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Lead Simulation Engineer

2 hours, 14 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Robotics Engineer
Software Development
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DoorDash

DoorDash

DoorDash empowers small business owners by providing an affordable and convenient platform for local delivery services, primarily focusing on restaurant food delivery.

Air Freight & Logistics
10K-50K
Founded 2012
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Description

  • Architect and implement an end-to-end simulation stack for aerial autonomy.
  • Develop high-fidelity simulation components, including flight dynamics, contact modeling, sensor simulation, and SITL integration.
  • Design and implement simulation infrastructure for regression testing, continuous validation, mission-level testing, and scenario generation.
  • Build cloud-deployed simulation systems for large-scale parallel testing and pilot training.
  • Partner with autonomy, controls, and aircraft teams to align simulation fidelity with validation needs.
  • Establish technical direction, architecture standards, and performance benchmarks for the simulation platform.
  • Mentor and grow a small simulation engineering team while staying hands-on in design and implementation.
  • Own core simulation architecture decisions and key implementation work.
  • Contribute to system design and engineering standards for the broader simulation effort.

Requirements

  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in robotics or physics-based simulation.
  • Deep expertise in simulator internals, including numerical integration methods, rigid-body dynamics, contact modeling, constraint solving, collision detection, rendering pipelines, sensor simulation, and large-scale optimization.
  • Experience integrating simulation environments with robotics autonomy stacks.
  • Proven experience architecting complex technical systems from scratch.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership as a Principal Engineer or equivalent senior technical role.
  • Strong system-level thinking with the ability to balance fidelity, scalability, and development velocity.
  • Experience implementing a simulator from scratch is preferred.
  • Familiarity with modern robotics simulators such as MuJoCo, Gazebo, Isaac, Newton, or Genesis is preferred.
  • Published research in robotics simulation, dynamics, or related areas is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating robotic or UAV systems is preferred.
  • Experience with aerospace, UAV flight dynamics, or safety-critical autonomous systems is preferred.
  • Experience deploying simulation infrastructure in cloud environments for large-scale distributed testing is preferred.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $198,600 to $292,000 USD.
  • Opportunities for equity grants.
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 11 paid holidays.
  • Disability and basic life insurance.
  • Wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off, paid sick leave, and a mental health program.

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