Robotics Software Engineer - Undersea Dominance
Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Dominance - Engineering & Operations
Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253k + equityFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Robotics Engineers contribute to delivery of vehicle perception and planning capability integrated in to our products, focusing on end-to-end ownership of projects within Anduril’s autonomous maritime systems.
Responsibilities
- Implement trusted safe navigation, collision avoidance, and situational awareness systems that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Implement scalable sub-systems including sensor processing, perception, tracking, motion planning, health management, anomaly detection, simulation, testing fixtures, and vehicle interfaces
- Contribute to the development of existing software components across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines
- Utilize advanced techniques in computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning to enhance perception and planning capabilities of Anduril vehicles
- Conduct thorough testing and validation of perception and planning algorithms through development and use of simulation and analysis of data from real-world experiments, including evolving the data analysis tooling
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, mechanical engineers, and systems engineers, to ensure effective system integration and testing
- Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
- Experienced and proficient in C++ and/or Python software development
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicle hardware and sensors such as radar, sonar, LIDAR, and cameras
- Demonstrated knowledge of at least one of: computer vision, sensor fusion, SLAM, motion planning, machine learning
- Experience in a senior perception or planning role for the delivery of a robotic system
- Capacity to act as the technical owner for a system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement robust validation and verification strategies for perception and planning modules
- Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Skills
Required:C++PythonAutonomous vehicle sensorsComputer visionSensor fusionMotion planningMachine learningSystem ownership
Nice to have:SLAM
Benefits
- Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive) available at little to no cost to employees
- Equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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