Staff Robotics Engineer, Surface Dominance

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Own customer success through design and delivery of a multi-year software roadmap spanning multiple teams
• ▹Lead teams architecting trusted, safe navigation, collision avoidance and situational awareness systems
• ▹Drive development of sensor suites, perception algorithms and planning algorithms for autonomous vehicles
• ▹Perform hands-on architecture and implementation work across the perception and planning stack
• ▹Apply computer vision, sensor fusion and machine learning techniques to enhance perception and planning
• ▹Test and validate perception and planning algorithms via simulation and real-world experiments
• ▹Collaborate with software, mechanical and systems engineers on integration and testing
• ▹Travel to co-locate with end-users and other teams up to 20% of the time

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
• ▹Proficient in C++ and/or Python software development
• ▹Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors (radar, sonar, LIDAR, cameras)
• ▹Knowledge of at least one of: computer vision, sensor fusion, SLAM, motion planning, machine learning
• ▹Experience in a senior perception or planning role delivering a robotic system
• ▹Capacity to act as technical owner for a system, including stakeholder engagement and roadmap management
• ▹Ability to define and implement validation and verification strategies for perception/planning modules
• ▹Ability to mentor junior team members
• ▹Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with autonomous systems in ground, air, maritime or space domains
• ▹Experience with simulation tools such as Gazebo, Unity or Unreal Engine
• ▹Knowledge of safety standards and certification processes for autonomous systems
• ▹Familiarity with systems engineering concepts

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Highly competitive equity grants included in most full-time offers
• ▹Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees, available at little to no cost

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities. Its Maritime Division builds autonomous underwater and surface vehicle systems, currently executing billion-dollar contracts while also running Robot-as-a-Service AUV operations.