Simulation Engineer III, Autonomy & Robotics
Core
Design, build, and operate high-fidelity digital environments and testbeds to enable autonomous robotic space exploration, including rovers, landers, and in-space systems.
Role type
Simulation Engineer III (Autonomy & Robotics)
Builds
High-fidelity simulation environments, HIL/SIL testbeds, and synthetic data pipelines for autonomous vehicle validation.
Domain
Aerospace engineering, robotics, and autonomous systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Physics-based simulation modeling, sensor modeling (cameras, LiDAR, IMUs), C++ and Python software development, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) design and execution, Monte Carlo analysis, simulation automation tooling
Preferred skills
Closed-loop simulations for aviation/space vehicles, synthetic data generation for AI/ML, ROS/ROS2 middleware, GPU-accelerated computing (CUDA), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines
Technologies
Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Unreal Engine, Chrono, ROS/ROS2, CUDA, Docker, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain simulation frameworks; create and validate physics-based models of vehicle dynamics and environmental interactions; design and operate HIL/SIL testbeds; execute large-scale simulation campaigns for performance characterization; collaborate on synthetic data generation for perception models; develop tools for simulation automation and data visualization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
