Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Infrastructure

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CAWashington, DC
Salary
$191,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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.

Anduril Industries currently has 866 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Infrastructure

As a Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Infrastructure on the Air Dominance & Strike Group 5 Simulation team, you will develop foundational simulation capabilities for current and future vehicle programs. You will be responsible for scaling simulation infrastructure to train machine learning models and quantify robotics performance while building automated or generative simulation environments for robotics testing. Your daily work involves developing Python tooling for simulation orchestration and managing cloud-based ETL pipeline infrastructure using Spark, Flyte, and Airflow. The role requires extensive experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, as well as expertise in creating simulation tools for autonomous vehicles. You will solve critical problems regarding the analysis of thousands of hours of autonomous flight time to ensure safety before software is deployed on real hardware within mission-critical aerospace and robotics domains.

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What you'll do

  • Scale simulation infrastructure for training machine learning models and quantifying robotics performance.
  • Build cloud-based ETL pipeline infrastructure using Spark, Flyte, and Airflow.
  • Develop automated and generative simulation environments for robotics testing.
  • Create Python tooling for simulation infrastructure and orchestration.
  • Develop foundational simulation capabilities for current and future autonomous vehicle programs.
  • Analyze thousands of hours of autonomous flight data before deployment on real vehicles.
  • Troubleshoot and analyze software systems deployed remotely.

What we're looking for

  • Prior experience in autonomous systems, aerospace, robotics, or other mission-critical domains.
  • Extensive experience developing simulation tools and infrastructure for leading commercial AV companies.
  • Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and understanding of their core services.
  • Experience with embedded Linux systems development and associated tools (preferred).
  • Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems (preferred).
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as auditd, journald, selinux, or Splunk (preferred).

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