Senior Physics-Based Rendering & Scene Gen Engineer

InvestedintheMission; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVironment in California seeks a Scene Generation Engineer to design, develop, and validate high‑fidelity 3D radiometric environments for tactical, strategic and surveillance scenarios, including radiometry of targets and background objects, graphics programming, and real‑time hardware‑in‑the‑loop integration.

You will work in a distributed software team on Linux, review peers' code, mentor junior engineers, and push software quality and performance while adhering to ITAR and security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in object-oriented software design and development.
• Experience with software architecture and design patterns.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: C++, OpenGL, CUDA, Python
• Experience developing applications in Linux environments.
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.
• Experience with software testing methodologies and debugging tools.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Follows standard practices and procedures when analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained. Completes assigned tasks within schedule and budget.
• Works comfortably in a team environment by sharing ideas and experiences with others, solicits feedback and asks relevant questions.
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties.
• Ability to obtain or maintain required security clearances

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate high-fidelity physics-based 3D radiometric synthetic models for use in scene generation software across a full range of environments encompassing tactical, strategic and surveillance scenarios.
• Provide integration support of our scene generation software into real-time hardware-in-the-loop laboratories, providing expertise to resolve software and integration issues and ensure scene generation quality.
• Develop software tools to advance and support model development, integration, analysis and visualization, and enhanced user interfaces.
• Review software developed by peers and provide technical feedback and guidance.
• Mentor junior software engineers and promote software engineering best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve software quality, development efficiency, and system performance.

Skills

C++

OpenGL

CUDA

Python

Linux

Git

Testing

Debugging

Teamwork

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related

Job description

AeroVironment in California seeks a Scene Generation Engineer to design, develop, and validate high‑fidelity 3D radiometric environments for tactical, strategic and surveillance scenarios, including radiometry of targets and background objects, graphics programming, and real‑time hardware‑in‑the‑loop integration.

You will work in a distributed software team on Linux, review peers' code, mentor junior engineers, and push software quality and performance while adhering to ITAR and security