Joshua Loveland

Staff Simulation Engineer & Manager @Shield AI

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

Software simulation architect and team lead for in-house autonomous aircraft products.* Designed and deployed a versatile simulation platform supporting SIL, PIL, HIL, and more — accessible from a desktop, server, or CI environment, with full replayability and scenario editing* Hiring and managing a team of diverse skillets(Embedded, Robotics, Aero, Etc.) to increase developer speed and provide better understanding on reliability and safety with limited resources.* Porting old tooling out of inflexible systems, such as Matlab, and creating entirely new solutions in C++/python to ensure scalability at both the developer\'s desk and in CI.* Implemented a deterministic HIL based faster-than-real-time solution that reduces time spent testing by 14x, without the software ever knowing the difference.