Drimva

PlusAI

Software Engineer, Simulation

$120K–$150K

Santa Clara, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted May 26, 2026

Experience
Preferred: 2+ years of industry experience in ML and C++ software.
Education
MS or higher degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field.

About the job

Build and maintain simulation software and ML workflows that generate and validate autonomous-vehicle scenarios for safety testing.

What you'll do

  • Design ML workflows for generating traffic simulations and synthetic scenarios from natural-language specifications.
  • Develop and maintain simulation tools and frameworks, including software for behavior, pathfinding, road networks, collision detection, and vehicle dynamics.
  • Collaborate with internal customers and partner teams on test-creation workflows and autonomy-evaluation challenges.

What they ask for

  • MS or higher degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
  • Good development skills in modern C++ and Python.
  • Proficiency in ML libraries and experience with transformer and diffusion architectures.
  • Basic understanding of generative models.

Nice to have

  • 2+ years of industry experience in ML and C++ software.
  • Familiarity with AV simulation environments and driving datasets.

Pay

USD 120,000–150,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary

Tools

C++, Python, ML libraries, transformer, diffusion

AI focus

Develop AI-based workflows for autonomous-vehicle scenario generation, scenario understanding, and validation, including synthetic scenarios generated from natural-language specifications.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)