Senior Tracking Software Engineer, SpaceActive$253K

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U. S.

What you'll do

• Lead systems engineering and algorithm development tasks supporting space and: missile defense tracking missions, providing technical direction and guidance to team members

• Architect and implement advanced object tracking and state estimation: algorithms, including track initiation, maintenance, correlation, and termination

• Design and evaluate multi-target tracking and multi-sensor fusion approaches: for EO/IR, RF, or hybrid sensor architectures

• Lead the implementation of advanced data association techniques including: JPDA (Joint Probabilistic Data Association), MHT (Multiple Hypothesis Tracking), nearest neighbor, and track-to-track fusion methods

• Drive innovation in data association techniques, exploring novel approaches: and optimizations for complex operational scenarios

• Build sophisticated physics-based models and conduct modeling and simulation: including Monte Carlo analysis, recorded sensor playback, and hardware-in-the-loop testing to validate tracking performance

What they're looking for

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related technical field
• + years of experience in tracking algorithm development for defense or aerospace applications
• Experience in one or more of the following domains: missile defense or space systems; EO/IR or RF sensors; kill vehicles, interceptors, or countermeasures
• Extensive experience handling challenging tracking scenarios including track: fragmentation, ghost tracks, sensor outages, and high-clutter environments
• Deep familiarity with real-time system constraints, embedded systems, or edge compute optimization
• Demonstrated experience leading efforts within the systems engineering design: cycle, including requirements decomposition and traceability, algorithm design and trade studies, verification and validation (V&V), and documentation and design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR)
• Experience with MBSE tools (Cameo, Rhapsody, DOORS)
• Experience with advanced tracking techniques such as Random Finite Set (RFS): methods, Probability Hypothesis Density (PHD) filters, or machine learning-enhanced tracking