Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms (Active TS Clearance)

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Health coverage

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. seeks an Software Engineering Manager for Simulation Platforms to lead a growing team, define technical direction, and deliver modern, modular simulation systems across multi-domain platforms.

The role requires active TS clearance, 5+ years of leadership in software, and experience in secure environments, with engagement across government stakeholders and proposals for contracts.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Top Secret clearance required.
• 5+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Hands-on software development with complex systems.
• Experience in secure/classified environments.
• Experience writing technical proposals for government contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management and delivery negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Grow, mentor, and scale the engineering team.
• Define technical direction and modernize simulation architectures.
• Maintain relationships with government-owned simulation environments and agencies.
• Collaborate with business development to identify opportunities and write proposals.

Skills

Active TS clearance

Engineering leadership

Software development

API design

Stakeholder management

Proposal writing

Job description

Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms (Active TS Clearance)

Costa Mesa, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Air Dominance & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial and multi-domain robotic systems. The team is responsible for taking products like Fury (unmanned fighter jet) and Barracuda (air-breathing cruise missile) from concept to product. The team also develops Lattice for Mission Autonomy, Anduril's premier software platform that enables masses of Fury, Barracuda, and other first and third-party robots to collaborate across various missions. We work in close coordination with specialist teams like Perception, Motion Planning, Hardware, and Test Engineering to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers.

This team builds high-fidelity simulation platforms used to evaluate advanced aerospace and mission systems in realistic, contested environments. The team develops digital models and modern, parametric simulators thatrepresentsophisticated adversary behaviors, providing rapid iteration cycles for testing and training.

The long-term focus is to modernize legacy, monolithic simulation frameworks, transitioning them toward modern, modular architectures with stable APIs, robust versioning, and automated testing. This work involves a mix of software, systems engineering, real-time simulation, and API design, with a direct impact on how next-generation defense platforms are evaluated.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Grow, mentor, and scale the engineering team significantly, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Partner closely with the Chief Engineer to define the technical direction, modernize simulation architectures into modular systems, and own successful project execution.
• Maintain and build strong relationships with key stakeholders across government-owned simulation environments and defense funding, acquisition, and innovation agencies.
• Partner with business development teams to identify new opportunities, evaluate technical feasibility, and lead the technical writing of proposals to expand the team's footprint.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active U.S. Top Secret (TS) security clearance.
• Engineering Leadership: 5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams, with a proven track record of hiring, scaling, and developing talent.
• Technical Background: 5+ years of hands-on software development experience with a strong understanding of complex systems architecture, API design, and modern software engineering practices.
• Classified Environments: Experience developing, deploying, and testing software within secure, classified, or air-gapped environments.
• Proposal & Sales Support: Experience partnering with business development teams, writing technical proposals, or helping scope engineering work for government contracts.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to manage customer expectations and negotiate technical delivery paths when stakeholders have competing priorities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience in modeling and simulation within the defense sector, particularly with federating multiple simulators together.
• Familiarity with translating intelligence assessments of adversary capabilities into high-fidelity modeled software environments.
• Familiarity with modern defense acquisition, test, and innovation organizations (such as AFLCMC, TRMC, or DIU).
• A desire to remain close to the technology, with the ability to participate in high-level system design reviews and evaluate architectural decisions.

US Salary Range

$220,000 - $330,000 USD

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 fulltime 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.

As set forth in Anduril Industries's Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.