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About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
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JOB TITLE: Senior Manager Software Engineering, Simulation Platforms (Active TS Clearance)
The Senior Manager Software Engineering, Simulation Platforms (Active TS Clearance) joins the Air Dominance & Strike team to lead the development of high-fidelity simulation platforms for evaluating aerospace and mission systems in contested environments. You will grow and mentor an engineering team, partner with the Chief Engineer to modernize monolithic simulation frameworks into modular architectures, and manage relationships with government stakeholders. Key responsibilities include owning project execution, defining technical directions, and leading technical writing for proposals. You will utilize skills in software engineering, systems engineering, real-time simulation, and API design to build parametric simulators representing sophisticated adversary behaviors. This role solves the challenge of transitioning legacy simulation tools into modern, versioned systems to support the evaluation of next-generation defense platforms and robotic systems.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?
Median $281300 from 43 postings across 15 companies.
Modeling and Simulation
API Design
Systems Engineering
Real-time Simulation
Automated Testing
Digital Models
Parametric Simulators
Modular Architecture