Simulated Vehicle Dynamics Engineer

About Forterra

Forterra is a leading provider of autonomous systems for ground-based movement in the working world. Amongst some of the earliest innovators in the field of driverless technology, Forterra is focused on building systems that protect front-line soldiers and enable civilian workers in our industrial base. Forterra is the go-to provider of ground autonomy solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense, which harnesses the technology for asymmetric warfare in critical conditions.

About The Role

Forterra is seeking a Simulated Vehicle Dynamics 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 You'll 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 platform, 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 We're 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 Qualifications

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

Pay and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $145,000—$195,000 USD per year (ARC). Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including: Premium Healthcare Benefits, Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans, extremely generous company holiday calendar, competitive paid time off, fully stocked beverage refrigerators, and a minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption. Additionally, Forterra provides a $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend, a 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, and equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time, high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterra’s overall compensation package. Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer, providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.