Sr. Simulation & Model Training Engineer - Drone Autonomy (AI2531)

This role bridges virtual testing and real-world flight by building realistic simulation environments and training models for reliable deployment on physical drone hardware. You will create physics-based virtual environments and sensor models to generate high-fidelity synthetic datasets, design and refine AI architectures for perception, navigation, and multi-sensor fusion, optimize deep learning models for power-constrained edge hardware, and establish automated testing pipelines using real-world flight data to improve sim-to-real performance.

Responsibilities

• Simulation & Synthetic Data — Create physics-based virtual environments and sensor models to generate high-fidelity synthetic datasets for robust model training.
• Model Development — Design and refine AI architectures for perception, navigation, and multi-sensor fusion specifically for autonomous flight.
• Edge Optimization — Optimize deep learning models to run efficiently on specialized, power-constrained edge hardware.
• Validation — Establish automated testing pipelines that use real-world flight data to validate and improve sim-to-real performance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in robotics, simulation, and training deep learning models for physical hardware.
• Proven expertise in simulation platforms, sensor modeling, and flight dynamics.
• Experience optimizing and deploying AI models to power-constrained edge devices.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (C++, Python) and robotics middleware (ROS).
• Background in drone navigation, flight controllers, or aerial autonomy is highly preferred.
• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, or a related engineering field.

Benefits

• The annual salary for this position ranges from $120,800 - $193,300. The actual annual salary offered will depend on several factors, including - among others - job-related skills, experience, technical expertise, qualifications, work location, and business needs. The annual salary range for this position is subject to change and may be adjusted in the future.
• In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for private company equity, and a comprehensive package of employee benefits. Please note that the salary ranges listed for U.S. roles reflect base salary only and do not include equity or other forms of compensation.