Senior Mission Software Engineer - Maneuver Dominance in London

ABOUT THE JOB

The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. We are focused on building the next generation of autonomous capabilities by leveraging existing Anduril platforms like Ghost or Altius, bringing 3rd party platforms into Anduril's Lattice ecosystem, and developing breakthrough systems that will shape the future of the battlefield. We build Software services and Autonomy algorithms that solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.
As a Mission Software Engineeron theManeuver Dominance team, you will solve a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, robotics, and more, while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way. Your efforts will ensure that Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve a variety of critical outcomes. Above all, Engineers within Maneuver Dominance are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly, on-time, and with high quality.
WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own the feature development and software solutions that are deployed to customers, and lead complex, cross-cutting technical efforts from concept to deployment.


• Write code to improve products and scale the mission capability to more customers.


• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.


• Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring.


• Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps.


• Work closely with Anduril and 3rd party vehicle hardware teams, as well as operational subject matter experts (pilots, UAV operators, etc.) to align on requirements during product development and iterate towards a final design.


• Write and maintain core libraries and services that perform critical functions for collaborative teams of robots - for example, motion deconfliction and contingency management of fast mover air vehicles.


• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers, and help raise the engineering bar across the team through code review and design leadership.


• Travel up to 20% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics


• 5+ years of professional industry experience working with C++ or Rust programming languages.


• Experience building software solutions involving significant amounts of data processing and analysis.


• A track record of leading technical projects and delivering complex software systems to production.


• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.


• A desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impact.


• A bias for action, extreme ownership, and the drive to see projects through from concept to production.


• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active UKSV Security Clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong background with focus in Physics, Mathematics, and/or Motion Planning to inform modeling & simulation (M&S) and physical systems.


• Developing and testing multi-agent autonomous systems and deploying in real-world environments.


• Feature and algorithm development with an understanding of behavior trees.


• Developing software/hardware for flight systems and safety critical functionality.


• Experience with distributed communication networks and message standards.


• Knowledge of military systems and operational tactics.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

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