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Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

Anduril
Anduril
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Sep 8, 2026
Salary not listed

At a glance

  • 5+ years of experience
  • Full time

Job Description

<div class=&quot;content-intro&quot;><p>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.</p></div><h3>ABOUT THE TEAM&nbsp;</h3>

<p>The Simulation Platform team owns the core architecture and infrastructure of Andurils high-fidelity, multi-domain military mission simulator It models hundreds of entities--aircraft, ships, submarines, satellites, ground vehicles--moving, sensing, communicating, and engaging across realistic physical environments

The simulator powers training, mission planning, autonomy development, and hardware-in-the-loop testing across Andurils product portfolio It connects to live systems, integrates with Andurils Lattice platform, and runs inside a GUI for interactive scenario authoring.&nbsp; Mission Sim is a large, mature C++20 codebase with an Entity-Component-System architecture, a stable C ABI plugin system, embedded scripting, and a variety of physics-based models

Keeping this system fast, correct, extensible, and pleasant to develop against at scale, with a growing team of model developers is our job.</p>

<h3>WHAT YOULL DO</h3>

<ul>

<li>Model authoring tools — an early effort you will help stand up to extend the Sim frontend with UI for authoring and tuning Mission Sim models. You will negotiate extension APIs with the GUI team and build an ergonomic UI atop them, working alongside Simulation Modeling engineers.</li>

<li>Custom Entity-Component-System architecture that underpins the entire simulator: entity lifecycle, component storage, and the update loop</li>

<li>Plugin and SDK development - maintaining a versioned C ABI, which enables external teams to extend the simulator</li>

<li>Performance and scale — keeping the simulation loop fast enough for real-time and faster-than-real-time execution with hundreds of concurrent entities; reasoning about memory layout, cache behavior and contention, as entity counts grow</li>

<li>Integration architecture — gRPC services, DIS protocol interoperability, networking messaging, and file recording for analysis and playback</li>

<li>Support domain experts in integrating new and enhancing existing capability models</li>

</ul>

<h4>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</h4>

<ul>

<li>3 years of professional experience with C++20 and strong C++ skills; you should be comfortable with templates, move semantics, smart pointers, and the kinds of design decisions that show up in framework code</li>

<li>Experience designing internal APIs and frameworks that other engineers build on, with focus on backwards-compatibility and ergonomics</li>

<li>Solid understanding of systems programming fundamentals: memory management, shared libraries, ABI stability, linking, interfacing with the operating system</li>

<li>Comfort with linear algebra and applied math</li>

<li>Familiarity with Linux-based C++ development toolchains</li>

<li>Ability to reason about performance-sensitive code — cache behavior, memory layout, algorithmic complexity</li>

<li>Clear technical communication and ability to work in a large, shared codebase and negotiate architectural decisions that affect a growing team</li>

<li>Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance</li>

</ul>

<h4>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h4>

<ul>

<li>5+ years of professional experience with C++20</li>

<li>Experience leading or mentoring engineers on a project — setting technical direction and bringing others along</li>

<li>Comfort operating in ambiguity — scoping the problem, the approach, and the interfaces when none exist yet, and driving them to a decision</li>

<li>Experience with military simulation, defense modeling &amp; simulation, or related domains</li>

<li>Experience with Entity-Component-System architectures or game engine design patterns</li>

<li>Experience in designing and implementing GUI-supported workflows</li>

<li>Familiarity with gRPC, DIS (IEEE 1278.1) distributed simulation standard</li>

<li>Experience with Python/C++ interop (pybind11, embedded interpreters)</li>

<li>Familiarity with behavior trees or autonomous agent architectures</li>

<li>Developing in Nix</li>

<li>Experience with numerical simulation, physics modeling, or scientific computing</li>

</ul>

<p>&nbsp;</p><div class=&quot;content-pay-transparency&quot;><div class=&quot;pay-input&quot;><div class=&quot;title&quot;>US Salary Range</div><div class=&quot;pay-range&quot;><span>$191,000</span><span class=&quot;divider&quot;>&mdash;</span><span>$253,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class=&quot;content-conclusion&quot;><p><span data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot;>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 Andurils total compensation package

Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:</span><span data-ccp-props=&quot;{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}&quot;>&nbsp;</span></p>

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<h3 class=&quot;detailElios&quot;><strong>Benefits</strong></h3>

<p><span data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot;>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.&nbsp;</span><em><span data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot;>For more information, <a href=&quot;https://www.anduril.com/careers&quot;>Explore Our Benefits</a>.</span></em></p>

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<h3 class=&quot;detailElios&quot;><strong>Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams</strong></h3>

<p class=&quot;detailElios&quot;>Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates Weve observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers

These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.</p>

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<p class=&quot;detailElios&quot;>To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:</p>

<ul>

<li>

<p class=&quot;detailElios&quot;><strong>No Financial Requests:&nbsp;</strong>Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.</p>

</li>

<li><strong>Please always verify communications:</strong>

<ul>

<li>Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will <em>only</em> come from an <code>@anduril.com</code> address.</li>

<li>Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agencys authenticity by reaching out to <a href=&quot;mailto:contact@anduril.com&quot;>contact@anduril.com</a>.&nbsp;</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>

<p class=&quot;detailElios&quot;><strong>Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach:</strong>&nbsp;If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage

Always confirm the senders email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p class=&quot;detailElios&quot;><strong>What to Do If You Suspect Fraud:</strong>&nbsp;Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to&nbsp;<a href=&quot;mailto:contact@anduril.com&quot;>contact@anduril.com</a>

Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.</p>

</li>

</ul>

</div>

<h3>&nbsp;</h3>

<h3><strong>Data Privacy</strong></h3>

<p><span data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot;>To view Andurils candidate data privacy policy, please visit </span><span data-contrast=&quot;none&quot;><span data-ccp-charstyle=&quot;Hyperlink&quot;><a href=&quot;https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/&quot;>https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/</a></span></span><span data-contrast=&quot;auto&quot;>.</span><span data-ccp-props=&quot;{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}&quot;>&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p><span data-ccp-props=&quot;{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}&quot;>By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process

This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources

This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.</span></p></div>

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