Mission Systems Lead, Seabed SentryActive$292K

The opportunity

Anduril 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…

What you'll do

  • Act as a technical leader owning software for Seabed Sentry Draw on both: your technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive projects to completion

  • Manage 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 success

  • Drive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial: delivery and subsequent iteration of payloads and mission systems

  • Act as the technical owner for an entire mission system, including: stakeholder and customer engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team coordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution

  • Organize integration events, scoping key deliverables and impact to broader program

  • Own customer success through the design and delivery of a fully operational mission system

What they're looking for

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
  • Experience in a leadership position within a high performing technology organization
  • Experience with modeling and simulation of complex systems
  • Proficiency in Python, Rust, and/or Go
  • Experience in one or more of the following: high performance computing, network programming, fault tolerance, fault handling, DevSecOps
  • Experience solving complex frame transformation problems, such as target: localization or multi degree of freedom robotic arms
  • Experience 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 metrics
  • Solid understanding of robotics systems, common interfaces and protocols (gRPC, TCP/IP, RS485, RS232)