Sr. Software Engineer

HERE Technologies

Chicago, USonsite$130k-$140k/yrPosted Jul 9, 2026
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Skills

python

About the role

What's the role?:

We are hiring a Senior Simulation Engineer to own core simulation and geospatial systems that support advanced AI, perception, and mapping products. This person will work across simulation environments, map-derived scene construction, actor behavior, sensor and condition generation, and the systems needed to make these capabilities reliable at production quality.

This is a senior hands-on role for someone who can build robust technical foundations that remain useful across simulation-driven AI programs, not just a single initiative.

What You Will Own

Own critical pieces of the simulation and geospatial systems stack

Build and maintain simulation pipelines for scene construction, actor behavior, sensor or condition generation, and related tooling

Define reliable environment and scenario setup for both prototype and production use cases

Ensure scene structure is technically sound, scalable, and faithful to upstream map or scenario inputs

Partner with data scientists and platform engineers to make simulation outputs usable for inference, evaluation, and production workflows

What You Will Do

Build tooling for ingesting, validating, and operationalizing map or scenario inputs into simulation systems

Resolve scene construction, routing, drivability, actor-behavior, and environmental fidelity issues

Configure scenario generation, actor control, camera behavior, and related simulation outputs for repeatable and scalable operation

Generate packaged simulation outputs with the metadata needed for reproducibility, evaluation, and production traceability

Troubleshoot simulation failures such as unstable actors, broken topology, invalid map elements, or poor output fidelity

Contribute to the roadmap for broader coverage, richer scenarios, and production-quality simulation operations

Who are you?:

What We Are Looking For

Strong experience with simulators, robotics simulation, game engines, or scene-generation systems

Experience working with map formats, routing graphs, geospatial data, or autonomous-system simulation stacks

Strong Python and systems debugging skills

Ability to balance realism, stability, scalability, and delivery speed in an evolving product setting

Comfort operating independently in an ambiguous technical program

Education & Experience

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or related field.

3-5 years of experience in deep learning, computer vision, or multimodal AI.

Nice To Have

Experience with traffic behavior modeling, sensor configuration, condition-representation generation, scenario generation, or map-grounded simulation

Familiarity with autonomous-system data pipelines, geospatial tooling, or synthetic-data production flows

Experience with Unreal Engine or related simulation environments

The expected base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $140,000 per year. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as skills and experience. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, which is subject to company and individual performance.

Life at HERE comes with generous benefits to support your health and overall wellness. Benefits available to US-based HERE employees include health (Medical/Dental/Vision) insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off & leave policies.

As part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a background verification process. Offers of employment and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a background verification. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, HERE will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

#LI-REMOTE

Who are we?:

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.

Compensation

This Software Engineer role pays $130k-$140k/yr. Within typical range for software engineer roles in United States.

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