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Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms (Active TS Clearance)
Software Engineer
• On-site
• Full-time
•
Costa Mesa, USA
Anduril's Air Dominance & Strike team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team building high-fidelity simulation platforms used to evaluate advanced aerospace and mission systems. The role centers on modernizing legacy, monolithic simulation frameworks into modular architectures with stable APIs and automated testing, while also managing stakeholder relationships and supporting technical proposals.
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
Leadership and mentoringStakeholder managementNegotiation skillsAbility to navigate competing priorities
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.
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