Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer

Location: Gardena, CA

Department: Performance Analysis

Job Overview:

As a GNC Engineer focused on Simulations, you will lead the development of high-fidelity physics-based simulations for end-to-end missile flight and guidance validation. These simulations serve as a digital proving ground for our flight software, autonomy stack, and control systems—enabling us to iterate rapidly and validate in silico what would otherwise require expensive, slow, or impossible real-world testi

ng.You’ll own simulation architecture, real-time physics integration, and testbed development. If you’re comfortable writing performant simulation code in Rust and Python, and you’re looking to do impactful work on a system that must work the first time, this is your chan

Key Responsibilities:

• Design high-performance 6-DOF flight and physics simulations
• Build simulation components that replicate real-world dynamics and sensor behavior
• Integrate guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) logic into full-stack simulations
• Develop Monte Carlo, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL), and closed-loop test infrastructure
• Collaborate closely with flight software, autonomy, and hardware teams to ensure simulation fidelity matches real-world constraints.
• Create tooling to support scenario authoring, data visualization, and performance analysis.
• Own simulation pipeline performance and determinism across a wide range of conditions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 7+ years of experience building simulations or numerical modeling frameworks
• Proficient in Rust and Python for performance-critical and test-driven development
• Understanding of rigid body dynamics, kinematics, numerical integration, and physics
• Experience building tools for flight dynamics, aerospace simulation, or autonomous systems
• Proficiency with compiled (e.g. C++, Rust) and scripted (e.g. Python) languages

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Monte Carlo testing, sensor emulation, and closed-loop control validation
• Familiarity with real-time systems, latency-sensitive architectures, or distributed simulation
• Experience deploying or validating autonomous systems (missiles, drones, satellites, or vehicles)
• Familiarity with Rust game engines or physics libraries (e.g., Rapier, Bevy)
• Exposure to 3D rendering for simulation visualization (e.g., WebGL, OpenGL, Three.js)
• Contributions to aerospace open source or simulation frameworks (e.g., JSBSim, Gazebo)

Itar Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR

Compensation:

Salary: $175000- $230000 + Equity + Benefits ( Healthcare, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Lunch)

About the Company

About the Company:

We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in Gardena, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and several Silicon Valley firms. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.