Principal Scene Generation Engineer
1 day ago
Stevenage
Principal Scene Generation Engineer Location: Stevenage or Bristol Salary: £45,000 – £65,000 (depending on experience) Contract: Full time, Permanent | SC Eligible (British Citizenship Required) Hybrid Working: 3-4 days per week on-site We’re looking for a Principal Scene Generation Engineer to join a growing team developing advanced modelling and simulation capabilities that replicate real-world environments for electro-optical (EO) sensors and next generation weapon systems. You’ll play a key role in delivering high fidelity scene generation tools used for real-time hardware integration, high volume simulation, and mission level experimentation. Key Responsibilities: • Lead delivery of multiple modelling and simulation projects across small, multidisciplinary teams, • Develop and enhance physical models of real-world environments for scene generation, • Build and maintain high performance software tools for large scale simulation and sensor experimentation, • Work closely with systems engineers, software developers, and modelling specialists to deliver high quality solutions, • Shape future modelling toolsets, workflows, and technical capability across the team, • Apply agile and lean engineering practices, including version control, task management, and CI workflows About You: • Strong background in one or more of the following: physics, software development, modelling, simulation, or game engine-based environments, • Excellent systems engineering awareness and project delivery skills, • Experienced working across multidisciplinary teams and managing complex technical work packages, • Skills in Windows and Linux native software development (C/C++), • Experience with dynamic languages such as Python, • Knowledge of GPU acceleration and 3D graphics pipelines (OpenGL, GLSL, CUDA, Vulkan), • Strong software engineering foundations: software architecture, concurrency, synchronisation, database design, • Appreciation of or interest in learning physics related to EM radiation propagation, coherent phenomena, and thermal analysis, • Creative problem-solver able to design and deliver innovative modelling approaches, • Strong communicator, able to collaborate across multiple projects and engineering areas Benefits: • Company bonus, • Pension: up to 14% total contribution, • Paid overtime opportunities, • Up to an additional 15 days flexi-leave, • Flexible working arrangements, • Enhanced parental leave, • Excellent on-site facilities including subsidised meals and free parking