Anduril Industries
Robotics Software Engineer - Undersea Dominance
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a Robotics Software Engineer to develop perception and autonomous navigation systems for next-generation undersea vehicles. You'll own end-to-end technical delivery of safety-critical systems including sensor fusion, motion planning, and collision avoidance while collaborating across hardware and systems teams.
What you'll do
- Design and implement safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness algorithms for autonomous underwater vehicles
- Develop scalable subsystems for sensor processing, perception, tracking, motion planning, and health management
- Apply computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning techniques to enhance vehicle capabilities
- Test and validate perception and planning algorithms through simulation and real-world experimental data analysis
- Act as technical owner for assigned systems, managing requirements, roadmap, design, and team coordination
- Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams on system integration
What they're looking for
- C++ and Python software development
- Computer vision or sensor fusion
- SLAM, motion planning, or machine learning
- Autonomous vehicle sensors (sonar, radar, LIDAR, cameras)
- Simulation frameworks (Gazebo, Unity, or Unreal Engine)
- Robotic systems architecture and integration
- Technical leadership and stakeholder management
- Testing and validation methodology
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience leading perception or planning system development for a robotic platform from concept to deployment.
- How have you balanced multiple competing constraints (safety, performance, resource limits) in autonomous system design?