# Senior Staff Engineer, Modelling and Simulation

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Melbourne
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Senior Staff Engineer in Modelling and Simulation, you will lead the development, integration, and operationalisation of simulation capabilities that enable Hivemind Mission Autonomy programs in Australia.

You will architect, implement, and maintain high-performance, real-time and faster-than-real-time simulation environments used by autonomy, perception, and systems engineering teams to design, test, and demonstrate cutting-edge uncrewed aircraft mission autonomy.

This role involves significant technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery of complex simulation frameworks that support both customer programs and internal R&D.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the architecture, design, and evolution of distributed, real-time simulation systems across virtual, constructive, and live environments.

- Architecting and implementing high-performance C++ software for modelling, simulation, integration workflows, and system interoperability, including compatibility with legacy standards.

- Developing and optimising real-time and distributed simulation software supporting multi-agent scenarios, high-fidelity environments, and system-of-systems simulations.

- Integrating defence simulation frameworks such as AFSIM or NGTS to accelerate delivery and ensure alignment with defence customer expectations.

- Designing and delivering containerised simulation deployments using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for development, CI, testing, and operational environments.

- Providing technical and project leadership to engineering teams of 5+ contributors across software, autonomy, perception, test, and program functions.

- Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to connect simulation with autonomy algorithms, hardware interfaces, and automated test pipelines.

- Driving innovation and continuous improvement in CI/CD, test-driven development, software architecture, and simulation tooling.

- Supporting key customer programs by delivering robust, validated, and scalable simulation environments.

## Skills

### Required
- C++
- Python
- Linux
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AFSIM
- NGTS
- Real-time simulation
- Distributed simulation
- System interoperability
- Legacy standards
- Multi-agent scenarios
- High-fidelity environments
- System-of-systems simulations

### Nice to have
- Defence industry experience
- Uncrewed systems experience
- Data processing and analysis pipelines
- Test automation workflows

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