Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Platform

ProducePay; United States; Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Health benefits

Unlimited vacation

Work from home

Catered meals

Job summary

Waabi is seeking a Simulation Platform Engineer to advance Waabi World, our scalable self-driving simulation environment. You will optimize the platform, design orchestration between components, and collaborate with researchers and engineers to deliver production-grade software.

You will work with cross-functional partners, embrace test-driven and API-driven development, and help build a future of autonomous driving through scalable, performant systems.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD or bachelor's degree with 5+ years in CS, robotics, or related field.
• Experience with backend technologies; Rust, C++, Python.
• Production-quality software development experience.
• Linux/Unix experience.
• Knowledge of test-driven and API-driven development methodologies.
• Design interfaces between systems.
• Multithreaded design/architecture and systems programming.
• Collaborative work with cross-functional partners.
• Performance optimization and profiling experience.
• Experience with concurrency and determinism.
• Open-minded, collaborative team player.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Waabi World to accelerate AV development.
• Improve scalability and performance of the simulation platform at scale.
• Design and implement orchestration between simulation subcomponents.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers in architecture discussions.
• Work with internal users to understand requirements and propose features.
• Advocate and set software development patterns.
• Drive cross-functional technical projects with company-wide impact.

Skills

Rust

C++

Python

Linux/Unix

TDD

API-driven

Interfaces

Multithreading

Performance

Concurrency

Cross-functional

Systems programming

Education

MS/PhD or Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Bazel

Job description

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

Simulation is at the core of Waabi’s approach to autonomous vehicle development. Our closed-loop simulation engine built with the latest in generative AI technologies, Waabi World, provides an extremely realistic environment for training and evaluating self-driving systems. The Simulation Platform team is responsible for delivering a modular and scalable platform which integrates the onboard autonomy system, intelligent actor models, and sensor simulation.

You will...

• Contribute to and improve our state of the art self-driving simulator Waabi World to accelerate autonomous vehicle (AV) development.
• Improve the scalability and performance of the simulation platform to run simulations efficiently at an extremely large scale.
• Design and implement orchestration software between simulation subcomponents including the autonomy system, data-driven actor models, and sensor simulation powered by generative AI.
• Participate and share ideas in technical and architecture discussions, collaborating with researchers and engineers.
• Work closely with internal users to understand their requirements and workflows and propose new features to streamline and improve their experience using the simulator.
• Advocate and set patterns for software development.
• Drive complex cross-functional technical projects with impact across Waabi’s systems and company-wide impact.

Qualifications:

• MS/PhD or Bachelors degree with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience in Computer Science, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
• Experience with a variety of backend technologies and languages. Examples: Rust (Preferred), C++, Python.
• Experience developing and maintaining production quality software, versus only creating prototypes/proof of concepts.
• Linux/Unix experience
• Understanding of test-driven and API-driven development methodologies.
• Experience designing interfaces between systems.
• Experience with multi-threaded system design/architecture, algorithms, data structure design, and systems-level programming.
• Experience working with cross-functional partners/stakeholders when building software frameworks.
• Experience with software performance, optimization, and profiling.
• Experience with concurrency and determinism.
• Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
• Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

Bonus/nice to have:

• Experience with game engine development, simulation, or other similar application runtime development.
• Experience in autonomous systems, robotics or machine learning.
• Experience working in distributed systems or emulation at scale.
• Docker & Bazel experience
• Experience building software systems from scratch.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience working with accelerators.
• Experience with sensor data processing.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $159,000 - $268,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi (US) Inc.’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.

Perks/Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
• Unlimited Vacation.
• Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
• As we grow, this list continues to evolve!

Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.