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Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation Engineer

Wing
Wing Salary
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/28/2026
About Wing:

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google's parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you're ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.

About the Role:

Wing is looking for a Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation Engineer to join our Simulation team. This role is hybrid based in Palo Alto, CA.

Simulation is a core technology for Wing. We provide essential tools for R&D and are critical to ensuring the reliability of our fleet of autonomous aircraft. The simulation team’s work spans vehicle physics and sensor modeling, large-scale simulation frameworks, test infrastructure for backend verification and integrated avionics and system testing. As our fleet and operational complexity continue to grow, we are establishing a dedicated team to own the next generation of our software-on-hardware testing infrastructure.

The Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation Engineer will develop and maintain Wing’s HIL platforms, implementing features and driving infrastructure reliability to meet future scale. You will be instrumental in transitioning HIL to a scalable, modular infrastructure approach, building and monitoring automated software-on-hardware tests that are key to accelerating Wing’s R&D.

What You’ll Do:

  • Design, develop and maintain Wing’s HIL infrastructure for hardware and software integration and validation, with a focus on the embedded systems components and their seamless integration with hardware.
  • Ensure HIL availability, reliability and scale through both embedded development efforts and cross-functional workstreams.
  • Lead investigations into HIL test results, identify and analyze anomalies or failures, and collaborate with relevant teams to resolve issues.
  • Build new test platforms and hardware fixtures to expand the software on hardware testing across systems.
  • Build continuous tests for Wing’s perception systems, including static camera and dynamic robotic testing.

What You’ll Need:

  • 3 years of experience developing and designing autonomous systems; including 3 years of developing embedded test infrastructure.
  • B.S or M.S degree or equivalent practical experience in Electrical/Embedded/Computer Hardware/Aerospace Engineering or a related field.
  • Proficient programming with C/C and Python in a Linux environment.
  • Hands-on experience with embedded operating systems and their integration within HIL setups.
  • In-depth knowledge of hardware communication protocols and experience interfacing with sensors, actuators, and other hardware components.
  • Proven ability to effectively collaborate with diverse teams, including hardware engineers, software engineers, and test engineers.
  • Experience with perception hardware systems, and the integration of such systems within HIL.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is the salary range below bonus equity benefits. Wing’s salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Salary Range: $190,000 USD - $202,000 USD

Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wing's policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.

If you have a need that requires accommodation during the interview process due to a disability or special need, please let us know by completing our Candidate Accommodations Request Form.

Salary : $190,000

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