Robotics Software Engineer (Behaviors)

• The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. We are focused on making large groups of autonomous systems work effectively together
• We leverage existing Anduril drone platforms like Ghost or Altius, in addition to bringing 3rd party platforms into Anduril’s Lattice ecosystem
• We are seeking a Robotics Software Engineer, Behaviors to join the Maneuver Dominance team
• In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining code that controls high-level robotic behavior—designing behavior trees and state machines that orchestrate teams of robots and ensure Anduril products seamlessly work together to achieve a variety of critical outcomes
• You will write software integrations that enable seamless interactions between autonomy and robotic peripherals such as sensors, flight controllers, and radios
• Members of our team contribute to solving a wide variety of problems involving networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics, while making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way
• Develop Behavior Software: Design and implement behavior trees and state machines that control high-level behavior for teams of robots
• Autonomy Integration: Write software integrations that enable seamless interactions between autonomy and robotic peripherals—sensors, flight controllers, radios, and other onboard systems
• Multi-Robot Coordination: Build software that coordinates teams of autonomous platforms to achieve complex mission outcomes across networked robots
• Systems Integration: Solve problems spanning networking, autonomy, systems integration, and robotics, making pragmatic engineering tradeoffs along the way
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with autonomy, hardware, systems, and platform teams to ensure Anduril products seamlessly work together in the field
• Real-World Deployment: Travel up to 25% to test, debug, and deploy systems in operational environments
• Iterative Development: Contribute across the entire software lifecycle, including prototyping, implementation, testing, and deployment
• Troubleshoot and Debug: Analyze and resolve issues in deployed systems, ensuring reliability and operational success

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- If you possess a “Whatever It Takes” mindset - executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making sound engineering decisions, then this role is for you
• Real-World Impact: Passion for building software that directly influences mission-critical outcomes
• Technical Expertise: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
• Systems-Level Thinking: Strong systems-level knowledge and the ability to navigate and contribute to complex, established codebases
• C++ and Rust Proficiency: At least 2+ years of hands-on experience developing production-grade software in C++ and/or Rust
• Travel Flexibility: Willingness to travel up to 25% to test and deploy systems
• Pragmatic Engineering: A “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient, scalable, and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind
• Autonomy & Peripherals: Proven ability to write software integrations between autonomy stacks and robotic peripherals such as sensors, flight controllers, and radios
• Security Clearance: Must be eligible for a US security clearance
• Behavior Trees & State Machines: Experience designing and implementing behavior trees, state machines, or comparable frameworks for orchestrating high-level robotic behavior
• Multi-Agent Coordination: Experience with motion planning, perception, localization, and multi-agent coordination across teams of robots
• Behavior Frameworks: Familiarity with open-source behavior tree libraries (e.g., BehaviorTree.CPP, py_trees) or comparable autonomy frameworks
• Simulation Expertise: Proficiency in designing Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) simulation environments for behavior validation
• Hardware Integration: Experience working with embedded systems, flight controllers, and physical devices
• Programming Skills: Additional experience with Python, and/or real-time operating systems
• Machine Learning: Knowledge of AI/ML applications in robotics and autonomy