Senior GNC Engineer

Anduril • Quincy, MA

7d

About The Position

Anduril is fielding the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to tackle the extremely challenging industry demands of seabed exploration. Anduril has brought to the market a unique, ultra-long-range, full-ocean-depth platform and a completely refreshed maritime vehicle and flexible manufacturing architecture that scales from "large" to "extra-large" vehicle sizes. Today, Anduril is executing on multi-million-dollar contracts while simultaneously performing Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) AUV operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Extensive experience (at least 6 years) with development of high assurance safety critical GNC software, including cascading controls, adaptive controls, and transfer functions
• Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization
• Extensive experience with MATLAB and Simulink.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with communications busses and protocols such as CAN, CANFD, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, etc
• Experience writing C and/or C++
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems
• Experience with DO-178 or similar certifications
• Familiarity with open source control software such as PX4, ArduPilot, or ROS
• Experience with RTOS

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture selection, design and implementation for Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) sub-systems and control schemes for autonomous robotic platforms
• Integrate technology from best-in-class third-party vendors, local research and development partners, and Anduril’s internal product teams
• Contribute to the design and development of other embedded sub-systems.
• Develop real-time embedded software using a RTOS
• Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop
• Develop modeling and simulation capabilities that capture appropriate data during testing so that models can be updated and validated
• Analyze test data captured from control systems, subsystems, and other test instrumentation to verify vehicle performance, evaluate GNC algorithm and controller behavior, or debug incidents
• Drive light-weight root cause analyses for vehicle anomalies or incidents that are tied to GNC responsibilities
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, including as a mentor for Software and Hardware Engineers from differing backgrounds

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• top-tier benefits for full-time employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior