Senior Robotics Software Engineer
About this role
Complex operational challenges across defense domains require robust software solutions to ensure multi-asset autonomy and seamless system integration for the Omen autonomous air vehicle. Navigating these distributed demands falls to the engineering team responsible for mission autonomy systems, networking, and perception capabilities at the Costa Mesa headquarters.
Developing scalable mission software involves direct collaboration across multiple teams to plan, build, test, and deploy critical capabilities into real-world environments. Engineers who excel in this environment possess a pragmatic approach to systems-level design, manage complex codebases efficiently, and prioritize mission readiness while balancing technical constraints.
What you will do
- Own the mission autonomy systems and services that are deployed to customers.
- Write code to improve products and scale the mission capability to more customers.
- Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
- Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring.
- Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps.
- Partner with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.
- Travel up to 25% of the time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.
What you need
- Hold a strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
- Bring 8+ years of professional industry experience working with C++ or Rust programming languages.
- Demonstrate experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.
- Possess the ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.
- Maintain a desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact.
- Be willing to travel up to 25% for testing and demonstrations.
- Hold an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems.
- Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments.
- Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees.
- Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality.
- Experience with distributed communication networks and message standards.
Benefits
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
- Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
- Support in health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills and tech stack
Questions candidates ask
What is the salary range for the role?
The salary range for this role is estimated between $220,000 and $292,000 USD, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offers may vary based on work experience, education, training, critical skills, and business considerations.
Is travel required for this position?
Yes, this role requires traveling up to 25% of the time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world. Candidates must be willing to travel for testing and demonstrations.
What security clearance is required?
Candidates must have an active U.S. Secret security clearance to qualify for this position.
What are the preferred technical focus areas?
Preferred backgrounds include a focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling and simulation and physical systems. Experience in developing multi-agent autonomous systems, behavior trees, flight systems, and distributed communication networks is also valued.
The application is on the official Anduril Industries careers page.
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