PlusAI
Senior Simulation Software Engineer
$130K–$200K
Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience with an MS, or PhD new grad.
- Education
- MS in mechanical, electrical, aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, or a related field; or a PhD in one of these or a related field.
About the job
Build and scale simulation infrastructure for autonomous vehicle development, including AI-powered analysis of test results and improvements to simulation fidelity.
What you'll do
- Design AI agentic workflows to analyze simulation results, identify failures, and surface root causes.
- Build scalable simulation pipelines and analyze road-test and simulation data to evaluate autonomy performance.
- Improve simulation fidelity by identifying and reducing divergence between simulation and real-world behavior.
What they ask for
- MS with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a PhD new grad, in a listed or related field.
- Experience building LLM-powered or agentic workflows for data analysis, evaluation, or automation.
- Experience quantifying or improving simulation fidelity or closing the sim-to-real gap.
- Proficiency in Python or C++, with experience building scalable data processing systems or evaluation frameworks.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous vehicle or robotics simulation.
- Familiarity with LLM agent frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph.
Pay
USD 130,000–200,000 (per-year-salary) base salary
Tools
Python, C++, LangChain, LangGraph
AI focus
Build AI agentic workflows to analyze simulation results, identify failures, and surface root causes; use AI and data-driven techniques to improve simulation fidelity.
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