Anduril
Senior Mission Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance
$180K–$225K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in a relevant Science or Engineering field; preferred qualification also allows equivalent advanced academic experience (e.g., MS, Ph.D.).
About the job
Conduct physics-based, model-driven operations analyses and simulations to assess Anduril technologies’ mission effectiveness and communicate findings to internal teams and customers.
What you'll do
- Translate stakeholder questions into analyses, often designing mission-level simulation experiments.
- Develop models and use internal modeling and simulation capabilities to evaluate platforms, autonomy, and perception products.
- Present clear, actionable analytical findings to program teams and external customers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience in a relevant Science or Engineering field.
- Currently possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Proficiency with modeling and scripting languages; demonstrated platform and payload MS&A experience.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, and working knowledge of at least one listed air, ISR, electronic attack, or long-range fires domain.
Nice to have
- 2+ years of hands-on AFSIM scripting experience.
- Operations Analysis study leadership, signal processing, or RF propagation modeling experience.
Pay
$180,000 — $225,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, MATLAB, Simulink, AFSIM
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