Description
Anduril Industries is a defence technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding AI-powered capabilities into space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners.
Job Summary
As a Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, you will own the understanding and design of the mission solution, designing mission trajectories, building models, and developing simulations to solve key mission needs.
Responsibilities
- Develop model-driven analysis and models themselves
- Develop a deep understanding of the transformational value of Anduril's platform, autonomy, simulation, and perception products
- Use advanced internal M&S capabilities to give analyses an asymmetric advantage over competitors
- Convey the value through the life of AI-powered distributed systems over traditional industrial offerings
- Provide rigorous analytical products to guide hardware engineering and convince stakeholders of the value advantage
Requirements
- Currently possess and able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- Space Mission MS&A experience, including working knowledge of constellation design, space trajectory design, and physics-level modeling
- Spacecraft & Payload MS&A experience, with ability to perform physics-based trade-space analyses for spacecraft propulsion, power, thermal management, and payloads
- Outstanding communication skills, including visual presentation of complex data
- Strong background in orbital mechanics and space environment
- Proficiency with physics-math scripting (e.g., MATLAB, SIMULINK, Python+numpy, scipy)
- Strong engineering background, preferably in Astrodynamics, Aerospace Engineering, Dynamics and Controls Engineering, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years in a relevant Science/Engineering field
- Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO) Trajectory Design & Space Payloads experience
- Exceptional proficiency with physics-math scripting
- Proficiency with STK and Astrogator
- Experience with genetic algorithms, machine learning, AI, and reinforcement learning algorithms
Salary and Benefits
The salary range for this role is $191,000-$253,000 USD per year. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers. Anduril offers top-tier benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, income protection, generous time off, family planning and parenting support, mental health resources, professional development, commuter benefits, and relocation assistance.