Software Engineer

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Software Engineer in Blacksburg, VA. Overview: We are seeking Software Engineers to support a Fleet Operations and Enablement team in building automated HD map-to-simulation pipelines for autonomous vehicle development. The Engineers will help eliminate manual map-staging processes by developing production-ready middleware, APIs, and automation that ingest HD map updates, transform them into simulation-ready formats, and automatically trigger large-scale regression testing. Responsibilities:

• Design and build middleware, APIs, and automated pipelines to ingest and transform HD mapping data for simulation
• Replace manual map-staging workflows with scalable, reliable automation
• Build and enhance continuous simulation regression testing triggered by map updates
• Develop tooling to detect structural map changes such as lane modifications, geometry changes, and construction zones
• Connect identified map changes to applicable simulation scenarios and automated test execution
• Develop production-quality, maintainable software with appropriate testing, documentation, and system architecture
• Partner with engineering teams across mapping, simulation, fleet operations, and autonomous vehicle development
• Target Background
• Strong hands-on software engineering experience building production applications, backend services, APIs, or platform tooling
• Experience developing automated data ingestion, transformation, or processing pipelines
• Experience with mapping, geospatial/spatial data, routing, simulation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or similarly complex data environments
• Experience with automated testing, regression frameworks, CI/CD, or simulation/test orchestration
• Strong understanding of software design, system integration, debugging, reliability, and scalability
• Comfortable operating in a cloud-based engineering environment