7 hours ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Base Salary
$150k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain realistic, configurable simulation environments and tools for autonomous surface vessels, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent systems.
- Develop scenarios, agent behaviors, traffic patterns, sensors, environmental conditions, mission events, and edge cases.
- Create closed-loop SIL, HIL, replay, regression, and automated scenario-evaluation workflows.
- Integrate simulation with autonomy stacks, mission software, command-and-control systems, sensor models, and data pipelines.
- Build simulation tooling for scenario generation, orchestration, automated testing, visualization, debugging, and results analysis.
- Improve the repeatability, scalability, and adoption of simulation-based testing across engineering teams.
- Use field data, logs, and test results to improve simulation fidelity and reproduce operational failures.
- Partner with Autonomy, Software, Perception, Product, Field Operations, and Program teams to translate requirements into simulation capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Simulation, Game Development, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- At least 3 years of experience building simulation software, robotics simulation, game-engine environments, developer tooling, or automated test infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar 3D simulation platforms.
- Strong programming skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages.
- Experience building configurable environments, scenario systems, agent behaviors, or automated testing tools.
- Understanding of closed-loop simulation, SIL, HIL, replay testing, or automated system evaluation.
- Experience integrating complex software systems across simulation, data, and robotics workflows.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, independent ownership, and communication skills.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
- Preferred experience includes autonomous vehicles, sensors, robotics, multi-agent environments, Cesium, CARLA, Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, AirSim, synthetic data, perception or sensor modeling, physics-based simulation, cloud or distributed simulation, CI/CD-based regression testing, robotics middleware, telemetry, replay tooling, distributed systems, real-time software, or defense and aerospace programs.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families.
- Employer-paid life insurance.
- 401(k) participation with matching.
- Unlimited PTO with an enforced two-week minimum.
- Equity package.
- Work/home office stipend.
- Global Entry benefit.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Monthly health and wellness stipend.
About HavocAI
HavocAI builds autonomous systems and software for maritime, air, and ground platforms, with a focus on uncrewed surface vessels and collaborative autonomy that lets assets share data and keep operating in contested or denied communications. The privately held company sells hardware and autonomy stacks to defense and commercial maritime customers. It was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.