Senior Real-Time 3D Scene Generation Engineer

CFD Research Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Paid leave & holidays

Bonuses for exceptional performance

Job summary

CFD Research is seeking a seasoned engineer to advance physics-based 3D radiometric scene generation for intelligence and defense applications. You will drive design, development, and validation across end-to-end pipelines, from requirements through deployment.

The role emphasizes collaboration across sensor modeling, graphics rendering, and ML components, with on-site work in Huntsville, AL and a strong focus on performance and verification.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen and possess (or be eligible to obtain) and maintain a SECRET clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related STEM field.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience in physics-based EO/IR and/or RF scene generation.
• Strong foundation in radiometry, optics, electromagnetic theory, or physics as it applies to scene generation.
• Deep experience in software engineering (C/C++ or Python) and graphics/GPU acceleration frameworks (OpenGL, Vulkan, CUDA).
• Deep experience with version control systems such as Git and best practices in collaborative code development.
• Experience with real-time HWIL simulations, T&E, and V&V methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate physics-based 3D radiometric scene generation workflows.
• Bridge physical sensor modeling, graphics rendering, and machine learning pipelines.
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
• Optimize performance for edge devices, desktops, and multi-GPU clusters.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Graphics/GPU acceleration

Git

HWIL/T&E/V&V

Physics-based scene generation

Radiometry/Optics/EM theory

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Physics/CS

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

OpenGL

Vulkan

CUDA

FLITES

JSIG

Job description

CFD Research is seeking a seasoned engineer to advance physics-based 3D radiometric scene generation for intelligence and defense applications. You will drive design, development, and validation across end-to-end pipelines, from requirements through deployment.

The role emphasizes collaboration across sensor modeling, graphics rendering, and ML components, with on-site work in Huntsville, AL and a strong focus on performance and verification.