Staff Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer - Air Dominance & Strike - Advanced Effects

Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 191,000-292,000 · 12+ years experience · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

Seeking a Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MSA) Engineer to join the Flight Engineering department within the Air Dominance and Strike organization.
Drive the design, development, testing, and implementation of cutting-edge flight system technologies for aerospace systems.
Develop, implement, and maintain a sufficient fidelity virtual representation of various vehicles that Anduril works on.

Develop simulation solutions for Guidance, Navigation and Control algorithm development
Develop Software-In-The-Loop (SITL) solutions
Develop Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) solutions
Develop Pilot-In-The-Loop (PITL) solutions
Develop customer product training solutions
Perform Monte-Carlo simulation analysis
Develop simulation and test data analysis tools and processes
Work with multi-disciplinary subject matter experts to understand and adequately model pertinent sub-system, system and system of system dynamics
Work with internal and external customers to understand simulation requirements and develop efficient modeling and simulation solutions
Own the end-to-end configuration of our SITL, HITL, and PITL for our test vehicles in support of safe and efficient flight tests

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, or related technical discipline
12+ years of experience
Experience with aerospace/aeronautical systems (including missiles, rotorcraft/VTOL) and/or Subsea vehicles
Experience in flight dynamics/platform physics and control
Proficiency with C/C++
Advanced proficiency with scientific computing systems (Mathworks products (e.g., MATLAB, SIMULINK etc.), scientific Python (e.g., numpy, scipy))
Flight test data processing/sim correlation experience
Experience with developing sub-system and system level models (Air vehicle, ground vehicles, ground based sensors and other types of complex systems)
Experience with model development to support Guidance, Navigation and Control algorithm development
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

Advanced proficiency with C/C++
Flight test support experience
Experience with SITL and HITL simulation infrastructure design, development and deployment for complex systems
Experience with developing emulated/simulation interfaces for on-board avionics

Highly competitive equity grants
Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next