Simulated Vehicle Validation Engineer

About The Role

Forterra is seeking a Simulated Vehicle Validation Engineer responsible for validating our simulated vehicle physics/dynamics models against real life counterparts along with implementing updating and maintaining physics/dynamics models for existing and future vehicles. This role demands expertise in vehicle dynamics and software engineering with a particular emphasis in validation. Ideal candidate has experience developing vehicle physics models for Unreal or similar platforms.

What Youll Do

• Design development and maintenance of simulation-based physics/dynamics models for ground vehicles (commercial and government).
• Lead validation of models against real-world vehicles and data including directing data gathering as necessary to accomplish complete validation.
• Software development activities such as agile ceremonies task updates and team meetings.
• Collaborate with engineers from other cross-functional groups such as plat systems safety and test to ensure dynamics are acceptably accurate.
• Support troubleshooting integration development and fix of automated tests focusing on vehicle dynamics issues.
• Work in a distributed team to accomplish sprint goals.
• Travel as required to support data collection.

What Were Looking For:

A team player who is passionate about vehicle physics and dynamics and has the drive lead the validation activities to ensure accurate physics and dynamics models.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in Python Linux and C.
• Expertise with simulated vehicle physics/dynamics programming preferably in a game engine such as Unreal.
• Expertise in validating vehicle physics models against real life data including the design of experiments.
• Expertise in validation and research needed to create physics models from limited information.
• Strong debugging experience.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with an ability to troubleshoot and resolve software issues.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced dynamic environment managing multiple tasks and priorities.

Preferred Qualificaitons:

• Experience with game engines such as Unreal and/or Simulation platforms such as CARLA and dSPACE.
• Experience with autonomous vehicles.

US Salary Range
$145000$195000

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) relevant work experience education specialized training critical expertise training and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterras overall compensation addition to base salary and equity Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options including an HSA-eligible plan with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan including traditional Roth 401(k) and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in accordance with local state and federal laws. Forterrans are unique talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain. All qualified applications will receive equal consideration for employment.

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