Software Engineer - Flight Simulator

Location: Bangalore, India

Department: Test & Evaluation

Experience: 3-6

• Design, build, and maintain an end-to-end real-time flight simulation framework, including aircraft dynamics, propulsion models, flight control and avionics interfaces, environmental effects, and failure modes.
• Own the full software lifecycle for simulator components: requirements interpretation, design, implementation, integration, testing, and maintenance.
• Automate and execute simulator V&V activities (unit, integration, regression, and performance testing) and support SIL, HIL, and pilot-in-the-loop use cases for test and evaluation campaigns.
• Ensure deterministic real-time performance with a focus on latency, stability, reliability, and repeatability.
• Integrate the simulator with visual systems, image generators, audio, motion platforms, and VR/MR devices, and build real-time interfaces to external systems over ROS/ROS2, UDP/TCP, DIS, HLA, or custom protocols.
• Debug complex issues spanning multi-threaded software, real-time systems, and integrated hardware and software environments.
• Produce and maintain design descriptions, interface control documents, test plans, and test reports, and support simulator qualification and acceptance testing in support of certification readiness.

• 3-6 years of experience in flight simulation, real-time systems, robotics simulation, or high-fidelity simulation software development.
• Proven experience building simulation software or frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong proficiency in C++ for real-time, performance-critical development.
• Working knowledge of flight dynamics and physics modelling fundamentals, including 6-DOF equations of motion and numerical integration.
• Proficiency in Python for test automation, simulation tooling, and data analysis.
• Experience with middleware and inter-process communication such as ROS/ROS2, DDS, or equivalent.
• Disciplined software practices: version control, code review, automated testing, and maintenance of production code.
• Comfort in Linux development environments and with multi-threaded software.

• Experience with eVTOL, rotorcraft, or advanced aircraft simulation.
• Exposure to visual, audio, motion cueing, or immersive (VR/MR) simulator systems.
• Hands-on SIL/HIL experience with real-time hardware integration.
• Familiarity with simulation interoperability standards such as DIS or HLA.
• Exposure to verification, validation, or certification-oriented environments; familiarity with DO-178C or DO-331 concepts is a plus, not a requirement.