Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms (Active TS Clearance)

Responsibilities

• ▹Grow, mentor, and scale the engineering team, fostering a high-performance culture
• ▹Partner with the Chief Engineer to define technical direction and modernize simulation architectures into modular systems
• ▹Build and maintain relationships with 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

Requirements

• ▹Active U.S. Top Secret (TS) security clearance
• ▹5+ years of experience managing software engineering teams, with a proven track record of hiring, scaling, and developing talent
• ▹5+ years of hands-on software development experience with complex systems architecture and API design
• ▹Experience developing, deploying, and testing software in secure, classified, or air-gapped environments
• ▹Experience partnering with business development teams, writing technical proposals, or scoping engineering work for government contracts
• ▹Proven ability to manage customer expectations and negotiate technical delivery paths when stakeholders have competing priorities

Nice to have

• ▹Prior experience in modeling and simulation within the defense sector, particularly 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

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
• ▹Top-tier benefits package, available at little to no cost to employees
• ▹US Salary Range $220,000 - $330,000 USD

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company building next-generation autonomous systems (Fury, Barracuda) and the Lattice OS AI platform, with a mission to bring modern software practices to military system development in months rather than years.