Software Lead, Mission Systems, Maritime

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 TEAMAnduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.ABOUT THE JOBWe are looking for a Lead Mission Systems Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing Maritime team in Boston or Quincy, MA. In this role, you will design and develop the core decision-making and autonomy software that powers our autonomous underwater vehicles. You will lead the architecture, implementation, and deployment of the logic that enables these systems to understand their environment, navigate safely, respond to obstacles or threats, and execute complex missions with limited human involvement. You will provide technical leadership and hands on contributions across software development, establishing a long term software roadmap, and leading the team through execution of that plan. Collaborating closely with program leadership and cross-functional teams from other Anduril products, you’ll ensure that designs align with customer requirements while maintaining traceability to program office technical decisions. You will act as a subject matter expert in mission systems development and integration, presenting to customers and demonstrating overall system performance. If you enjoy tackling complex technical challenges and owning the development of high-impact products, this role is for you.WHAT YOU'LL DOAct as a technical leader owning software for CopperheadDraw on both your technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive projects to completionManage and develop a small team (3-4 employees initially), setting priorities, delegating work effectively, and providing coaching and mentorship to support individual growth and long-term career successDrive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of payloads and mission systemsAct as the technical owner for an entire mission system, including stakeholder and customer engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team coordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolutionOrganize integration events, scoping key deliverables and impact to broader programOwn customer success through the design and delivery of a fully operational mission systemLeverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over timeGenerate system solutions to improve reliability, ease-of-use, and capability across a variety of customer missionsWrite and maintain core libraries (frame transformations, targeting and guidance, communications, etc.) that all robotics platforms at Anduril will useOwn major feature development for Copperhead and manage rollout to the fleetTravel up to 15% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world, and collaborate with other teams or end-usersREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSStrong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or PhysicsSystem architecture experience Hands-on experience developing software for embedded and physical devicesProven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization6+ years of professional C++ or Rust programming experience in a Linux development environmentExperience with NixOSExperience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systemsExperience with the development and sustainment of distributed software platform and application architectures, running under dynamic network topologiesCapacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainmentDemonstrated curiosity and ability to learn outside of core discipline, and a desire to work on critical software that has a real-world impactExperience engaging with customers to represent the technical aspects of a product portfolio regarding missions and payloadsStrong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical teamsEligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearancePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSMS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related fieldExperience in a leadership position within a high performing technology organizationExperience with modeling and simulation of complex systemsProficiency in Python, Rust, and/or GoExperience in one or more of the following: high performance computing, network programming, fault tolerance, fault handling, DevSecOpsExperience solving complex frame transformation problems, such as target localization or multi degree of freedom robotic armsExperience in one or more of the following: sensor integration, tracking and estimation, motion planning, perception, localization, mapping, guidance, navigation and control, and related system performance metricsSolid understanding of robotics systems, common interfaces and protocols (gRPC, TCP/IP, RS485, RS232)Demonstrated ability to learn and grow individually, while effectively mentoring senior team members, building team cohesion, and increasing team capabilityUS Salary Range$220,000—$292,000 USDThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. 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