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Salary: USD 220,000 - 292,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology. The Maritime Division is scaling at historic pace, anchored by Arsenal-2, a new software-defined shipyard in Baltimore County, Maryland, as part of a $6.6 billion investment in America's submarine industrial base. The Proto-Factory in Orange County, California serves as the prototyping hub for Arsenal-2, proving out advanced manufacturing methods, digital workflows, and quality systems.
In this role, you will own the Cognitive subsystem for a maritime autonomous vehicle, including navigation and control, vehicle management system, communications, and protective systems. Reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead, you will set architecture for how the vehicle navigates, communicates, manages itself, and protects itself across long-range autonomous operations.
You will own the Cognitive subsystem architecture spanning navigation and control, VMS, communications, and protective systems. Key responsibilities include driving GN&C design including inertial navigation, safe navigation systems, and actuation control software; driving Vehicle Management System design including route planning and casualty monitoring; owning communications architecture across BLOS, LOS, and acoustic domains; defining protective systems for vehicle survivability; defining interfaces between cognitive subsystem and body, energy, and mission systems; managing subsystem schedule and cost performance across prototype, LRIP, and FRP phases; providing technical mentorship to engineers across cognitive disciplines; driving design-for-manufacturability in coordination with Production; representing the cognitive subsystem in technical and customer meetings; interfacing with Vehicle Systems Lead and Chief Engineer on technical decisions; and traveling up to 25% to test sites and customer locations.
Your spectrum of support will be diverse and require you to leverage technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage intuition and prior experience will be key in ensuring the right design, analysis, and test steps are completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent
- 8+ years of experience in GN&C, vehicle autonomy, or embedded systems for marine, aerospace, or robotic platforms
- Experience taking navigation, control, or communications systems through full product development cycles
- Demonstrated experience with navigation systems, control systems, or communications architectures
- Experience transitioning designs from prototype to production
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with autonomous underwater or surface vehicles
- Working knowledge of inertial navigation, GPS-denied navigation, or acoustic communications
- Experience with vehicle management systems or flight management systems
- Familiarity with safety-critical software and system design
- Experience in defense or maritime robotics
