Principal Engineer Team Lead, Simulation Infrastructure
Core
Lead the design, building, scaling, and optimization of cloud and software infrastructure for Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) simulation frameworks and offboard validation pipelines to accelerate autonomous vehicle development.
Role type
Principal Engineer Team Lead (Simulation Infrastructure)
Builds
High-throughput simulation clusters, scenario libraries, and automated validation pipelines for robotaxi software releases.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, C++, AWS Cloud (EC2, Spot, Load Balancing), GitLab CI/CD, Docker, SQL/Postgres/Trino, Grafana/Looker, Apache Airflow, Simulation Domain Knowledge (OpenScenario, Synthetic Data)
Preferred skills
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) integration, Vehicle CAN protocols, Physics-based Vehicle Dynamics Modeling
Technologies
AWS, EC2, Spot Instances, GitLab, Docker, Postgres, Trino, Grafana, Looker, Apache Airflow, OpenScenario, OSC2
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor simulation infrastructure engineers; Define multi-year technical roadmap; Architect high-throughput multi-cluster cloud environments; Optimize cloud compute resources and costs; Build extensible simulation engine abstractions; Develop SUT definitions and pipeline automation tools; Establish observability dashboards for simulation execution and cluster health.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership
