Spacecraft Simulator Engineer: HIL & Behavioral Models

Technical University of Denmark; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 120,416 - 178,627; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

CU Boulder benefits package

Job summary

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks a Simulation Engineer to join the spacecraft simulator team for a deep space mission planned for launch in early 2028. You will develop hardware models and build software-only and HIL environments to validate flight software and mission operations.

You will deploy embedded/EGSE systems, write C++ models, and orchestrate Python tooling, contributing to long-term growth of CU Boulder’s simulation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a physical science, engineering, or related field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and handle competing priorities.
• U.S. citizenship or eligible for export-controlled work.

Responsibilities

• Work with subsystem leads and system engineers to develop simulation requirements and architecture.
• Develop and maintain behavioral hardware models for spacecraft subsystem simulators.
• Build and support software-only and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator environments.
• Implement, verify, and validate simulation products, including test procedures for requirement V&V and unit/integration tests.
• Integrate simulation environments with command-and-telemetry and test data systems.
• Deploy, configure, and test embedded/EGSE systems.
• Build and maintain containerized simulator environments, delivering artifacts through CI/CD pipelines.
• Support functional, performance, and mission-scenario testing for partner teams.
• Coordinate a small team of engineers and take part in peer and programmatic reviews.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

C++ development

C programming

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Linux proficiency

Containerization

CI/CD

Multi-threading

Embedded systems

Inter-process communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a physical science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Renode

Basilisk/Xmera

SWIG for C++/Python

CMake

Docker/Podman

ZMQ/RabbitMQ

Job description

The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder seeks a Simulation Engineer to join the spacecraft simulator team for a deep space mission planned for launch in early 2028. You will develop hardware models and build software-only and HIL environments to validate flight software and mission operations.

You will deploy embedded/EGSE systems, write C++ models, and orchestrate Python tooling, contributing to long-term growth of CU Boulder’s simulation