Software Engineer, Simulation and Evaluation (Autonomous Systems)

A company that builds autonomous maritime vehicles is hiring a C++ engineer to own its simulation, replay and evaluation tooling. Colleagues depend on this infrastructure every day, so it has to be production quality.

Key duties

• Build and run the tooling that lets teams re-run recorded missions and simulate new ones, from scenario creation to scoring
• Tie logged vehicle telemetry, virtual environments and the real autonomy stack together in automated, repeatable tests
• Create both open-loop and closed-loop test harnesses that check autonomous behavior across large numbers of runs
• Define numeric scoring, automated evaluations and regression suites that surface problems before deployment
• Convert field failures and rare edge cases into replayable scenarios and permanent automated checks, linking operations with development
• Dig through logs, telemetry and failed runs to pinpoint root causes and push fixes
• Talk with people who use the simulator across teams about scenario authoring pain points, and wire the tooling into CI/CD

Experience we want

• Five or more years as an infrastructure or backend engineer in robotics
• Strong C++ and a history of production systems that colleagues rely on
• Hands-on work building test infrastructure for simulation, log replay or robots, plus quantitative evaluation or validation systems
• Solid systems fundamentals: concurrency, performance, reliability and Linux, and an understanding of how far simulated behavior can be trusted
• Bachelor’s degree
• Python for analysis or test tooling, and exposure to self-driving, robotics or aerospace systems, are pluses

Hybrid in the San Francisco Bay Area. No visa sponsorship or transfers.