Anduril Industries - Costa Mesa, CA
posted 21 days ago
Anduril Industries is seeking a Lead Robotics Software Engineer to join our Vehicle Autonomy (Robotics) team in Costa Mesa, California. This team is dedicated to developing advanced aerial and ground-based robotic systems that are integral to our mission of transforming military capabilities through cutting-edge technology. As a Lead Robotics Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in taking innovative products like Ghost, Anvil, and our Sentry Tower from conceptual designs to operational systems. You will collaborate closely with specialist teams, including Perception, Autonomy, and Manufacturing, to tackle some of the most challenging problems faced by our customers in the defense sector. In this position, you will be responsible for writing and maintaining core libraries that serve as the foundation for all robotics platforms at Anduril. You will own the development and rollout of significant features for our products, such as creating a Software-in-the-Loop simulator for the Anvil product and optimizing the battery consumption of the Ghost helicopter through effective route planning. Your work will involve close collaboration with hardware and manufacturing teams to provide timely feedback that influences the final design of our hardware solutions. This role is ideal for software engineers and roboticists who are passionate about building a powerful robotics stack that encompasses computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, estimation, and secure communications.