Lead Simulation Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hawthorne, California; fully remote workplace

Salary: $142,000–$235,000 per year

Company

hirify.global designs and builds lunar rovers, power systems, and data networks for sustained operations on the Moon.

What you will do

• Define the architecture of the GNC and flight software verification simulation environment with GNC and software stakeholders.
• Set simulation milestones and development priorities based on stakeholder needs and vehicle schedules.
• Lead day-to-day simulation development, including sprint prioritization, task assignment, and delivery tracking.
• Develop and execute simulation verification and validation plans for milestone releases.
• Support environment, vehicle, hardware, sensor, and actuator modeling at the appropriate level of fidelity.
• Integrate simulations with GNC prototypes, software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop flight software, and test infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent education and experience.
• Experience architecting and developing real-time or accelerated simulations of complex systems, including vehicle or subsystem models, operating environment models, and simulation infrastructure.
• Experience leading simulation development and integrating simulation environments with vehicle, embedded, or flight software in SIL, HIL, or similar testing environments.
• Experience planning work scope, establishing technical milestones, and guiding simulation teams to delivery.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python.

Nice to have

• Experience with simulation V&V, Monte Carlo or statistical performance analysis, and real-time simulation optimization.
• Experience with vehicle dynamics, including rigid-body or flexible-body dynamics, suspension, terramechanics, and numerical integration.
• Experience developing extraterrestrial rover or planetary surface vehicle simulations and planetary environment models.
• Experience modeling sensors, actuators, error sources, and fault-injection capabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity ownership in the company.
• Medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Flexible PTO and parental leave.
• Home office setup reimbursement, weekly lunch stipend, and on-site refreshments.
• Inclusive culture focused on trust, balance, diverse perspectives, quality, and impact.

Hiring process

• Application review.
• Recruiter phone interview followed by video interviews.
• On-site interview, offer, and hiring.