Wargaming Research Systems Specialist Game Designer

About the role

Anduril Industries is building a new simulation centre in Abu Dhabi to deliver advanced wargaming and training services for regional partners. The Wargaming Research Systems Specialist will design and run immersive, operationally relevant wargames that support the Air Maneuver Dominance and Advanced Capabilities teams.

Key responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop wargame scenarios using Anduril’s proprietary modeling, simulation, AR and VR tools.
• Translate customer objectives and operational problems into structured, immersive exercises, defining orders of battle, objectives, timelines, and victory conditions.
• Lead multi‑day wargaming exercises as the designer and control‑cell lead, managing scenario execution, adjudicating outcomes, and adapting events in real time.
• Build and maintain a reusable library of scenarios, models, and content to enable rapid configuration and scaling of exercises.
• Collaborate with EDGE, the Emirati Ministry of Defence, and internal software, hardware, logistics, growth, and engineering teams to ensure fidelity and relevance.

Required profile

• Proven experience designing and facilitating complex wargames or simulation exercises.
• Strong understanding of military operational concepts, especially air maneuver and joint force operations.
• Ability to work closely with defence customers and translate strategic objectives into concrete game mechanics.
• Excellent analytical mindset with the capacity to generate actionable insights from exercise data.

Required skills

• Experience with proprietary or commercial modeling and simulation platforms.
• Familiarity with Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) environments for training.
• Competence in scenario authoring, order‑of‑battle construction, and outcome adjudication.