Anduril

Anduril

Chief Engineer, Autonomous Flight

US · Exec · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$220k-$330kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role

  • The team is responsible for taking products like Fury (unmanned fighter jet) and Barracuda (air-breathing cruise missile) from concept to product.
  • Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
  • Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates.

Responsibilities

  • Lead systems engineering, requirements decomposition, and technical architecture for software-heavy robotics systems.
  • Guide small, fast-moving groups of individual contributors through the design, implementation, and deployment phases of emerging programs.
  • Partner with Product Managers and Business Development to convert customer mission needs and operational concepts into concrete technical milestones.
  • The Air Dominance & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial and multi-domain robotic systems.
  • The team also develops Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril's premier software platform that enables masses of Fury, Barracuda, and other first and third-party robots to collaborate across various missions.
  • As a Chief Engineer, you will own the technical architecture and system-level design of the onboard autonomy stack, command and control systems, and modular payloads for our next-generation autonomous platforms.
  • With a software heavy focus, you will guide lean, multi-disciplinary engineering teams from "0-to-1" design through deployment, bridging the gap between high-level business strategy and rigorous engineering execution.
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Requirements

  • Experience with autonomous systems, mission-critical Department of Defense systems, or tactical edge technologies.

Nice to have

  • Advanced knowledge in Motion Planning, Perception, Command & Control, SLAM, task allocation, or tactical networking.
  • Work history involving multi-domain unmanned systems (air, ground, or maritime).
  • Understanding of edge-AI/ML deployment on autonomous physical systems.
  • Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
  • Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates.
  • We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers.
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Compensation

  • $220k-$330k

Benefits

  • Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.
  • For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

Company info

  • We work in close coordination with specialist teams like Perception, Motion Planning, Hardware, and Test Engineering to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.
  • At Anduril, we invest in our people.
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