Hybrid Simulation, Test, Verification and Validation Engineer – Airborne Systems

at Hermeus

• Job title: Simulation, Test, Verification and Validation Engineer – Airborne Systems
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $140,000 - $190,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Simulation Engineer at Hermeus designing test ecosystems for high-Mach aircraft development. Collaborating with military departments to deliver superior autonomous systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement integrated simulation environments.
• Develop OMS and UCI-based test frameworks.
• Create automated test harnesses and regression suites.
• Build scenario generators and test cases.
• Integrate airborne and ground software into testbeds.
• Develop evidence pipelines for V&V.
• Debug cross-system interactions.
• Support ground and flight test execution.
• Ensure ICD conformance across all test contexts.
• Collaborate across engineering teams.
• Generate end-product deliverables for internal and external customers.
• Communicate test readiness and integration status.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline with significant software experience.
• 8+ years of experience developing or integrating simulation environments, test frameworks, or mission systems software for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), autonomous platforms, aerospace systems, or complex distributed software architectures.
• Strong proficiency in software development using languages such as C++, Python, or similar for simulation integrations, test automation, and tool development.
• Demonstrated expertise with Open Mission Systems (OMS) and Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI) schemas, message catalogs, service definitions, and validation mechanisms.
• Experience developing and operating Software-in-the-Loop (SITL), Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL), and Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) testbeds.
• Ability to design and implement automated test harnesses, regression suites, scenario generators, and data-analysis pipelines for mission systems or autonomy software.
• Experience building or validating simulation adapters, protocol translators, message brokers, and time-synchronization tools.
• Familiarity with autonomy behaviors, state machines, trajectory planners, and control-system interactions in simulated and real environments.
• Strong debugging and analysis skills including log interpretation, telemetry correlation, and code-level fault isolation.
• Proficiency with software development workflows including Git, continuous integration, automated testing, and code review processes.
• Ability to communicate integration and test results clearly across multidisciplinary teams.
• Active Secret clearance required; Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) preferred.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health care
• 401k & Retirement Plans
• Unlimited PTO
• Weekly Paid Office Lunches
• Fully stocked breakrooms
• Stock Options
• Paid Parental Leave