Software Engineer – Real-Time Defense Simulations

Anduril Industries; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

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Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking highly talented technologists to join the Battlespace Awareness Command and Control Software team, applying cutting-edge modeling, simulation, and control systems to real-world defense problems. You will build physics-based models, trajectory prediction, and mission engineering tools for real-time decision making.

Join a small, collaborative team focused on performance and reliability, translating complex requirements into validated models while playing a key role

Qualifications

• 3+ years design, software development, and modeling with Python and MATLAB.
• Experience in GNC, trajectory prediction, and vehicle dynamics modeling.
• Exposure to resource modeling and asset tasking in C2 environments.
• Strong math background in linear algebra, optimization, and statistics.
• Experience translating requirements into validated models and simulations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a small team on modeling, simulation, and control systems.
• Develop high-fidelity models of vehicle dynamics and interceptor performance.
• Create resource models for asset tasking and allocation in contested environments.
• Build physics-based simulations to validate behavior across scenarios.
• Develop trajectory prediction and state estimation capabilities.
• Tailor models for mission-critical use cases for customers.
• Integrate modeling tools into the command and control software stack.
• Communicate progress clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

GNC

Trajectory prediction

State estimation

Optimization

Machine learning

Path planning

Simulation

Concurrency

Tools

Rust

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking highly talented technologists to join the Battlespace Awareness Command and Control Software team, applying cutting-edge modeling, simulation, and control systems to real-world defense problems. You will build physics-based models, trajectory prediction, and mission engineering tools for real-time decision making.

Join a small, collaborative team focused on performance and reliability, translating complex requirements into validated models while playing a key role