Senior Hardware-in--loop Simulation Engineer, Technical Lead

About Wing

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last‑mile logistics. We design, build, and operate a fleet of highly automated delivery drones that can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on demand, in minutes. Our technology integrates easily into existing delivery and logistics networks, providing a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses.

Wing is part of Google's parent company Alphabet and we are committed to creating the preferred means of delivery for the planet.

Senior Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop Simulation Engineer, Technical Lead (hybrid, Palo Alto, CA) – simulation team lead responsible for owning and evolving our HIL platforms, defining a technical roadmap, and building a modular infrastructure for scalable testing.

• Partner with engineering leadership to define the roadmap for scaled HIL testing, grow a team of engineers, establish hiring standards, technical vision, and best practices.
• Design, develop, and maintain Wing’s HIL infrastructure for hardware‑and‑software integration and validation, focusing on embedded and perception systems and their integration with hardware.
• Serve as the bridge between Embedded Software, Perception, Systems Engineering, and GNC teams to anticipate future vehicle features and build corresponding HIL testing capabilities.
• Design modular test fixtures that are easy to replicate and have swappable components, enabling large‑scale, highly available, automated hardware regression pipelines.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers and guide lab technicians responsible for physical execution, wiring, assembly, and server setup.

• 8+ years of experience with autonomous systems, including 4+ years focused on building and scaling HIL test environments.
• Proven experience designing hardware test systems and continuous perception testing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects of significant scope and complexity, driving initiatives from concept to successful implementation.
• Proficient programming with C/C++ and Python.
• Advanced Linux user skills.
• Hands‑on experience with embedded operating systems and their integration within HIL setups.
• In‑depth knowledge of hardware communication protocols and experience interfacing with sensors, actuators, and other hardware components.
• Familiarity with Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with software quality assurance, particularly verification and validation testing.

US base salary range: $228,000 USD – $242,000 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

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