Senior Sensor Simulation Engineer : Irving, TX (Remote) : FTE

AceStack; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

AceStack in Irving, TX is seeking a Senior Sensor Simulation Engineer to design and validate high-fidelity camera and LiDAR sensor models for autonomous systems. You will collaborate with robotics and AI teams to ensure realistic synthetic data and ground-truth annotations.

Strong Python/C++ programming and data analysis skills are essential, along with deep knowledge of sensor physics, calibration, coordinate transforms, timestamps, and system latency.

Qualifications

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

Skills

Camera/LiDAR simulation

Sensor physics & ground truth

Python/C++ data analysis

Tools

ROS2

OpenCV

PCL

Omniverse sensors

Isaac Sim

Replicator

Domain randomization

Job description

Job Role : Senior Sensor Simulation Engineer

Location : Irving, TX (Remote)

Experience: 08-15 + years of experience

Job Type : Full time Permanent

Salary range : USD $150 K/Base +Benefits.

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.
• 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.