ADAS/AD Simulation Engineer - Tools

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and tooling for ADAS/AD SIL and HIL simulations.
• Build tooling for large-scale regression execution, scheduling, failure triage, log management, metrics extraction, and reporting.
• Enable scenario configuration, parameterization, execution, and result evaluation for scenario-based validation.
• Create data visualization tools using custom solutions or open-source tools such as Foxglove.
• Maintain automation tools based on feedback from HIL and SIL system users.
• Develop and scale CI/CD pipelines for ADAS simulation workflows, including smoke tests, nightly regressions, version-control integration, build systems, and simulation farms.
• Monitor pipeline health, reduce execution time, and improve simulation reliability and debuggability.
• Support HIL and SIL development and collaborate with suppliers on ADAS systems validation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree minimum in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar field plus 3+ years of automotive engineering experience, or a master’s degree minimum plus 1+ years of automotive engineering experience.
• Very good understanding of software development for automation tools, post-processing, and application development.
• Highly proficient in Python and working knowledge of MATLAB for analysis, modeling, and automation.
• Experience with object-oriented software design, API development, heterogeneous data formats, Linux development environments, shell scripting, automation, and containerization such as Docker.
• Basic understanding of ADAS/AD features or other physical systems.
• Preferred experience with HIL/SIL ADAS validation at an OEM or Tier 1, large-scale simulation data and log management, C++, OpenSCENARIO, OpenDRIVE, ROS2, SOTIF, ISO 26262, NCAP, and automotive system interactions.
• Preferred familiarity with Jira, Jama, and agile development tools and environments.
• Strong communication, project ownership, creativity, and ability to work in constrained startup environments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability coverage.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Eligible employees may participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or discretionary annual cash incentive program.
• The posting states that hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours of paid time off and salaried/exempt employees accrue up to 160 hours.