Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Management System

$168,000 - $252,000/Yr

Anduril Industries - Boston, MA

Full-time - Senior

Boston, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer for the Vehicle Management System at Anduril Industries is responsible for designing and implementing critical systems for autonomous underwater vehicles. This role involves leveraging deep robotics experience to architect, deliver, and support next-generation autonomous vehicles throughout their product life-cycle, ensuring safety and reliability in a multi-stakeholder environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement trusted, safety critical Vehicle Management Systems.
• Design and implement scalable vehicle sub-systems including sensor processing, state estimation, contingency management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces.
• Develop real-time embedded software using an RTOS.
• Develop device drivers and interfaces to a variety of sensors and actuators.
• Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software-and hardware-in-the-loop.
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.
• Travel up to 5% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Experienced and proficient at writing C.
• Experience with an RTOS.
• Familiarity with communications busses and protocols (e.g. CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, etc).
• Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization.
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, contributing to team cohesion and capacity.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in design and development of embedded applications in autonomous vehicle software systems.
• Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software applications.
• Experience in developing interfaces to sensors and actuators.
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
• Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with DO-178, IEC 61508, or similar certifications.
• Familiarity with navigation and communications systems.

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits (100% covered for employee, 90% for dependents).
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance (100% covered).
• Generous company holiday calendar and competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support including fertility and adoption coverage.
• Free mental health resources 24/7.
• Professional development stipend available.
• Daily meals and provisions in many offices.
• Company-funded commuter benefits based on region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan (traditional and Roth).