Robotics Software Systems Engineer

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Define Systems Engineering vision for the Robotics Organization to drive requirements and verification for core Anduril Products like Ghost, Anvil, Tower, GA and Group (1-5) aircraft.
• Work directly with the Business Lines to understand product requirements and deliverables.
• Collaborate and lead requirements decomposition with the Robotics teams.
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, program office, and third party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of software and hardware, from full-software simulations at Anduril HQ to full hardware-in-the-loop demonstrations at test sites.
• Define a strategy to comply with appropriate Industry standards like DO 178C, MIL-STD-882 E, and NATO UAV.
• Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril’s robotics engineers.
• Define systems engineering requirements from product requirements.
• Work directly with robotics engineers to define SW requirements from the systems requirements.
• Ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
• Partner with product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones.
• Identify, resolve, and escalate key cross team dependencies.
• Support leads with quarterly and ongoing staffing plans across the organization, particularly where difficult prioritization conflicts exist.
• Collaborate closely with other partner teams, such as hardware, product, and test operations as needed.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities.

CORE REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
• Experience in safety critical industry, particularly with safety-critical software development standards, software safety fault/hazard analysis, and requirements-driven software verification and validation strategies
• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements
• Experience writing testable system-level and software-level requirements
• Experience working with requirements management tools like JAMA, Polarion, etc
• Experience assessing software design and performing code reviews
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with modern software development practices and designs, unit testing, integration test, and release processes
• Experience in building programs for software deliverables from ground up
• Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction
• Experience is rolling out potentially disruptive organizational process changes
• Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions
• Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline