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LVC Simulation Integration Engineer

Fort Walton Beach, FL💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead design, development, and improvement of integrated live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) simulation solutions for experimentation, testing, and training of multi-agent autonomy software.

Role type

Senior IC simulation integration engineer (defense/autonomy)

Builds

LVC simulation federations for tactical AI agent training

Domain

Defense, military simulation, autonomy

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

LVC architecture design, DIS/HLA/DSEEP standards, DDS/ZeroMQ/Kafka/Redis/protobuf protocols, AFSIM/NGTS/flight simulators, modern C++ 2017+, Docker/containerization, Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), CI/CD pipelines

Preferred skills

PhD in engineering, 7+ years software development, OMS/UCI architectures, model-based systems engineering, hardware-in-the-loop testing, HPC environments, flight test readiness

Technologies

C++ 2017+, Python 3.10+, DIS, HLA, DSEEP, DDS, ZeroMQ, Kafka, Redis, protobuf, AFSIM, NGTS, Docker, Git, Visual Studio Code, GitLab, SonarQube, Artifactory, Azure Container Registry

Responsibilities

Design and document LVC architectures, create simulation scenarios, write interface code, conduct code reviews, solve integration roadblocks, mentor junior engineers, configure and integrate defense M&S tools

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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