Staff Simulation Platform Engineer

About you:

We are seeking a Staff Simulation Platform Engineer to design and build the next-generation simulation infrastructure that supports aircraft modeling, autonomy development, and hardware-in-the-loop validation across multiple aircraft platforms.

This is a hands-on senior technical role focused on building scalable virtual environments, stabilizing integration infrastructure, and enabling scenario-based autonomy validation without linear growth in engineering effort per platform.

This position reports to the Virtual Test Environments Lead and will play a central role in evolving our simulation ecosystem into a robust, scalable internal platform.

Responsibilities:

1. Simulation Infrastructure Architecture & Implementation

• Define and implement structured topology and configuration definitions across aircraft platforms

• Improve stability of routing layers, hardware/software interfaces, and runtime integration components

• Introduce versioning and compatibility discipline across simulation artifacts

• Build validation tooling to prevent integration breakage from reaching lab benches

2. Autonomy-Focused Virtual Environment Development

• Expand scenario-based simulation capabilities supporting autonomy development

• Enable structured Monte Carlo and multi-scenario validation workflows

• Develop infrastructure to simulate sensor inputs and autonomy behaviors in realistic operational contexts

• Improve determinism and traceability of simulation runs

3. Toolchain Modernization & Automation

• Implement CI/CD workflows for simulation artifacts

• Improve reproducibility of simulation environments

• Implement schema-driven validation mechanisms for interfaces

• Build foundational platform components hands-on during early phases

4. Technical Leadership

• Mentor and elevate engineers working on simulation tools and routing infrastructure

• Establish extensibility and architectural standards within the simulation stack

• Influence cross-functional stakeholders (Autonomy, Compute Platform, Systems, Lab Integration)

This is a senior technical contributor role with significant architectural impact but no direct people management responsibility.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience building or scaling complex simulation or autonomy validation environments

• Experience contributing to or architecting large-scale simulation frameworks (e.g., AFSIM, Unreal/Unity-based simulation environments, CARLA, custom autonomy simulation platforms, or equivalent)

• Strong software architecture experience in multi-component, distributed systems

• Experience defining interface contracts, configuration schemas, or API boundaries in complex systems

• Experience integrating simulation environments with real-time or hardware-in-the-loop systems

• Hands-on proficiency in Python and/or C++

• Demonstrated ability to modernize or scale legacy engineering toolchains

Nice to Have:

• Experience developing simulation or virtual validation environments for autonomy systems (automotive, aerospace, robotics)

• Experience designing scenario-based validation systems

• Familiarity with SIL/HIL integration

• Experience implementing CI/CD in engineering-heavy environments

• Background in safety-critical systems