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About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
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As Chief Engineer, Autonomous Flight, you will join the Air Dominance & Strike team to develop aerial and multi-domain robotic systems like Fury and Barracuda. You will own the technical architecture and system-level design of onboard autonomy stacks, command and control systems, and modular payloads for next-generation autonomous platforms. Your daily responsibilities include leading requirements decomposition, guiding multi-disciplinary teams through "0-to-1" designs, and overseeing hardware/software integration across simulation and field testing. You will ensure perception, motion planning, and task allocation algorithms function on physical platforms while translating customer needs into technical milestones. The role requires expertise in robotics software architectures, tactical mission systems, and edge-AI/ML deployment. Key technical areas include SLAM, tactical networking, and sensor fusion to solve complex problems in autonomous flight and multi-domain unmanned systems for defense applications.