Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Space

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 146,000 - 194,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Leadership"]

Senior Mission Operations Analysis Engineer responsible for designing mission solutions, trajectories, and simulations for space missions. Leads physics-level modeling, mission and constellation design, and analyses to produce value propositions and guide hardware engineering, collaborating with Systems Engineering, GNC, Propulsion, Communications, and Mission Operations. role ties to funded space programs delivering software-defined spacecraft systems.

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Anduril
Anduril
9 months ago

Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Space

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Job Summary

Senior Mission Operations Analysis Engineer responsible for designing mission solutions, trajectories, and simulations for space missions. Leads physics-level modeling, mission and constellation design, and analyses to produce value propositions and guide hardware engineering, collaborating with Systems Engineering, GNC, Propulsion, Communications, and Mission Operations. role ties to funded space programs delivering software-defined spacecraft systems.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop model-driven analysis (and often the models themselves)
  • •Develop a deep understanding of transformational value of Anduril platform, autonomy, simulation, and perception products
  • •Use our advanced internal M&S capabilities to give our analyses an asymmetric advantage over competitors
  • •Convey the value through life of AI-powered distributed systems over traditional industrial offerings
  • •Provide rigorous analytical products which will be used to guide hardware engineering and convince stakeholders of our value advantage

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceRetirement SavingsIncome ProtectionCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •Active U.S. Secret security clearance and ability to maintain it
  • •Space Mission MS&A experience (constellation design, space trajectory design, and physics-level modeling)
  • •Spacecraft & Payload MS&A experience (physics-based trade-space analyses for propulsion, power, thermal management, and payloads such as RADAR, SATCOM, EOIR)
  • •Strong background in orbital mechanics and space environment
  • •Proficiency with physics-math scripting (e.g., MATLAB, SIMULINK, Python+numpy, scipy)
Experience:SpaceAerospaceDefense
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingLeadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:MATLABSIMULINKPythonNumpyScipyOrbital mechanicsGNCPropulsionRadarSATCOMEOIR

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.
Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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