Senior Sensor Simulation Engineer (1159051)

The Judge Group; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Retirement plan with company contrib.

Paid time off

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Senior Sensor Simulation Engineer to join our team in Irving, TX, with remote options. This full-time role focuses on developing and validating realistic camera and LiDAR sensor models for perception development and autonomous-system testing.

You will implement sensor models, calibrations, and environmental effects, and you will generate synchronized multimodal outputs with ground truth data.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with camera and/or LiDAR simulation for robotics or autonomous systems.
• Understanding of sensor physics, calibration, coordinate transforms, timestamps, and ground truth.
• Proficiency in Python and C++ for engineering and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate realistic camera, LiDAR, GNSS, IMU, and related sensor models for perception development and synthetic data.
• Implement sensor models, parameters, noise, artifacts, latency, timing, calibration, coordinate frames, and environmental effects.
• Generate synchronized multimodal outputs and ground truth for perception workflows.
• Calibrate synthetic outputs against real sensor data and define validation metrics.
• Optimize sensor simulation for scale, repeatability, and GPU performance.

Skills

Camera simulation

LiDAR simulation

Sensor physics

Python

Tools

ROS2

OpenCV

PCL

Omniverse sensors

Isaac Sim

Job description

Location: Irving, TX, USA

Salary: $140,000.00 USD Annually - $150,000.00 USD Annually

Senior Sensor Simulation Engineer

Location: Irving, TX / Remote

Fulltime

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong experience with camera and/or LiDAR simulation for robotics or autonomous systems.
• Understanding of sensor physics, calibration, coordinate transforms, timestamps, and ground truth.
• Python/C++ engineering and data analysis skills.

Good to Have

Radar, GNSS/IMU, ROS2, OpenCV, PCL, Omniverse sensors, Isaac Sim, Replicator, or domain randomization.

Roles & Responsibilities

Develop and validate realistic camera, LiDAR, GNSS, IMU, and related sensor models for perception development, synthetic data, and autonomous-system testing.

• Implement sensor models, parameters, noise, artifacts, latency, timing, calibration, coordinate frames, and environmental effects.
• Generate synchronized multimodal outputs and ground truth for perception workflows.
• Calibrate synthetic outputs against real sensor data and define validation metrics.
• Optimize sensor simulation for scale, repeatability, and GPU performance.

Managerial Skills

Collaborate with rendering, scenario, robotics, data, and AI engineering teams.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement savings plan with company contribution, paid time off, holidays, and opportunities for professional growth and career development. Additional benefits and perks will be discussed during the interview process.