Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Platform
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days Anduril Industries's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of Anduril Industries's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Anduril Industries
- high 2263 stale, 67 reposted of 2,263 open
- Hiring momentum
- 3233 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
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About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Simulation Platform team, you will work on the architecture and infrastructure of a high-fidelity military mission simulator. Your responsibilities will include developing model authoring tools, maintaining a custom Entity-Component-System architecture, and ensuring the simulator's performance and integration with various protocols. You will collaborate with other engineers to enhance the simulator's capabilities and support domain experts in integrating new models.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Anduril Industries as an employer.
What you need
- 3 years of professional experience with C++20
- Strong C++ skills, comfortable with templates, move semantics, smart pointers
- Experience designing internal APIs and frameworks
- Solid understanding of systems programming fundamentals
- Comfort with linear algebra and applied math
- Familiarity with Linux-based C++ development toolchains
Nice to have
- 5+ years of professional experience with C++20
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers
- Comfort operating in ambiguity
- Experience with military simulation or defense modeling
- Experience with Entity-Component-System architectures
What you get
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package
- Highly competitive equity grants included in offers
Worth weighing
- No specific details on the tech stack beyond C++20 and Linux
- Salary range provided but may vary based on multiple factors
- Role involves working with a large, mature codebase which may present challenges in terms of legacy systems
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