Company Intro: TurbineOne is the frontline perception company. We deliver decision advantage, better situational awareness, and stronger force protection. Our customers love how we automate the right portions of the military intelligence cycle while keeping them in the loop. The company is a small, fast-moving, and high-performance startup backed by the best DefenseTech venture capitalists.
TurbineOne is looking for a senior/principal game developer to build an interactive simulation environment that brings our autonomous vehicle software to life. This role will focus on developing a “game-like” platform where both technical and non-technical users can design, run, and evaluate real-world scenarios involving aerial drones and autonomous maritime systems.
You will own the development of a simulation product that integrates our autonomy stack as the “agents” inside rich, physics-based environments. Leveraging platforms like Unreal Engine (AirSim) or Unity, you will create intuitive tools and immersive environments that enable rapid scenario testing, validation, and experimentation.
This is a highly cross-functional role at the intersection of game development, simulation, and robotics.
Primary Responsibilities
Own the design and development of a simulation platform that enables users to create and test real-world autonomous vehicle scenarios
Build immersive, physics-based environments using Unreal Engine (preferred, with AirSim) or Unity
Integrate TurbineOne’s autonomy software into simulation environments as controllable agents
Develop intuitive tooling and UX that allows non-technical users to configure scenarios, define conditions, and evaluate outcomes
Create systems for scenario scripting, playback, telemetry visualization, and analysis
Collaborate closely with robotics engineers to ensure simulation fidelity and alignment with real-world vehicle behavior
Balance realism with usability—build simulations that are both technically meaningful and easy to interact with
Be a product owner—define and drive the vision for simulation capabilities; there are no tickets to crunch here
Dream big—prototype, experiment, and iterate quickly on new ideas for how simulation can accelerate autonomy development and testing
