- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- May 11, 2026
- Salary
- $253,000–$336,000 a year
Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Tracking & Fusion
Job description
The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel, runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks, beaches, or remote island clearings, providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains. Omen is the first tail-sitter aircraft with a mass-production contract, with an order of 50 systems representing a decisive investment that anchors production and accelerates the development of future systems.
Job responsibilities
- Own the tracking and fusion systems and services deployed to customers.
- Define standard APIs for internal and external consumers providing inputs to our tracking systems.
- Work closely with core tracking teams across Anduril to effectively integrate their products.
- Develop optimal methods for condensing tracking information over long intervals into actionable, easily consumed formats for end users.
- Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality.
- Own the calibration approach for each configuration of the Omen payload modules.
- Partner with end users to translate operational needs into product features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints.
- Travel up to 25% to build, test, and deploy capabilities in real-world environments.
Job requirements
- Strong engineering background from industry or academia in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience using Rust or C++.
- Experience building software solutions involving large-scale data processing and analysis.
- Hands-on experience deploying tracking and estimation algorithms (e.g., KF/EKF/UKF, batch tracking, or MLE).
- Ability to quickly navigate and understand complex systems and established codebases.
- A strong desire to work on mission-critical software with tangible real-world impact.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% for flight testing, field exercises, and demonstrations.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
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