Bot Auto

Bot Auto

Senior Software Engineer, Simulation Systems

Houston, TX or San Francisco Bay Area · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 46 days ago
PythonC++Code ReviewAWSGCPDockerKubernetesMachine LearningRoboticsElectrical EngineeringSensorsUnreal Engine

About the role

  • We leverage large-scale simulation, synthetic data generation, reinforcement learning environments, and emerging world-model technologies to accelerate autonomy development.
  • This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of autonomous driving, simulation, robotics, and AI.

Responsibilities

  • Build Autonomous Driving Simulation Systems
  • Design and develop high-performance simulation infrastructure for autonomous vehicle development and validation
  • Build scalable systems for scenario generation, simulation execution, and evaluation
  • Develop simulation tooling used by Perception, Prediction, Planning, and Controls teams
  • Collaborate across teams to support testing, validation, and development workflows
  • Develop AI-Driven Simulation Capabilities
  • Develop systems for synthetic data generation and automated scenario creation
  • Collaborate with ML engineers and researchers to integrate learned models into simulation environments
  • Participate in architecture and technical design discussions
  • Build reliable, maintainable, and well-tested systems

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Experience working with simulation, robotics, gaming, or autonomous systems

Nice to have

  • Experience with agent-based simulation or closed-loop simulation systems
  • Experience with ROS or ROS2
  • Experience with cloud-native infrastructure such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, or GCP
  • Experience in autonomous driving or robotics applications
  • Experience with multi-agent simulation systems
  • Familiarity with world models, generative simulation, or Physical AI technologies
  • Experience with sensor simulation, including camera, lidar, or radar
  • Experience with physics engines and real-time systems

Benefits

  • Build infrastructure supporting reinforcement learning and closed-loop evaluation workflows

Company info

  • We are building the next generation of autonomous trucking technology to make freight transportation safer, more efficient, and more scalable.
  • We are seeking a software engineer with strong C++ expertise and a passion for building scalable simulation systems. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of autonomous driving, simulation, robotics, and AI.
  • We are seeking a software engineer with strong C++ expertise and a passion for building scalable simulation systems.

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