andurilindustries
Senior Game Designer, Scenario Design (Sand Table)
At a Glance
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Department
- Software
- Posted
- 2026-03-06T11:28:32-05:00
Key Requirements
Domain Knowledge
- Defense
- Education
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Legal
- Media
- Medical
Benefits & Perks
toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents. Additional
Requirements
5+ years of professional experience in level design, scenario design, or mission design for games or interactive simulations
Strong portfolio demonstrating scenario/mission/level design work for complex interactive applications
Experience with Custom Game Engines, Unity or Unreal Engine
Experience designing campaigns or scenarios for RTS games, military simulations, wargames, or defense applications
Knowledge of XR design principles and constraints
Background in military operations or understanding of military doctrine and procedures
Responsibilities
As a Scenario Designer on the Sand Table team, you will be instrumental in creating compelling and realistic military scenarios for our next-generation wargaming and briefing capabilities in XR headsets.
You will work closely with our Creative Director, Subject Matter Experts, and Product Leads to design, implement, and refine scenarios and missions that showcase the product's capabilities while ensuring they meet military stakeholder needs.
Additionally, you will collaborate with the UX team to develop intuitive authoring tools that enable end users to create their own scenarios in immersive environments.
Team
The Sand Table team at Anduril develops our revolutionary platform for visualizing future defense scenarios. We transform massive amounts of data into an intuitive, interactive 3D command center, serving as the visual interface for mission simulations, a key business development tool, and a powerful demonstration of our advanced capabilities to government and military leaders. We take ambitious ideas from concept to completion, building the core with high-performance C++ and enabling rapid feature expansion through modern scripting and plugin frameworks. The Sand Table team manages the complex logistics for delivering flawless augmented reality demonstrations in headset to critical stakeholders. As a cross-functional group of builders, strategists, and operators, we combine the creative energy of a top game studio with the rigorous discipline of national security to shape how the future of defense is visualized and understood.