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Building Simulation Nerd (a.k.a. Building Controls Software Verification Engineer)
Do you love simulating buildings and their systems? Do you love accelerating development with simulations that produce a firehose of simulation data, and make it all make sense, then doing it again?
We’re looking for a software engineer that also loves simulations and data, in order to help us drive our building control algorithms to the next level by proving they’ll work anywhere.
About PassiveLogic®
PassiveLogic is the first fully autonomous platform for buildings. We’ve reinvented the fundamental principles of automation to democratize technology, optimize buildings, and reduce the world’s carbon footprint. We are a team of technologists, engineers, and creatives dedicated to making a sustainable impact through real-world solutions.
We are looking for team members who have a passion for technology and want to work on cutting-edge problems with real-world solutions. Our culture is built on bringing together the most talented engineers, thinkers, and creatives—backed by the world’s leading investors—working together to make the future a reality.
About the Role
This is a career-defining opportunity to play a crucial role in a hyper-scale AI company that is transforming the future of autonomous systems, energy, and the built environment.
What you’ll do
As the Building Simulation Nerd, you’ll be part of the center of assurance that our building control solutions work the first time, every time, on every building.
You will:
Run building control verification pipelines: Intake new buildings and run them through our control verification pipeline
Manage large simulation datasets: Simulations produce a lot of data, and you’ll help us make sense of it.
Communicate and drive results: Help our controls and digital twins teams interpret the results and drive improvements/fixes
If your experience does not meet all our posted requirements below, we’d still love to hear from you. We are looking for practitioners who are passionate about understanding people, committed to lifelong learning, and driven by the love of what they do. If that’s you, please apply!
You must have
- Proven experience: You’ve done mathematical modeling and numerical methods/analysis using tools such as Modelica, MATLAB, Mathcad, Maple, Python, etc.
- Exceptional communication skills: Skilled in documenting and managing technical efforts cross functionally while maintaining connection with the wider team
- Organized and strategic work style: Demonstrated ability to drive crossfunctional projects involving many people.
- Collaborative mindset: You know engineering is a team sport — and that the best systems happen when sharp people think together.
- Adaptability: Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, eager to learn, iterate, and innovate.
- Problem solving: You own this role. When issues arise, be the empowered force that solves them.
You should have
- Building systems knowledge: Know fundamentals of building energy and/or HVAC systems
- Database knowledge: Experience working with relational database software such as PostgreSQL, and MySQL
- Data visualization knowledge: Experience with building data visualizations (dashboards, summarizing test results)
It’s helpful to have
- Swift language experience
- Experience with FEA modeling techniques
- Experience with several programming paradigms, such as object-oriented, functional, data-driven, protocol oriented, and/or reactive programming
- Controls/Training/ML experience: Experience with validation frameworks for autonomous systems
- Ecosystem fluency: Experience working with large software eco systems composed of many interdependent products
We know there are candidates who might not fit everything we’ve described above, or who might have experience and skills we haven’t considered. PassiveLogic can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities to the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background. Even if you don’t meet all the requirements above, we still want to hear from you.
Compensation, Benefits & Perks:
- Competitive compensation
- Generous equity share package
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Disability and life Insurance options
- Flex PTO
- Team-building events
- Free catered lunch in the office Monday — Friday
- Free ski pass (We are at the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon)
- Free National Park pass
- Onsite Gym
A Note on Working Onsite:
This role is based in our Salt Lake City headquarters. We believe that creativity and cohesion flows best when we are all together. When you’re constantly innovating, transforming whole industries, inventing new products and processes, and creating a more sustainable future through technology—and we are doing all these things—we believe we’re better as a team in-person. That’s why all of our teams work from one of our office locations, five days a week.
When applying, include:
- A cover letter telling us why you're the perfect candidate for PassiveLogic that describes the hardest engineering problem you’ve solved that also involved leading a group of people
- A resume
- Extra mile — include a description of a project (of any type) you personally created, devised, built, managed, organized, or designed that was of your own self-initiative
Diversity and inclusion
Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is woven into our values and everything we do. We welcome all—come as you are and bring your whole self. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity every day by maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for our employees at every stage of their careers.