Simulation Engineering Intern (C++)

Location: Mountain View or San Francisco, California, United States; listed as remote, with office attendance expected at least 3 days per week and up to 5 days based on operational needs.

Hourly pay: $52.00 for interns pursuing a bachelor's degree; $58.00 for interns pursuing a master's degree.

Company

hirify.global develops self-driving technology for mobility and logistics, including the hirify.global Driver.

What you will do

• Build or extend simulation, rendering, and physics-modeling components used to validate the hirify.global Driver.
• Develop performance-sensitive simulation code in C++, using Python for tooling.
• Apply 3D mathematics and geometry to sensor simulation, or vehicle dynamics and behavior modeling to behavioral simulation.
• Validate simulation outputs against measured or ground-truth data rather than relying only on visual inspection.
• Profile and improve simulation pipelines running at scale.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, Physics, or a related field.
• Built a simulator, renderer, physics engine, game engine, or robotics simulation rather than only using an existing one.
• Personal or research-project experience with C++.
• Depth in at least one relevant specialization: rendering or ray tracing, GPU programming, physically based materials or optics, lidar/radar or signal processing, vehicle dynamics or controls, motion planning or agent behavior, real-time simulation architecture, 3D content pipelines, or ML for 3D.
• Systematically verified the correctness of a simulation or model rather than relying only on visual inspection.

Nice to have

• Prior internship or production-level C++ experience.
• Experience with GPU-accelerated ray tracing or texturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside experienced engineers on complex self-driving technology problems.
• In-person collaboration is emphasized, with office work expected at least 3 days per week and up to 5 days depending on operational needs.
• Values include integrity, ambitious goals, collaboration, safety, trust, and inclusion.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans.