Senior Software Engineer - Modelling & Simulation, Advanced Capabilities

ABOUT THE TEAM

Advanced Capabilities is the internal warfighter research arm for Anduril's Maneuver Dominance division. We invent new products, inform vehicle specifications, define autonomous tactics, and work out how humans and teams of autonomous systems will operate together in future contested environments.
We're standing up a next generation simulation center in the UAE to run large-scale wargames and experiments with autonomous systems. The on-site team is small and mostly made up of warfighters and analysts. They'll be backed by our engineering teams in the UK and US.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You'll be the software engineer on the ground. Your main job is to build the models that make our scenarios credible. You'll also own the simulation environment that keeps the center running.
Most of your modelling will be in Python, but you'll also work in our core C++ simulation code when a model needs to go deeper or something breaks. You'll work closely with warfighters to turn their operational questions into working models.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build and refine models in Python for sensors, communications, platform movement, weapon effects, electronic warfare, and tactical behaviours, at the level of fidelity the question actually requires
• Extend and debug the core C++ simulation framework alongside engineers in the UK and US
• Work side by side with warfighters and analysts to translate tactics, threats, and operational problems into scenarios and models they can use
• Support the team's scripting efforts by reviewing code, building reusable tooling, and keeping things maintainable
• Install, configure, and maintain the simulation software stack and the compute, networking, and storage it runs on
• Validate new releases before they're used in an exercise, and build automated checks so regressions surface early
• Root-cause failures, fix them, and document what you learn so the knowledge doesn't live in one person's head

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong proficiency in Python for modelling, tooling, and automation
• Working proficiency in C++, enough to read, debug, and extend a performance-critical simulation codebase
• Experience building models or simulations of complex systems (agent-based, discrete-event, time-stepped, or similar)
• Comfort with mathematical and physical modelling: dynamics, probability, and stochastic processes
• Military experience, or a genuine interest in the problems warfighters face and how to model them
• Hands-on experience setting up and troubleshooting distributed systems and networks
• Ability to work independently in a small, remote team and communicate clearly with both engineers and operators
• Willingness to relocate to Abu Dhabi
• Eligibility to pass the security and background checks required for sensitive information systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Defence, aerospace, or robotics experience, especially mission-level or multi-agent simulation
• Experience with military M&S tools (e.g. AFSIM, VBS, Command PE) or distributed simulation standards (DIS, HLA)
• Experience with large-scale Monte Carlo or design-of-experiments analysis
• CI/CD, test automation, Docker, or infrastructure-as-code experience
• Active security clearance