Airbus UpNext Spain – UAS Synthetic Environment & Sensor Simulation Engineer (m/f)
Core
Develop virtual environments, synthetic sensor models, and automated scenario-generation capabilities to support the flight autonomy demonstrator for Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS).
Role type
Simulation Engineer (Uncrewed Aerial Systems / Synthetic Environment).
Builds
Virtual worlds, physics-based sensor simulations, and synthetic datasets for AI training and real-time testing.
Domain
Aerospace / Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) / Simulation.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work.
Required skills
Unreal Engine, procedural scene generation, physics-based sensor modeling (cameras, LiDAR, radar), physically based rendering (PBR), Python, C++, Linux, Docker, ROS2, DDS.
Preferred skills
Domain randomization, synthetic-to-real transfer techniques, distributed simulation architectures.
Technologies
Unreal Engine, Unity, NVIDIA Omniverse, Python, C++, Linux, Docker, ROS2, DDS.
Responsibilities
Build dynamic, procedural virtual worlds (terrain, urban areas, weather, lighting, obstacles); Create high-fidelity synthetic and hybrid datasets with precise ground-truth annotations; Configure and validate physics-based sensor models; Connect simulated environments with real-time flight autonomy hardware; Build automated pipelines to run large-scale simulation campaigns.
Seniority
Professional, hands-on IC.
