Anduril Industries
Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MSA) Engineer - HITL Focus
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks an MSA Engineer to design and operate Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) simulation environments for autonomous aerial vehicles. You'll develop high-fidelity vehicle models, manage real-time simulation infrastructure, and support flight control and autonomy software testing with physical avionics hardware before live flights.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain HITL simulation infrastructure including real-time vehicle models and avionics emulation
- Own end-to-end configuration and operation of SITL/HITL environments for test vehicles
- Coordinate HITL test campaigns with flight test teams to validate algorithms before live flights
- Develop emulated interfaces for onboard avionics systems to enable closed-loop hardware testing
- Troubleshoot real-time simulation issues including timing, hardware interfaces, and model fidelity
- Support pre-flight validation and post-flight data analysis to improve model accuracy
What they're looking for
- Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) simulation and real-time systems
- Aerospace systems modeling and simulation
- Flight control and guidance, navigation, control (GNC) software
- Avionics integration and emulation
- Software coding and integration practices
- Monte-Carlo simulation and analysis
- Closed-loop testing with physical hardware
- Data analysis and visualization tools
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience designing and operating Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) simulation environments. What challenges have you faced with real-time constraints and avionics integration?
- Walk us through how you would determine the appropriate fidelity level for a vehicle dynamics model to support both GNC algorithm development and flight control software testing.