Wargaming Research & Systems Analyst — Red Cell Lead

Role Overview

Wargaming Research & Systems Analyst — Red Cell Lead at Anduril Industries. Initial hiring in London, UK with relocation to Abu Dhabi, UAE upon completion of the simulation center.

Company Overview

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company develops unmanned systems for subsurface, surface, land, and air domains leveraging unsupervised autonomy. 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. Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Role Purpose

The Lead Warfighting Systems Analyst is responsible for producing, iterating, and supporting Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (M&SA) including wargaming and experimentation for Anduril products. The role serves three purposes: train customers in Anduril capabilities, conduct internal analysis to support iterative improvement of current and future products, and learn specific customer needs to ensure the right product is produced for the right reasons. This is the first hire and lead role in an Agile team of wargaming analysts who will be the plank owners of a new simulation center being built in the UAE.

Key Responsibilities

Simulation and Experimentation

• Leverage high-end models and simulations, including Anduril's Lattice Mission Simulation (MissionSim) to conduct simulation, experimentation, and training.
• Develop scenarios based on customer needs to demonstrate capabilities.
• Design, execute, and analyze tactical (engagement-level and mission-level) analysis and wargames to assess autonomous system capabilities and refine tactics.

Analysis and Modeling

• Support engineering and product teams by evaluating how platform, payload, autonomy, sensor, effector, communications, navigation, or C2 choices affect mission outcomes.
• Develop physics-based models and relevant operational scenarios, with an emphasis on modeling red and blue force systems and tactics.
• Assess system-of-systems interactions, integration risks, dependencies, constraints, and mission impacts.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Lead the 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.

Qualifications & Experience

• Currently possess and be able to maintain an active country-specific Secret security clearance.
• 7+ 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 experiments 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 friendly and adversary tactics.
• Ability to connect system performance, architecture, and design choices to mission outcomes.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Operations Research, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field (preferred).
• Operational military background with a subsequent transition into an ORSA, M&S, or Operations Analyst position (preferred).
• Experience developing KPPs, KSAs, MOEs, MOPs, requirements, test objectives, or system performance assessments (preferred).

Skills & Competencies

• Proficiency with C++ or Python for physics-based modeling and scripting.
• Ability to assess and solve problems and effectively communicate results through strong verbal and written skills.
• Experience with DoD M&S tools (e.g., AFSIM, Brawler, Suppressor, ESAMS, Command PE) (preferred).
• Experience with AFSIM plug-in development or other advanced M&S framework customization (preferred).
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering, digital engineering, operational test, or experimentation (preferred).
• Experience with defense systems, autonomous systems, maritime systems, undersea systems, sensors, effectors, communications, navigation, C2, or ISR mission systems (preferred).

Additional Information

• Ability to obtain and maintain a country-specific Top Secret security clearance (preferred).
• Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, available at little to no cost to employees, including comprehensive coverage for health, recovery, and related support.
• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• This role is ideal for individuals who can reason across military operations and technical systems, evaluate performance tradeoffs, develop and deploy scenarios with Python and YAML, and communicate how system design decisions affect operational utility.