Anduril
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms
$220K–$292K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +4 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Experience
- 5+ years managing software engineering teams and 5+ years of hands-on software development.
About the job
Leads the engineering team building and modernizing high-fidelity simulation platforms for aerospace and mission systems, including technical direction, project delivery, and government customer engagement.
What you'll do
- Grow, mentor, and scale the engineering team; foster a high-performance culture.
- Partner with the Chief Engineer to modernize simulation architectures and deliver projects successfully.
- Build government stakeholder relationships and partner with business development on opportunities, feasibility, and technical proposals.
What they ask for
- Active U.S. Top Secret (TS) security clearance.
- 5+ years managing software engineering teams, including hiring, scaling, and developing talent.
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, with understanding of complex systems architecture, API design, and modern software engineering practices.
- Experience in secure, classified, or air-gapped software development, deployment, and testing; plus government-contract proposal or scoping experience and customer expectation management.
Nice to have
- Defense-sector modeling and simulation experience, particularly federating multiple simulators.
- Familiarity with intelligence-based adversary modeling or defense acquisition, test, and innovation organizations.
Pay
$220,000 — $292,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Lattice OS
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