Anduril
Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Space
$167K–$222K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Nov 17, 2025
- Experience
- 3+ years in a relevant Science/Engineering field preferred; no minimum years stated as a requirement.
- Education
- Not specified.
About the job
Designs mission trajectories, physics-based models, and simulations to analyze and guide spacecraft and space-mission solutions.
What you'll do
- Develop model-driven analysis and models to address mission needs.
- Lead mission, constellation, simulation, and physics-level analyses for space missions.
- Present rigorous analytical results to guide hardware engineering and communicate the value of Anduril’s systems.
What they ask for
- Active U.S. Secret security clearance that can be maintained.
- Space mission MS&A experience, including constellation design, trajectory design, and physics-level modeling.
- Spacecraft and payload MS&A experience, including physics-based trade-space analyses.
- Strong orbital mechanics and space-environment background; proficiency in physics-math scripting; strong engineering background.
Nice to have
- 3+ years in a relevant Science/Engineering field.
- RPO trajectory design or payload experience; proficiency with STK and Astrogator; or experience with genetic algorithms, machine learning, AI, and reinforcement learning.
Pay
$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, SIMULINK, Python+numpy, scipy, STK, Astrogator
AI focus
Experience with AI and machine learning is preferred; the role also analyzes Anduril’s AI-powered distributed systems and autonomy products.
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