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Salary: USD 190,000 - 250,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company building advanced autonomous systems for U.S. and allied military capabilities. You will lead the autonomy software stack for Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft designed to operate alongside crewed combat aviation. Reporting to the Mission Systems Lead, you will own the complete autonomy architecture including mission planning, mission execution, perception systems, and post-mission debrief capabilities.
Your responsibilities include:
- Architecting the autonomy software stack using modular, open systems standards (MOSA/WOSA)
- Designing mission planning systems for autonomous aviation operations beyond line of sight
- Developing mission execution software that manages vehicle behavior during autonomous operations
- Building perception systems enabling the vehicle to sense and interpret its environment
- Creating mission debrief capabilities for post-mission analysis and continuous improvement
- Establishing and maintaining software development infrastructure (CI/CD, simulation, SITL/HITL)
- Defining interfaces between autonomy stack and vehicle management systems per MOSA principles
- Managing autonomy deliverables across development phases, including MBSE artifacts (SysML models, requirements traceability)
- Providing technical mentorship to software and systems engineers
- Developing test and simulation fixtures for autonomy validation
- Representing the autonomy subsystem in technical and customer meetings
- Interfacing with Mission Systems Lead and Vehicle Systems on integration
- Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations
This role requires diverse technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and drive rapid completion of highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in autonomous systems, robotics, or AI/ML
- Experience delivering software through full product development cycles
- Demonstrated experience with autonomous navigation, planning, or perception systems
- Experience with modeling, simulation, and SITL/HITL testing
- Experience developing safety-critical or high-assurance software
- Proficiency in C++ and/or Python for real-time and mission-critical software systems
- Experience with Linux-based embedded or real-time operating systems
- Experience with version control and CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with autonomous aviation systems (UAS, UAV, or manned-unmanned teaming)
- Working knowledge of ROS/ROS2, behavior trees, or mission planning frameworks
- Experience with computer vision, EO/IR sensor processing, or airborne perception
- Familiarity with distributed software architectures and edge computing
- Experience designing to open systems architecture standards (MOSA/WOSA) for defense acquisition programs
- Familiarity with MBSE tooling and digital engineering practices (SysML, Cameo, Jama)
- Familiarity with containerization and deployment tooling (Docker, Kubernetes) for edge/embedded deployment
- Experience with simulation environments relevant to aviation/flight dynamics (Gazebo, JSBSim, X-Plane, custom digital-twin sims)
- Experience with real-time middleware/pub-sub frameworks (DDS, ZeroMQ)
- Familiarity with cross-compilation and toolchains for embedded/resource-constrained compute (NVIDIA Jetson, SWaP-optimized edge hardware)
- Experience with static analysis, formal verification, or certification-adjacent tooling (MISRA C++, DO-178C-adjacent practices)
