Simulation and Validation Software Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design and build automated test suites that validate firmware, controls, and runtime behavior across software-in-the-loop (SIL) environments.
• Integrate simulation environment inputs and dynamic models that stand in for the real robot — including simulated sensor inputs like camera feeds — so runtime and middleware teams can develop without physical hardware.
• Own regression test infrastructure and tooling for result analysis, failure triage, and coverage tracking across firmware, controls, runtime, and hardware.
• Collaborate with firmware, controls, and runtime engineers to define testability requirements and turn real-world failures into repeatable automated test cases.
• Drive validation burn-down during integration and assembly milestones, tracking issues to closure across teams.

Job requirements

• Technical degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with fluency in Python and comfort in C/C++ or Rust for debugging at the firmware level.
• Demonstrated experience building validation, simulation, or test infrastructure for real physical systems — robots, motors, actuators, or similar.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity, move fast, and have an "engineering curiosity" that drives you to understand how the entire system works, not just your part.