Senior Software Engineer, Perception
- Salary
- $220,000 - $292,000
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 14 June 2026.
About the role
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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 Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.
We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are seeking Senior Software Engineers specializing in Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineering. You will leverage cutting-edge research to solve our most challenging perception problems for our UAVs, bringing deep expertise in Object Detection, Object Tracking, or related perception domains. This role requires hands-on proficiency in C++ and/or Python within a Linux environment. If you are passionate about tackling complex technical challenges in computer vision and perception, we encourage you to apply.
This position will be located at our headquarters in Costa Mesa, CA (relocation benefits provided).
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Propose and prototype innovative solutions to solve real world problems, leveraging the latest state-of-the-art techniques in the field.
- Develop and maintain core libraries and runtime applications.
- Integrate classical and geometric methods in computer vision with ML methods.
- Work with ML and Data Infra team to construct various benchmarks for analyzing system performance.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics or Computer Science, with emphasis on Computer Vision.
- BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 4+ years experience developing and benchmarking ML algorithms on large-scale datasets.
- High proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment.
- Experience deploying models with TensorRT and ONNX.
- Experience with Python development and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
- Experience writing and maintaining automated continuous integration tests.
- Experience in one or more of the following:
- Object Detection, Object Tracking, Instance Segmentation, Semantic Segmentation, Semantic change Detection.
- Experience in one or more of the following:
- Visual Odometry, SLAM, Multi-view Geometry, Structure from Motion, 3D Geometry, Discriminative Correlation Filters, Stereo, Neural 3D Reconstruction, RGB-D and LIDAR Sensor Fusion.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
- Proficient in Python.
- Proficient in CUDA.
US Salary Range
$220,000—$292,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
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Benefits
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What this role asks for
Particular to this role
CUDA · Deep Learning · Machine Learning · PyTorch · TensorFlow
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Python
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Computer Vision
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
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The team: Tactical Recon & Strike
This role is one of 38 open in Tactical Recon & Strike.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Computer Vision (38 of 38), C++ (24 of 38), Python (20 of 38), Linux (16 of 38), Embedded Systems (15 of 38), Rust (14 of 38), Test Automation (10 of 38)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Deputy Chief Engineer - Altius posted Sep 1
- Senior 6-DOF Simulation Engineer posted Aug 28
- Senior Software Systems Engineer, Launched Effects posted Aug 21
- Systems Engineer, Launched Effects posted Aug 18
- Senior Systems Engineer, Launched Effects posted Aug 12
- Senior Manufacturing Test Engineer, Altius posted Aug 6
- Manufacturing Test Engineers, Altius posted Aug 6
- Manufacturing Engineer, Altius posted Aug 5
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Altius posted Jul 24
- Manufacturing Engineer, Altius posted Jul 24
- Senior Flight Software Engineer posted Jul 22
- Software Engineer, Perception posted Jun 15
- Senior Embedded Linux Engineer posted Jun 12
- Senior Flight Sciences Engineer posted Jun 9
- Flight Sciences Engineer posted Jun 9
- GNC Engineer posted Jun 9
- Systems Engineer posted Jun 2
- Senior GNC Engineer posted Jun 1
- Mechanical Engineer, Lead posted May 26
- Systems Engineer posted Apr 23
- Mission Operations Engineer posted Apr 15
- Senior Flight Software Engineer posted Apr 8
- Flight Software Engineer posted Apr 8
- Robotics Software Engineer posted Mar 13
- Senior Mechanical Engineer, Drones posted Dec 22
- Mechanical Engineer, Drones posted Dec 22
- Mechanical Engineer, Drones posted Dec 22
- Senior Software Engineer, Dart posted Dec 1
- Robotics Software Engineer posted Nov 5
- Staff Software Engineer, Ghost posted Oct 7
- Senior Software Engineer, Robotics posted Oct 6
- Senior Software Engineer, Bolt posted Oct 6
- Software Engineer, Anvil posted Oct 6
- Software Engineer, Ghost posted Oct 6
- GNC Engineer posted Jan 23
- Senior Software Engineer, Guidance, Navigation, & Controls - Tactical Reconnaissance and Strike Division posted Jan 9
- Senior GNC Engineer, Robotics posted Nov 22
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