Senior AV Simulation Engine Lead

Doist; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare suite

Domestic partners eligible

HSAs/FSAs

Retirement with employer match

Parental leave & phased return

Flexible vacation & holidays

Wellness program

Job summary

May Mobility seeks a Lead Simulation Engineer in Ann Arbor to architect and scale our autonomous vehicle simulation engine, adapters, and unified metrics backend. You will drive high-fidelity dynamics, multi-body physics, rendering, and sensor-simulation pipelines while preserving determinism and performance across the stack.

You will set technical direction, perform design/code reviews, collaborate with HiL partners, and mentor engineers across the organization.

Qualifications

• BS, MS or PhD in CS/Robotics/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in software engineering focusing on simulation/robotics/physics-based systems.
• Expert in C++ and Python for performance-critical software.
• Experience with simulation loop design and robotics middleware integration.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Desirable: autonomous vehicles or robotics background; HiL testing; rendering/sensor-simulation pipelines; ML integration; deterministic real-time computing.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain the core simulation engine and the adapter layer that integrates it with the vehicle's autonomy middleware.
• Lead development of advanced ego-vehicle dynamics and multi-body physics models, and integrate high-fidelity rendering and sensor-simulation engines.
• Own the mathematical logic and backend execution framework behind a unified metrics system for evaluating simulation results.
• Set the technical direction for the simulation engine, uphold determinism and performance across the stack, and lead design and code reviews.
• Partner with the HiL team on integration hooks, and mentor engineers across the team.

Skills

C++

Python

Software architecture

Deterministic RT computing

Vehicle dynamics

Robotics middleware

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Robotics/Engineering/Physics

Tools

HiL testing

Job description

May Mobility seeks a Lead Simulation Engineer in Ann Arbor to architect and scale our autonomous vehicle simulation engine, adapters, and unified metrics backend. You will drive high-fidelity dynamics, multi-body physics, rendering, and sensor-simulation pipelines while preserving determinism and performance across the stack.

You will set technical direction, perform design/code reviews, collaborate with HiL partners, and mentor engineers across the organization.