Lead Simulation Engineer

What you'll do:

• 10+ years architecting and building real time and faster than real time simulations of complex systems such as spacecraft, aircraft, automobiles or similar systems.  Experience must include developing individual models, modeling vehicle dynamics and vehicle operating environment, and developing simulation infrastructure 
• 3 or more years of leading a simulation team, including planning work scope and milestones and managing a small team to meet those milestones 
• Experience integrating a simulation with vehicle software that runs in a separate environment (e.g. spacecraft vehicle simulation integrated with vehicle flight software running on a flight computer or automobile simulation integrated with on-board vehicle software running in a container) 
• Significant experience with simulation and model verification and validation 
• Significant experience with vehicle dynamics modeling, both rigid bodies and flexible bodies and a solid understanding of numerical integration of dynamical systems 
• Significant experience modeling real-world sensors and effectors/actuators, including error sources 
• Experience with fault injection in a simulation environment 
• Strong C++ and Python software programming skills 

What you'll bring:

• Experience simulating extra-terrestrial rovers 
• Experience modeling suspension systems 
• Experience with terramechanics modeling and with tuning terramechanics models given fidelity needs vs. simulation performance requirements 
• Experience working with standard spaceflight models relevant to extra-terrestrial rovers, such as GRGM1200A lunar gravity model, GMM-3 Mars gravity model, Mars GRAM, and similar 
• Significant experience instrumenting, analyzing, and improving simulation performance to ensure real time frames are not overrun or speed up Monte Carlo analysis 
• Experience setting up simulations to support Monte Carlo or similar statistical performance analysis 

Benefits and Perks

• Join a team of best-in-class engineers building the foundation of planetary surface exploration
• Equity ownership in the company
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health support
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Flexible PTO and parental leave
• Home office set up reimbursement
• Weekly lunch stipend, plus complimentary snacks and beverages on-site
• Once a month social hour on-site with food and drinks