# Autonomy Engineer, Ops Research (Senior - Principal) at True Anomaly

- Company: True Anomaly
- What the company does: Delivering decisive capabilities for space superiority. Backed by Accel and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.trueanomaly.space/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $360K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/trueanomalyinc/jobs/5218560007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/true-anomaly-autonomy-engineer-ops-research-senior-principal/

## About the role

As a member of the Applied Algorithms and Autonomy team, you will design, build, and deploy core autonomy capabilities for True Anomaly. You will work with a talented cross-functional team to advance technology at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and classical optimization. This will involve hands-on development across various areas including fleet scheduling, vehicle autonomy, mission planning, wargaming, threat assessment, and uncooperative RPO capabilities.

## What they're looking for

- Proficient in C/C++ and Python for implementing optimization solvers and numerical methods
- Strong expertise in at least one domain:
- Adversarial optimization: game theory, Nash equilibria, minimax optimization, sequential games, adversarial search
- Mathematical programming: model predictive control, trajectory optimization, dynamic programming, stochastic control, mixed-integer programming, convex optimization
- Statistical learning: reinforcement learning, online learning, classification/regression under uncertainty, anomaly detection, predictive modeling
- Distributed optimization: fleet coordination, consensus protocols, multi-agent resource allocation, network flow optimization, decentralized control

Tags: Autonomy Engineering