/IP RS485 RS232)
• Demonstrated ability to learn and grow individually while effectively mentoring senior team members building team cohesion and increasing team capability

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

Healthcare Benefits

• US Roles:Comprehensive medical dental and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• UK & AUS Roles:We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.

Additional Benefits

• Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members bond with a new baby or address your own medical needs.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g. IVF preservation) adoption and gestational carriers along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources:Access free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services such as legal and financial support are also available.
• Professional Development:Annual reimbursement for professional development
• Commuter Benefits:Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
• Relocation Assistance:Available depending on role eligibility.

Retirement Savings Plan

• US Roles:Traditional 401(k) Roth and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
• UK & IE Roles:Pension plan with employer match.
• AUS Roles:Superannuation plan.

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