Senior Software Engineer, Cyngn
Autonomy - Simulation
$190-220k
+ Stock options
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
Open for applications
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$190-220k
+ Stock options
Office located in Mountain View, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help industrial organizations become more efficient, productive, and safe, addressing challenges such as labor shortages, safety incidents, and increased eCommerce demand.
Role
Who you are
- M.S. with a focus in Robotics, Computer Science, a related technical field, and/or equivalent practical background
- 3+ years as an autonomous vehicle, robotics, or simulation software engineer with demonstrated experience in the development of simulation software
- 3+ years writing C++ and Python software in production environments (architecture, design, testing, performance optimization, etc.)
- Proficiency using ROS in production robotics applications with exposure to ROS2 and/or other publish/subscribe middleware architectures
- Strong written & verbal communication skills with a proven track record of delivering production quality software in a collaborative, cross-functional team setting
- Comfortable with modern software development tools and workflows, including version control (Git) and project management platforms (e.g. Jira)
Desirable
- Familiarity with NVIDIA Omniverse/IsaacSim for simulating robotic systems, applications, and complex environments
- Experience leveraging simulation to create synthetic datasets for ML-based perception and behavior models
- Understanding of how simulation is used to train high-fidelity sensor models that reflect real-world characteristics such as noise, latency, and environmental effects
- Strong understanding of theoretical concepts in classical and/or data-driven AI methods for perception and behavior in autonomous systems
- Exposure to industrial material handling autonomous vehicles including forklifts and tuggers with cart-trains under dynamic loading conditions
- Background using MapleSim for developing Functional Mock-up Units (FMUs) for model exchange and co-simulation
What the job involves
- As a Senior Simulation Software Engineer in our autonomy software organization, you will play a critical role in accelerating the development of safe and reliable autonomous industrial vehicles and material handling systems
- You’ll be responsible for advancing the fidelity, scalability, and functionality of our simulation platforms, enabling efficient testing and validation across the autonomy stack
- Collaborating closely with engineers from perception, behavior, and QA teams, you will help develop and integrate high-fidelity models of vehicles, sensors, and deployment environments, as well as build scenario generation frameworks and simulation-based test automation tools
- The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in robotics simulation and a passion for leveraging virtual environments to improve real-world autonomy performance
- Extend and maintain Cyngn’s existing simulation platforms and tooling
- Lead the design and implementation of next-generation simulation technologies
- Develop, integrate, and validate high-fidelity models that capture vehicle dynamics, sensor physics, and complex environments
- Build tools and pipelines that enable large-scale, automated testing and performance evaluation of autonomy software
- Support scalability efforts to simulate multi-vehicle/agent interactions in dynamic real-time scenarios
- Contribute to technical planning, code reviews, and milestone execution in a fast-paced, product-driven startup environment
Our take
From the switch from manual driving to automatic in the 40s, and now the rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the past 5-10 years, cars have come a long way. The excitement of the fully automatic Tesla may have meant other AVs were overshadowed. It’s often not realised how many vehicles, from forklifts to stock chasers, are now operable in certain capacities without direct driver control.
Cyngn is a well-established company providing autonomous vehicle solutions. The company prides itself on a team of knowledgeable engineers and software engineers that make its DriveMod product easily unified with companies' current workflows, claiming “if a human driver can do it, so can DriveMod”.
Cyngn has raised significant funding since its founding in 2009, which reflects not only the quality of it's product, but the trust the industry has in it as well. It has made a number of impressive collaborations and partnerships in recent years; such as signing with US Continental to provide self-driving stock chasers, as well as working alongside Jtec Industries to bring a sophisticated cart system to its autonomous vehicle deployments, which opens new revenue opportunities for the company.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2015
$85m
SERIES C
Dec 2013
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $115m
Company benefits
- Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)
- Life, Short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
- Company 401(k)
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Remote or hybrid work opportunities
- Stock options for all full-time employees
- Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
- Paid Parental Leave
- Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
- Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees
Company HQ
Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Lior Tal
(CEO)Previously founded Snaptu and was Director of International Growth and Partnerships at Facebook.
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