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Principal Engineer Team Lead, Simulation Infrastructure

  • Remote, United States
  • Lead
  • Posted 2 weeks ago
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Lead the team that runs cloud simulation infrastructure for an autonomous driving programme, handling millions of test runs each month.

About the role

Own the cloud and software plumbing behind software-in-the-loop testing and offboard validation, so releases can be gated on trustworthy results. The team spans several locations and works closely with release, runtime and autonomy groups.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United States
Seniority
Lead
Skills
Python, Linux, AWS, EC2, Software-in-the-Loop, Hardware-in-the-Loop
Posted
14 Oct 2026
Last checked
29 Oct 2026

What you will do

  • Lead and grow a team of simulation infrastructure engineers spread across several sites
  • Set a multi-year technical plan for simulation infrastructure that matches wider autonomy and testing goals
  • Run high-throughput simulation on multiple cloud clusters, with load balancing, job prioritisation and resimulation pipelines
  • Track cost, throughput and queue health with dashboards, and lead postmortems when tests or infrastructure break

What they look for

  • Seven or more years in software engineering, or five with a master's, in autonomous vehicles, robotics or complex cloud infrastructure
  • Four or more years leading engineering teams, setting roadmaps and mentoring engineers at junior and senior levels
  • Strong production Python and C++ skills on Linux, plus deep AWS scaling experience

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Yes. The posting lists Principal Engineer Team Lead, Simulation Infrastructure as a remote role for candidates in the United States.

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What experience is needed?

It is a lead role. The posting asks for: seven or more years in software engineering, or five with a master's, in autonomous vehicles, robotics or complex cloud infrastructure; four or more years leading engineering teams, setting roadmaps and mentoring engineers at junior and senior levels; strong production Python and C++ skills on Linux, plus deep AWS scaling experience. Skills it names include Python, Linux, AWS, EC2.

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