Senior Manager, Simulation Engineering

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy for simulation engineering, platform development, validation environments, and system modeling.
• Lead the development of simulation platforms, infrastructure, tooling, and engineering workflows used across the organization.
• Drive the architecture and technical direction of simulation systems supporting robotics, perception, controls, software, and automation technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to accelerate development through simulation-driven testing, validation, experimentation, and analysis.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of simulation and modeling engineers while establishing technical standards and engineering best practices.
• Drive alignment across software, controls, robotics, perception, systems, and industrial controls organizations to establish a unified simulation ecosystem and strategy.
• Influence engineering decisions through simulation-driven insights, technical recommendations, system-level analysis, performance prediction, and design evaluation.
• Support future robotics and automation initiatives by improving simulation fidelity, scalability, performance, and adoption across engineering teams.

Job requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in simulation, modeling, robotics, controls, systems engineering, software engineering, autonomy, operations research, or related technical disciplines.
• Minimum of 3 years of engineering management experience leading technical teams.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for simulation platforms, modeling capabilities, validation systems, software engineering or related technologies.
• Strong understanding of simulation architecture, engineering workflows, system validation, and complex technical problem solving.
• Experience developing or utilizing simulation to improve development, validation, testing, optimization or performance of complex systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional engineering initiatives across multiple organizations and technology domains.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and highly technical environments.