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At Anduril, we are developing unmanned systems for subsurface, surface, land, and air domains that will leverage unsupervised autonomy for the delivery of multi-mission capability to our customers. These projects require Warfighting Systems Analysts who can connect operational needs to system architecture, technical performance, integration choices, and mission-level outcomes. We are looking for our next Warfighting Systems Analyst to join our rapidly growing team.
The Warfighting Systems Analyst supports the design, evaluation, and optimization of defense systems by focusing on how systems should be designed, configured, integrated, and employed to deliver warfighting advantage. The analyst works at the intersection of mission engineering, systems analysis, operations research, product development, and technical trade-space evaluation. They translate operational problems into system-level questions, leverage high-end models and simulations to assess technical and architectural alternatives, and provide decision-quality analysis that helps engineering, product, and business leaders make informed choices. Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) will often complement demonstration events that together leave no doubt that Anduril offers real warfighter capability.
This role is ideal for individuals who can reason across military operations and technical systems, evaluate performance tradeoffs, and communicate how system design decisions affect operational utility.

• Analyze system performance, architecture, integration options, and design trades in the context of operational mission needs
• Translate warfighting requirements and operational constraints into system-level parameters, performance thresholds, and analytic frameworks
• Leverage high-end models and simulations, including Anduril's Lattice Mission Simulation and the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM), to conduct studies
• Support engineering and product teams by evaluating how platform, payload, autonomy, sensor, effector, communications, navigation, or C2 choices affect mission outcomes
• Conduct trade studies comparing alternative system configurations, architectures, payloads, deployment concepts, and operational employment models
• Design, execute, and analyze tactical (engagement-level and mission-level) analysis and wargames to assess autonomous system capabilities and refine tactics
• Develop physics-based models and relevant operational scenarios, with an emphasis on modeling red and blue force systems and tactics
• Develop measures of performance, key performance parameters, key system attributes, and operationally meaningful technical metrics
• Assess system-of-systems interactions, integration risks, dependencies, constraints, and mission impacts
• Partner with warfighting capability analysts to ensure system analysis remains grounded in real operational problems and customer needs
• Collaborate with engineering and business development teams to demonstrate Anduril's capabilities and value proposition through rigorous, data-driven analysis

• 8+ years of experience in Operations Research, Systems Analysis (ORSA), systems engineering, mission engineering, test and evaluation, or a related technical-operational discipline
• Experience with tactical experiment and wargaming design, including scenario development, data analytics, and trade-space analysis
• Demonstrated experience in modeling and simulation for military missions, with a preference for a background in red force tactics, modeling, and simulation
• Demonstrated experience providing technical direction and mentorship to junior M&S engineers guiding analytic approach, validating methodology, and reviewing work products
• Experience with DoD M&S tools (e.g., AFSIM, Brawler, Suppressor, ESAMS, Command PE)
• Experience developing analytic products or tools usable by non-M&S specialists
• Proficiency with C++ or Python for physics-based modeling and scripting
• Ability to connect system performance, architecture, and design choices to mission outcomes
• Ability to assess and solve problems, and to effectively communicate results through strong verbal and written skills
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

• Master's degree in Operations Research, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Operational military background with a subsequent transition into an ORSA, M&S, or Operations Analyst position
• Experience with AFSIM plug-in development or other advanced M&S framework customization
• Experience with defense systems, autonomous systems, maritime systems, undersea systems, sensors, effectors, communications, navigation, C2, or ISR mission systems
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering, digital engineering, operational test, or experimentation
• Experience developing KPPs, KSAs, MOEs, MOPs, requirements, test objectives, or system performance assessments
• Proficiency with data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau, or scripting languages like MATLAB/SIMULINK
• Experience building or maturing an organization's M&S capability or tool stack from an early/immature state
• Experience leading or coordinating M&S efforts across geographically distributed teams
• 8+ years of experience with the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps