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Bjak

3D Animator

Charleston, WV · Remote

... junior artists and helping define animation standards across the organization. Key ... Troubleshoot technical issues related to animation, rendering, simulation, or visual effects.

ManTech

Simulation Developer

Quantico, VA

$141K - $236K/yr

... military systems/processes * Knowledge of 3D graphics, physics engines, and database management ... Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the ...

ManTech International

Simulation Developer

Quantico, VA · On-site

$141K - $236K/yr

... military systems/processes * Knowledge of 3D graphics, physics engines, and database management ... Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the ...

ManTech

Simulation Developer

Quantico, VA

$141K - $236K/yr

... military systems/processes * Knowledge of 3D graphics, physics engines, and database management ... Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the ...

ManTech International

Simulation Developer

Quantico, VA · On-site

$91K - $153K/yr

... military systems/processes * Knowledge of 3D graphics, physics engines, and database management ... Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the ...

ManTech

Simulation Developer

Quantico, VA

$91K - $153K/yr

... military systems/processes * Knowledge of 3D graphics, physics engines, and database management ... Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the ...

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As of Aug 8, 2026, the average hourly pay for contract military simulation 3d artist in the United States is $39.46, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $27.16 and $48.56 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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To thrive as a Contract Military Simulation 3D Artist, you need strong proficiency in 3D modeling, texturing, and rendering, often backed by a degree in art, design, or a related field. Familiarity with industry-standard software like Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Blender, and game engines such as Unreal Engine, as well as knowledge of military hardware standards, is typically required. Attention to detail, creativity, and effective communication are crucial soft skills for accurately representing military assets and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. These skills ensure the creation of realistic, functional simulations that meet client specifications and support effective military training.

What is a contract military simulation 3D artist?

Contract Military Simulation 3D Artists are professionals hired on a temporary or project basis to create detailed 3D models and visual assets for military training simulations. Their work helps build realistic environments, vehicles, equipment, and characters that accurately represent real-world scenarios for training purposes. These artists collaborate with simulation developers, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders to ensure visual fidelity and functional accuracy in the simulations. The role requires strong skills in 3D modeling software and an understanding of military technology and protocols.

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One of the biggest challenges for Contract Military Simulation 3D Artists is accurately recreating military equipment and environments while balancing realism and performance constraints. Artists must frequently reference technical documents and collaborate closely with subject matter experts to ensure authenticity. Additionally, working as a contractor often means adapting quickly to different workflows or proprietary tools unique to each client. Effective communication with project managers and other team members is crucial for managing revisions and meeting tight deadlines.
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Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

Anduril Industries

Costa Mesa, CA • On-site

$191K - $253K/yr

Full-time

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Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Simulation Platform team owns the core architecture and infrastructure of Anduril's high-fidelity, multi-domain military mission simulator. It models hundreds of entities--aircraft, ships, submarines, satellites, ground vehicles--moving, sensing, communicating, and engaging across realistic physical environments. The simulator powers training, mission planning, autonomy development, and hardware-in-the-loop testing across Anduril's product portfolio. It connects to live systems, integrates with Anduril's Lattice platform, and runs inside a GUI for interactive scenario authoring. Mission Sim is a large, mature C++20 codebase with an Entity-Component-System architecture, a stable C ABI plugin system, embedded scripting, and a variety of physics-based models. Keeping this system fast, correct, extensible, and pleasant to develop against at scale, with a growing team of model developers is our job.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Model authoring tools - an early effort you will help stand up to extend the Sim frontend with UI for authoring and tuning Mission Sim models. You will negotiate extension APIs with the GUI team and build an ergonomic UI atop them, working alongside Simulation Modeling engineers.
  • Custom Entity-Component-System architecture that underpins the entire simulator: entity lifecycle, component storage, and the update loop
  • Plugin and SDK development - maintaining a versioned C ABI, which enables external teams to extend the simulator
  • Performance and scale - keeping the simulation loop fast enough for real-time and faster-than-real-time execution with hundreds of concurrent entities; reasoning about memory layout, cache behavior and contention, as entity counts grow
  • Integration architecture - gRPC services, DIS protocol interoperability, networking messaging, and file recording for analysis and playback
  • Support domain experts in integrating new and enhancing existing capability models
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 3 years of professional experience with C++20 and strong C++ skills; you should be comfortable with templates, move semantics, smart pointers, and the kinds of design decisions that show up in framework code
  • Experience designing internal APIs and frameworks that other engineers build on, with focus on backwards-compatibility and ergonomics
  • Solid understanding of systems programming fundamentals: memory management, shared libraries, ABI stability, linking, interfacing with the operating system
  • Comfort with linear algebra and applied math
  • Familiarity with Linux-based C++ development toolchains
  • Ability to reason about performance-sensitive code - cache behavior, memory layout, algorithmic complexity
  • Clear technical communication and ability to work in a large, shared codebase and negotiate architectural decisions that affect a growing team
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 5+ years of professional experience with C++20
  • Experience leading or mentoring engineers on a project - setting technical direction and bringing others along
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity - scoping the problem, the approach, and the interfaces when none exist yet, and driving them to a decision
  • Experience with military simulation, defense modeling & simulation, or related domains
  • Experience with Entity-Component-System architectures or game engine design patterns
  • Experience in designing and implementing GUI-supported workflows
  • Familiarity with gRPC, DIS (IEEE 1278.1) distributed simulation standard
  • Experience with Python/C++ interop (pybind11, embedded interpreters)
  • Familiarity with behavior trees or autonomous agent architectures
  • Developing in Nix
  • Experience with numerical simulation, physics modeling, or scientific computing

US Salary Range
$191,000-$253,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
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At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
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Anduril Industries is a trailblazer in the technology industry based in Costa Mesa, CA, US. Founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus VR, the company focuses on developing innovative technology to equip and empower those in the defense sector. Its primary products include cutting-edge autonomous systems and AI software that assist in combating threats to national and global security. The mission of Anduril Industries is to integrate technology and defense by building transformative, scalable solutions that ensure a safer world.

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Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing

Company size

501 - 1,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Year founded

2017

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