andurilindustries

Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Space

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At a Glance

Location
El Segundo, California, United States
Experience
8+ years
Department
Software
Posted
2026-06-26T20:05:43-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

MATLABMachine LearningPythonSAP

Domain Knowledge

  • Aerospace
  • Banking
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Government
  • Media
  • Regulatory

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

ensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to empl

Requirements

Top Secret SCI security clearance

Space Mission MS&A experience - for example, working knowledge of constellation design, space trajectory design, and physics-level modeling across a wide variety of space missions

Spacecraft & Payload MS&A experience— ability to perform physics-based, trade-space analyses for spacecraft propulsion, power, thermal management, and payloads such as RADAR, SATCOM, and/or EOIR

Proficiency with physics-math scripting (e.g., Matlab (preferred), Python)

Experience briefing technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and US Government

Experience with version control tools (e.g.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, you will design mission trajectories, build models to help craft mission solutions, and develop simulations to solve key mission needs.

Our team is responsible for helping government customers make informed acquisition decisions in the Space domain.

As such, general space knowledge, space domain awareness (optics, radar, space-based), satellite payload, orbital dynamics, or prior physics-level MS&A experience are preferred.

You will model architectures, develop and deploy algorithms, evaluate performance, and help shape future system concepts for the U.S.

Department of Defense customers.

This role is directly tied to ongoing, funded programs within Anduril’s Space Business Line.

Team

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested warfighting domain.