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Senior GNC Engineer

Anduril Industries · Waltham, MA · 1 mo ago
Engineering$191k–$253k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "About The Team" and "What You Will Do" and "Required Qualifications", "Desired Qualifications", "Benefits", "US Salary Range". Also maybe "About The Team" could be considered "About the role"? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need to map sections accordingly. We have: - About The Team (maybe "About the role"? Actually "About The Team" is about team, not role. Could be "About the role"? But we can treat as "About the role"? The instruction says we can use those headings as examples, but we should only include sections when posting has real specific content. So we can have sections: About the team (maybe "About the role"?). But they said use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those exact headings if appropriate. Let's decide: - About the role: we have description of company and mission at start, plus "About The Team". Could combine into "About the role". But we need to preserve all substantive information. We could have a section "About the role" containing the introductory paragraphs about Anduril mission, Lattice OS, etc., plus "About The Team". That seems okay. - Responsibilities: corresponds to "What You Will Do". Use

Responsibilities

with list of duties. - Requirements: could be "Required Qualifications". Use

Requirements

(or Qualifications). The instruction list includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can use Requirements for required qualifications, and maybe Skills for desired qualifications? But they said prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Required and Desired into Qualifications? But we have both required and desired. Could have "Qualifications" with sub-sections? But we must output only HTML fragment, no nested headings besides h3. Could have two sections: "Required Qualifications" and "Desired Qualifications". But they said use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Could do "Required Qualifications" as

Required Qualifications

and "Desired Qualifications" as

Desired Qualifications

. That's okay. - Benefits: we have benefits description. Use

Benefits

. - Pay: we have US Salary Range. Use

Pay

. - Schedule: not present, so omit. We must not include boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Remove scam warning, data privacy, etc. Also remove "We request transcripts..." etc? That's part of application instructions? It's about transcripts request; that's part of application process. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove the paragraph about transcripts request. Also remove "If you choose not to share your transcripts..." etc. Also remove "We request transcripts as part of the early application process..." etc. Also remove "Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams" and "Data Privacy". Also remove "Explore Our Benefits." link. We need to preserve all substantive information: company mission, team description, responsibilities list, required qualifications, desired qualifications, benefits, salary range. We need to format lists with
  • . For prose use

    . We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. No job title given explicitly, but we can ignore. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's extract content. Intro paragraph: "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." Then "About The Team At Anduril, our Battlespace Awareness Command and Control Software team specializes in solving complex, real-world problems through cutting-edge algorithms and intelligent software integrations. Operating in small, innovative teams, we push the boundaries of what's possible to deliver advanced technologies with mission-critical applications. Our commitment doesn't end with academic research or proof-of-concept experiments; we measure our success by the real-world impact of our deployed solutions. Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's vision — “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” — we aim to achieve groundbreaking results in path planning, route optimization, and autonomous mission execution at the command and control layer. We are currently seeking highly talented technologists to join our mission and redefine the future of defense technology." We can combine these into About the role section. Responsibilities: bullet points from "What You Will Do". Let's list them: - Define and influence the direction of a small team within the Command and Control Software organization, leveraging your subject-matter expertise in path planning and route optimization. - Prototype and deploy state-of-the-art algorithms for global and local path planning, trajectory optimization, and multi-agent coordination within command and control systems. - Develop online (real-time) path planning capabilities that replan safely and efficiently as mission conditions, threats, and vehicle states change. - Develop high-performance software for real-time C2 systems, ranging from operator-facing mission planning tools to autonomous tasking and routing services that orchestrate fleets of unmanned platforms. - Design and implement robust planners, search algorithms, and decision-making systems that generate safe, feasible, and optimal routes in dynamic, uncertain, and contested environments. - Analyze system performance using high-fidelity simulations, innovative modeling tools, and rigorous statistical techniques to validate planner behavior across diverse mission scenarios. - Drive customer success by customizing algorithms and software for mission-critical use cases, including collaborative autonomy, asset routing, and obstacle and threat avoidance. - Integrate path planning technologies into the broader command and control software stack and development lifecycle, from requirements definition through testing and optimization. - Translate technical progress into clear, actionable insights for diverse stakeholders, including colleagues, operators, and end-users. We'll put each as

  • . Required Qualifications: list: - 8+ years of experience in algorithm design, software development, and mathematical modeling with programming expertise in C/C++, Python, and MATLAB. - Strong knowledge of path planning techniques, such as graph-based search (A*, D* Lite), sampling-based planners (RRT, RRT*, PRM), and online/real-time replanning approaches. - Demonstrated experience in guidance, navigation, and control (GNC); trajectory optimization and trajectory prediction; and/or the development of predictive models for vehicle dynamics and weapon system effectiveness (e.g., 6-DoF simulation, intercept analysis). - Solid understanding of applied mathematics, including linear algebra, optimization, computational geometry, and graph theory. - Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, kinematic constraints, and control theory as applied to autonomous ground, air, or maritime platforms tasked through C2 systems, including high-speed aerial vehicles. - Familiarity with map representations, terrain reasoning, state estimation, and the efficient handling of large-scale geospatial and environmental data within distributed C2 architectures. - Background in machine learning as applied to planning and decision-making, including reinforcement learning, learned heuristics, and behavior prediction. - Ability to engineer robust, concurrent systems for planning under uncertainty, multi-agent coordination, and operation in complex, dynamic, contested environments. - Demonstrated ability to work across development lifecycles, from prototyping to optimizing production systems. - Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance. Desired Qualifications: - Experience with Rust for high-performance, safety-critical software. - Experience across mixed greenfield/brownfield codebases, including extending an existing planning/routing stack in production. Benefits: The posting says: "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: At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits." We need to preserve substantive info: equity grants, top-tier benefits, comprehensive competitive benefits package (little to no cost), supports health, recovery, etc. We can summarize as prose. Pay: US Salary Range $191,000—$253,000 USD. Also note: "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." We should include that as part of Pay section. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now produce HTML. Structure:

    About the role

    ...combined intro and team...

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    • ...

    Required Qualifications

    • ...
    • ...

    Desired Qualifications

    • ...
    • ...

    Benefits

    ...benefits text...

    Pay

    ...salary range and note...

    Make sure no extra whitespace? It's fine. Now craft the prose. About the role paragraph: combine both paragraphs. Let's write: 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. At Anduril, our Battlespace Awareness Command and Control Software team specializes in solving complex, real-world problems through cutting-edge algorithms and intelligent software integrations. Operating in small, innovative teams, we push the boundaries of what's possible to deliver advanced technologies with mission-critical applications. Our commitment doesn't end with academic research or proof-of-concept experiments; we measure our success by the real-world impact of our deployed solutions. Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's vision — “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” — we aim to achieve groundbreaking results in path planning, route optimization, and autonomous mission execution at the command and control layer. We are currently seeking highly talented technologists to join our mission and redefine the future of defense technology. That's fine. Now responsibilities list as above. Required qualifications list. Desired qualifications list. Benefits paragraph: combine: 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: At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. We could keep as two sentences. Pay paragraph: US Salary Range $

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