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title: 'Robotics Simulation Engineer at HavocAI'
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# Robotics Simulation Engineer at HavocAI

- **Company:** HavocAI
- **Location:** Remote
- **Compensation:** $150k–$185k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai/4bb9664f-b244-4d45-b9c1-f876d24dfc6d

## Job description

About Us: Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.

Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at [Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy](http://havocai.com/) .

## About the Role

As a Robotics Simulation Engineer, you will build the simulation environments, tools, and infrastructure HavocAI uses to develop, test, and validate autonomous systems before they reach the field. You will create realistic, configurable simulation environments spanning autonomous boats, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent operations. Your work will enable engineering teams to evaluate autonomy and mission software against complex scenarios, simulated sensors, environmental conditions, and edge cases at a scale that would be difficult to reproduce in the real world. This role sits at the intersection of robotics, simulation, software engineering, autonomy testing, and developer tooling. You’ll use platforms such as Unity and Unreal Engine while integrating directly with autonomy stacks, mission software, sensor models, and testing infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys building tools that make other engineers faster and ultimately improve the reliability of systems deployed in the real world.

## What You’ll Do

Simulation Development

- Build and maintain simulation environments and tools using Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar platforms.
- Develop configurable scenarios, agents, sensors, environmental conditions, mission events, and test environments.
- Support simulation across autonomous surface vessels, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent systems.
- Develop realistic agent behaviors, traffic patterns, environmental conditions, and edge-case scenarios.
- Use real-world field data, logs, and test results to continuously improve simulation fidelity and relevance.

Autonomy & Systems Testing

- Develop closed-loop simulation workflows that allow autonomy and mission software to operate against simulated vehicles, sensors, agents, and environments.
- Support software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), replay, regression testing, and automated scenario evaluation.
- Integrate simulation environments with autonomy stacks, mission software, command-and-control systems, sensor models, and data pipelines.
- Build automated testing capabilities that help identify regressions and validate system behavior before field deployment.
- Partner with engineering teams to reproduce field failures and complex operational scenarios in simulation.

Simulation Tooling & Infrastructure

- Build tools for scenario generation, simulation orchestration, automated testing, visualization, debugging, and results analysis.
- Improve the repeatability and scalability of simulation-based testing across engineering teams.
- Support automated and large-scale execution of simulation scenarios where appropriate.
- Develop clear interfaces and workflows that make simulation capabilities easy for engineers to adopt and use.
- Maintain documentation, examples, and best practices for internal simulation tools.

Cross-Functional Engineering

- Partner closely with Autonomy, Software, Perception, Product, Field Operations, and Program teams.
- Translate engineering, testing, and operational requirements into useful simulation capabilities.
- Incorporate feedback from field testing and deployed systems into simulation environments and test scenarios.
- Help identify where simulation can reduce field-test cycles, accelerate development, and improve system reliability.

## What We’re Looking For

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Simulation, Game Development, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of experience building simulation software, robotics simulation, game-engine environments, developer tooling, or automated test infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with Unity, Unreal Engine, or similar 3D simulation platforms.
- Strong programming skills in C++, C#, Python, or similar languages.
- Experience building configurable environments, scenario systems, agent behaviors, or automated testing tools.
- Understanding of closed-loop simulation, SIL, HIL, replay testing, or automated system evaluation.
- Experience integrating complex software systems across simulation, data, and robotics workflows.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to operate independently and take ownership in a fast-moving, ambiguous engineering environment.
- Passion for building tools that enable engineering teams to move faster and deliver more reliable systems.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

## Nice to Have

- Experience simulating autonomous vehicles, sensors, robotics systems, or multi-agent environments.
- Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, Cesium, CARLA, Gazebo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, AirSim, or similar platforms.
- Experience with automated scenario generation, simulation orchestration, or large-scale simulation execution.
- Experience with synthetic data generation, perception simulation, sensor modeling, environmental modeling, or physics-based simulation.
- Experience integrating simulation with autonomy stacks, mission software, or command-and-control systems.
- Experience with cloud or distributed simulation and CI/CD-based regression testing.
- Familiarity with robotics middleware, telemetry systems, replay tooling, distributed systems, or real-time software.
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomy, simulation, or dual-use technology programs.
- Active or prior security clearance.

What Success Looks Like Within your first 12 months, you will have:

- Built realistic, repeatable simulation environments that engineering teams use regularly to develop and validate autonomous systems.
- Expanded automated SIL, HIL, regression, and scenario-based testing across HavocAI’s autonomy capabilities.
- Enabled engineers to reproduce difficult field conditions and failures in simulation before returning to the field.
- Improved simulation tooling and workflows so teams can create, execute, analyze, and iterate on scenarios more quickly.
- Helped establish simulation as a core part of how HavocAI develops, tests, and validates autonomous systems before deployment.

Benefits:

- 100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
- Life Insurance (Employer Paid)
- Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching)
- Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
- Equity Package
- Work / Home Office Stipend
- Global Entry
- 16 Week Paid Parental Leave
- Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend

Our Values:

- Innovation: We are driven to break new ground. Every day presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, think boldly, and deliver advanced solutions that transform the future of defense technology.
- Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in all our actions and partnerships.
- Mission-Driven: We are focused on achieving impactful outcomes that align with our core mission—protecting lives through innovation.
- Forward-Leaning: We continuously seek out new opportunities and remain at the forefront of technological advancements. We embrace change and anticipate the challenges of tomorrow with confidence and creativity.
- Ownership of All Tasks: At HavocAI, no problem is too complex or too trivial. We believe that greatness comes from tackling the hardest challenges, but also in handling the smallest, sometimes thankless, tasks with the same level of commitment and care.
- Servant Leadership: We lead by serving others, whether it’s supporting our employees, partners, or the broader community. Empowering those around us is key to achieving long-term success and making a lasting impact.

HavocAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

## About HavocAI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HavocAI builds collaborative autonomy software that enables a single human operator to supervise thousands of autonomous assets across sea, air, and land in contested environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Paul Lwin (CEO) and Joe Turner (COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Defense and Space Manufacturing, Autonomous Systems, Maritime Security
- **Target customers**: U.S. Navy, Army, and allied defense forces; commercial maritime security operators
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Minimize human risk in the world's most unstable environments, removing humans from the dull, dirty, and dangerous."

## Products & Services
- **Havoc C2**: An intuitive command-and-control interface that lets operators define intent and direct large numbers of autonomous assets across distributed systems, scaling complex multi-asset missions without proportional increases in manpower.
- **Havoc Connect**: A resilient peer-to-peer overlay network for data exchange across DDIL (Disrupted, Disconnected, Intermittent, Limited) networks, enabling systems to exchange commands, telemetry, and mission data even when connectivity is intermittent or degraded.
- **Havoc OS**: An operating system for autonomous systems at the edge, enabling heterogeneous platforms to carry out collaborative missions, adapt to changing conditions, and continue operating in DDIL environments.
- **Havoc Insights**: An intelligence layer that fuses AI and analytics, ingesting real-time data streams from vehicles, sensors, and system services to surface insights, trends, and anomalies for mission-level decision support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $197.2M across three rounds (Seed, two Series A tranches)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Scout Ventures, Trousdale Ventures, IQT (lead Series A), Azak (MOU for autonomous ground systems)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 221.3% year-over-year to 98 employees; acquired Mavrik in March 2026; over 25,000 hours of autonomous operations; 11 active job postings with quarterly growth of +10.0%

## Competitive Advantages
- **Software-defined autonomy**: Havoc's platform is platform-agnostic, integrating with existing vehicles, sensors, and C2 networks without major redesigns, making it interoperable across sea, air, and land domains.
- **Human-on-the-loop architecture**: Enables a single operator to supervise thousands of autonomous assets, dramatically reducing manpower requirements for complex multi-asset missions.
- **DDIL resilience**: Havoc Connect creates a resilient peer-to-peer overlay network that maintains operations even when communications are disrupted, intermittent, or denied — a critical capability for contested military environments.
- **Proven track record**: Over 25,000 hours of autonomous operations, validated through real-world exercises with U.S. Navy and Army stakeholders.

## Strategic Focus
- **All-domain collaborative autonomy**: Scaling from maritime to air and land domains, enabling heterogeneous platforms to work together seamlessly.
- **Fully adaptive maritime autonomy**: Building systems that can anticipate, collaborate, and make independent decisions in dynamic environments.
- **International expansion**: Head of Europe appointed (Theodora Dell), indicating a push into allied defense markets.
- **Ground systems expansion**: MOU with Azak to produce high mobility autonomous ground systems, diversifying beyond maritime.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Employees work on cutting-edge autonomy technology that directly reduces human risk in dangerous environments — "removing humans from the dull, dirty, and dangerous."
- **Strong growth trajectory**: 221.3% headcount growth year-over-year, with $197.2M in total funding, indicating a well-capitalized, scaling organization.
- **Comprehensive benefits**: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and families; stock options; 16 weeks fully paid parental leave; unlimited PTO with a two-week enforced minimum; monthly wellness stipend; home office stipend; 401(k) program; Global Entry reimbursement.
- **Work model**: Remote and hybrid options available, with corporate HQ, test, and production facilities in Providence, RI. Open roles also listed in Honolulu, HI and San Diego, CA.
- **Engineering culture**: Deep technical challenges in autonomy, robotics, edge computing, and defense-grade software. Team includes talent from US Navy, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Anduril, Shield AI, and Lockheed Martin.

## Sources
1. [havocai.com](https://www.havocai.com/)
2. [havocai.com/careers](https://havocai.com/careers)
3. [havocai.com/about](https://havocai.com/about)
4. [linkedin.com/company/havocai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/havocai)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/havocai)

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