Senior Simulation Engineer
Toyota Research InstituteLos Altos, California
Full Time
Posted August 5, 2025
$180k - $270k
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Job Description
A Senior Simulation Engineer responsible for developing sensor and system-level simulation workflows to support validation and training of autonomous driving systems, including building simulated environments, data pipelines, and integrating advanced simulation technologies for evaluation and development purposes.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop sensor and system-level simulation workflows for validation and synthetic data generation
- Build simulated environments, data pipelines, and interfaces to evaluate driving policies
- Perform functional validation of learned driving behaviors
- Implement scalable synthetic data generation techniques
- Integrate advanced simulation technologies to support training and evaluation workflows
- Coordinate cross-functional efforts between autonomy, platform, ML infrastructure, and integration teams
Requirements
- Experience leading the development of sensor and system-level simulation workflows that support both closed-loop validation and synthetic data generation for training.
- Ability to build simulated environments, data pipelines, and interfaces required to evaluate and improve full-stack driving policies under diverse, realistic conditions.
- Proficiency in functional validation of learned behaviors, scalable synthetic data generation, and seamless integration of state-of-the-art simulation technologies to support both training and evaluation workflows.
- Experience in driving cross-functional alignment between autonomy, platform, machine learning infrastructure, and integration teams.
- Strong understanding of simulation infrastructure or tooling relevant to autonomous driving systems.
- Relevant experience in autonomous driving, robotics, or related fields involving simulation and validation workflows.
- Educational background in a relevant technical field such as Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or similar (implied by the senior role, though not explicitly stated).
- Ability to collaborate closely with teams across TRI, Woven by Toyota, and other engineering partners as part of Toyota’s global AI efforts.
- Links to relevant open-source contributions or technical project write-ups to demonstrate technical expertise (required for application).
Benefits & Perks
Salary range between 180,000 and 270,000 USD per year for California-based roles
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off including holiday pay and sick time
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