Staff Perception Software Engineer, Imaging

Staff Perception Software Engineer, Imaging

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.

About The Team

The Imaging team is responsible for tackling the most difficult problems involving computer vision, perception, electro-optical, infrared, and sensor data. The team develops state-of-the-art imaging systems across both hardware and software. Their products are deployed to tackle the most significant security challenges of America and its allies.

About The Job

We are looking for a Staff Perception Software Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Lexington, MA. In this role, you will be responsible for developing algorithms which will push the out boundary of performance of novel, airborne infrared imaging systems in all environments. You will maintain a deep understanding of our unique airborne sensors, and designing, testing and deploying image processing algorithms which help utilize these sensors to their greatest ability. This will require hands on C++, Python, and image processing experience in a Linux environment. If you are someone who likes tackling complex technical problems involving computer vision and perception, this role is for you.

What You Will Do

Develop cutting-edge image processing techniques for signal improvement, detection, and tracking on high bit-depth, large format, airborne infrared sensors.

Work with mission operations, hardware, software teams to understand and evaluate current system performance.

Develop and maintain physics-based "digital twins" of our airborne sensor systems.

Establish engineering completion criteria and evaluation metrics for system performance, building tools for unit and integration tests.

Work with a multi-disciplinary team on challenging problems in a fast-paced environment.

Required Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.

10+ years of professional software development experience.

Expertise with C++, Python, and Linux systems.

Focus on image processing, computer vision, or machine learning.

Strong analytical & critical thinking and problem-solving skills and an ability to communicate ideas clearly.

Team-player, self-motivated, driven, organized.

Experience with software revision control.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively on interdisciplinary teams.

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. Or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.

Experience with infrared sensor systems.