Autonomy Lead

• Anduril’s Maritime Division is responsible for planning and executing Anduril’s product and revenue roadmap for maritime missions
• Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics, and operations, the Maritime team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril maritime capabilities in a challenging operational environment worldwide
• As a leader in the Maritime Division, you must be a technical leader with the expertise to evaluate, qualify, manage, and advocate for an increasing number of sophisticated parallel pursuits
• This role is crucial in ensuring that each initiative aligns with the company’s strategic direction and receives the appropriate resourcing, balancing innovation with practical execution to drive the business line’s success
• You will own the Autonomy software stack within Mission Systems for a maritime autonomous vehicle, owning the software that enables autonomous mission execution
• Reporting to the Mission Systems Lead, you will cover system design, mission planning, mission operations, perception, debrief, and software development infrastructure
• You will define how the vehicle plans, executes, perceives, and learns from missions autonomously across long ranges of open ocean beyond line of sight
• Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion
• The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience will be key in making sure the right design, analysis, and test steps are completed to ensure success
• Own the autonomy software architecture: planning, execution, perception, and debrief
• Drive design of mission planning systems for autonomous maritime operations
• Drive mission execution software that manages vehicle behavior during missions
• Own perception systems that enable the vehicle to sense and interpret its environment
• Develop mission debrief capabilities for post-mission analysis and continuous improvement
• Build and maintain software development infrastructure (CI/CD, simulation, SITL/HITL)
• Define interfaces between autonomy stack and vehicle management system
• Manage autonomy deliverables across development phases
• Provide technical mentorship to software and systems engineers
• Drive development of test and simulation fixtures for autonomy validation
• Represent the autonomy subsystem in technical and customer meetings
• Interface with Mission Systems Lead and Vehicle Systems on integration
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations

Benefits

• Full Family Health Coverage
• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
• Family Planning & Support
• Incentivized Time Off
• Mental Health Resources
• Financial Planning
• Unlimited Provisions
• Professional Development- The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects
• Experience delivering software through full product development cycles
• Experience developing safety-critical or high-assurance software
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience with modeling, simulation, and SITL/HITL testing
• Demonstrated experience with autonomous navigation, planning, or perception systems
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
• 5+ years of experience in autonomous systems, robotics, or AI/ML
• Experience with maritime autonomous systems (AUV, UUV, USV)
• Working knowledge of ROS, behavior trees, or mission planning frameworks
• Experience with computer vision, sonar processing, or undersea perception
• Familiarity with distributed software architectures and edge computing
• Prior experience in defense or government programs