Senior GNC Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p></div><p>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.<br><br></p> <h3>WHAT YOU'LL DO</h3> <ul> <li>Lead architecture selection, design and implementation for Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) sub-systems and control schemes for autonomous robotic platforms</li> <li>Integrate technology from best-in-class third-party vendors, local research and development partners, and Anduril’s internal product teams</li> <li>Contribute to the design and development of other embedded sub-systems.</li> <li>Develop real-time embedded software using a RTOS</li> <li>Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop</li> <li>Develop modeling and simulation capabilities that capture appropriate data during testing so that models can be updated and validated</li> <li>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</li> <li>Drive light-weight root cause analyses for vehicle anomalies or incidents that are tied to GNC responsibilities</li> <li>Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment</li> <li>Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, including as a mentor for Software and Hardware Engineers from differing backgrounds</li> </ul> <h3>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</h3> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience</li> <li>Extensive experience (at least 6 years) with development of high assurance safety critical GNC software, including cascading controls, adaptive controls, and transfer functions</li> <li>Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization</li> <li>Extensive experience with MATLAB and Simulink.</li> <li>Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance</li> </ul> <h3>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h3> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>Experience writing C and/or C++</li> <li>Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems</li> <li>Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems</li> <li>Experience with DO-178 or similar certifications</li> <li>Famili