(Senior) Simulator Engineer

VIRTEX is bringing cutting-edge simulator technology for the first time outside works motorsport to professional racing teams.

We are located at the heart of the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, one of the world’s most iconic international racetracks. Our mission is to develop advanced vehicle models and deliver best-in-class simulator sessions for professional race teams, allowing them to drastically improve and accelerate their race preparation in a fully virtual environment. Just like it’s done today at the highest level of motorsport such as in F1, where most of our team comes from.

If you are driven, passionate, and want to join a team of world-class experts, we’ve been looking for you. Let’s make history together.

This position is based at our brand-new facility in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.

Your mission

Working closely with our technical leadership team, you will participate in developing VIRTEX strategy and delivering the technical roadmap. You will be responsible for simulator operations and the service delivery to our customers, including:

• Operating the simulator and managing sessions, including driver/customer interactions
• Developing and integrating simulator systems, including the vehicle models, tyre models and track models
• Optimising the simulation environment for performance, robustness and user-friendliness
• Collaborating with our modelling team to develop the physics model of our customers’ vehicles and their subsystems
• Managing and maintaining the simulator facility, working closely with our partners and suppliers
• Assisting the simulator team, and leading technical programmes (Senior role)

Your profile

• Master's or Ph.D. in Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience with the development and utilisation of DiL simulators, ideally within a high-level motorsport environment (for Senior role)
• You should be an expert in several of the following areas (for Senior role):

+ DiL simulators and real-time operating systems

+ Motion Cueing developments

+ Model integration, fitting and correlation

+ HiL integration

+ Control systems

+ Vehicle system modelling

• Proficiency in Matlab/Simulink, Python, C/C++, and familiarity with vehicle modelling and simulation environments such as Speedgoat, Concurrent, dSpace, Modelica, Dymola is beneficial
• Customer-centric approach whilst representing the company’s technical expertise in simulation technology
• Highly self-motivated, result-oriented and able to work independently with a very high attention to detail
• Stress-tolerant, open-minded, innovative, and a team player
• Full professional proficiency in English is mandatory, French and German are a plus
• Willingness to travel, as required

This is a rare opportunity to join a company in its early days with large potential for growth within the business. What we offer is:

• Competitive salary
• Season pass to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
• 30 days of holidays
• Mentoring by some of the world leading experts in simulation and AI
• A fun and international workplace with driven and passionate people
• Health insurance