Senior Software Engineer - Perception

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Maritime & Manoeuvre Dominance teams at Anduril UK develop operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. We are focused on making large groups of autonomous systems work effectively together. We leverage existing Anduril platforms like Ghost, Altius, and Dive XL, in addition to bringing 3rd party platforms into Anduril's Lattice ecosystem. We develop Perception and Autonomy algorithms to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers and roboticists excited about creating a powerful robotics stack that includes computer vision, motion planning, SLAM, controls, estimation, and secure communications.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for Senior Perception Engineers to join our rapidly growing team in London, UK. In this role, you will be responsible for solving a wide variety of perception, estimation & tracking problems. You will work with computer vision, SLAM, trackers and filters, systems integration, and more, all whilst making pragmatic engineering trade-offs up and down the whole stack to do whatever it takes to go from streams of raw sensor measurements to a stable coherent combined operational picture which enables both autonomous systems and end users to complete their missions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Deploy these approaches to operational settings, by moving features along a release process that starts in simulation and ends running in an embedded and operational context.
• Research and adapt SOTA perception algorithms - everything from lit. review, through training and evaluation, to optimisation and deployment.
• Design and develop robust and efficient C++/Rust software for multi-sensor, multi-target tracking & estimation problems.
• MLOPS - build and maintain automated, scalable infrastructure to manage our data and run our experiments.
• Design experiments, data collection efforts, and curate training/evaluation sets to develop insights both for internal Anduril purposes as well as customers.
• Drive the flight testing and test configuration for evaluating the implemented features against real data on target hardware.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Solid coding, algorithms, data structures and software engineering fundamentals.
• BS in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong DNN/ML background and experience in standard domain libraries (numpy, opencv, pytorch, etc).
• Strong C++ or Rust experience.
• Experience deploying to real-time robotics systems.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active UK Security Clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience processing sensor measurements from Radar, Electro-Optical Sensors, RF Sensors, or LIDAR.
• Experience with sensor characterisation and modelling.
• Familiarity with classical and contemporary approaches for state estimation and tracking (e.g. Kalman Filter, UKF, Particle Filter).
• Sensor calibration.
• Background in linear algebra and probability/stochastic processes.
• Familiarity with non-linear optimisation frameworks like Ceres, g2o, GTSAM, etc.
• Probabilistic inference and Bayesian likelihood estimation (e.g., Markov Chain Monte Carlo).

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognised minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process.