✦ Luna Orbit — Science & Research

Simulation Engineer, Lead

at Booz Allen Hamilton Holding

📍 Honolulu, HI Hybrid 💰 $99K – $225K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $99K – $225K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 5+ years in data engineering or 2+ years in simulation in lieu of degree
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Applied Math and 2+ years of experience in data engineering or 5+ years of experience in data engineering in lieu of a degree
Category Science & Research

This role involves leading the development and integration of high-fidelity military simulation environments, leveraging advanced simulation tools and architectures to support IndoPacific missions.

  • Lead simulation architecture
  • Integrate PoR and real-time engines
  • Mentor engineering team
  • Optimize simulation performance
  • Ensure system validation

The technical scope includes PoR simulation systems, real-time and near real-time simulation platforms like Unity, Unreal, NVIDIA Omniverse, with expertise in GPU acceleration, model validation, and simulation architectures such as HLA, DIS, and TENA.

The ideal candidate is a lead simulation engineer with extensive experience in military simulation systems, including PoR sims, Unity, Unreal, and NVIDIA Omniverse, with strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, holding a TS/SCI clearance.

Experience with PoR sims such as NGSTAFSIMAFMSTTand SAFESIMExperience with Unity and Unreal Engine with C#/C++Experience with real-time or near real-time simulationsExperience with NVIDIA Omniverse including USD pipelinesExperience with Git and CI/CD toolsKnowledge of HLADISand TENA architecturesAbility to obtain a TS/SCI clearanceBachelor's degree in Computer ScienceEngineeringor Applied Math2+ years of experience in data engineering or 5+ years in lieu of a degree
Experience bridging AFSIM with UnityUnrealor OmniverseExperience with GPU & HPC optimization such as CUDAExperience with physics-based modelingExperience with Agile leadershipScrumKanban
UnityUnreal EngineNVIDIA OmniverseUSD pipelinesGitGitHubGitLabAzure DevOpsDockerKubernetesCUDA
PoR simsNGSTAFSIMAFMSTTSAFESIMUnityUnreal EngineNVIDIA OmniverseUSD pipelinesGitCI/CDDockerKubernetesGPU accelerationHLADISTENAmodel validationphysics-based modeling
PoR simsNGSTAFSIMAFMSTTSAFESIMUnityUnreal EngineNVIDIA OmniverseUSD pipelinesRenderKitSimReady assetsGitGitHubGitLabAzure DevOpsCI/CDDockerKubernetesGPU accelerationmultinode orchestrationmodel validationHLADISTENAUSDC#C++real-time simulationsnear real-time simulationsCUDAphysics-based modelingsynthetic sensor simulation
leadershipmentorshipstakeholder engagementteam managementcollaboration

Required

TS/SCI clearance
Industry Defense
Job Function Simulation Engineering and System Integration
Clearance Required TS/SCI
PoR simsNGSTAFSIMAFMSTTSAFESIMUnityUnreal EngineNVIDIA OmniverseUSD pipelinesRenderKitSimReady assetsGitGitHubGitLabAzure DevOpsCI/CDDockerKubernetesGPU accelerationmultinode orchestrationmodel validationHLADISTENAUSDC#C++real-time simulationsnear real-time simulationsCUDAphysics-based modelingsynthetic sensor simulationTS/SCI clearance

No experience with PoR simulation systems, Lack of experience with Unity or Unreal Engine, Unable to obtain TS/SCI clearance, No experience with NVIDIA Omniverse or USD pipelines, Lack of leadership or mentorship experience

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