Simulation Engineer Jobs

Simulation engineer jobs focus on building high-quality virtual environments that accelerate development of robotics and autonomy systems. These roles typically include simulator platform work, environment authoring, synthetic scenario generation, and integration with testing pipelines. Hiring teams often use Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Omniverse, or custom tooling to validate performance before expensive real-world runs. You may partner with perception, controls, and planning groups to improve simulator realism and coverage against production edge cases. The best candidates combine software infrastructure strengths with practical understanding of robot behavior, sensor physics, and experiment design. If you want to make simulation a central multiplier for engineering velocity and system reliability, this page surfaces simulation-engineer-specific opportunities instead of broader platform listings.

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Robotics Simulation & Control Engineer

Humanoid

London, United Kingdom Onsite 24w ago
C++ Python Simulation Reinforcement Learning Isaac Sim
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Simulation Engineer

Skild AI

$100k - $300k
San Mateo, CA, USA 25w ago
C++ Python Simulation
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Robotics Simulation Engineer

Persona AI

Pensacola, FL, USA + 1 more Onsite 26w ago
ROS Python Simulation ROS2 Isaac Sim
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QA Lead, Robotics

Dyna Robotics

Redwood City, CA, USA Onsite 27w ago
Python Simulation Gazebo Docker Kubernetes
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Sensor Sim - ML Engineer

Applied Intuition

Sunnyvale, CA, USA Onsite 27w ago
LiDAR Radar Camera Systems
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Senior Manager, Software Test and Automation (R6080)

Shield AI

Dallas, TX, USA Onsite 27w ago
ROS Simulation ROS2 Gazebo Embedded Systems
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Senior Software Engineer, Evaluation Infrastructure

Waabi

$127k - $223k
Toronto, ON, Canada Hybrid 27w ago
Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Senior / Staff Software Engineer, ML Datasets & Data Pipelines

Waabi

$148k - $260k
Toronto, ON, Canada Hybrid 27w ago
Python Deep Learning TensorFlow PyTorch LiDAR
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Developer Advocate Engineer

Dexmate

Fremont Office Onsite 28w ago
Python Isaac Sim
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Software Engineer - Simulation & Robotics

Skydio

$170k - $240k
San Mateo, CA, USA Hybrid 31w ago
C++ Python Simulation Real-Time Systems
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Software Engineer - Cloud Simulation & Full-Stack

Skydio

$170k - $240k
San Mateo, CA, USA Hybrid 31w ago
C++ Python Simulation Kubernetes
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Autonomy Software Engineer - Mapping and Localization

Noble Machines

Sunnyvale, CA, USA 31w ago
ROS C++ Python SLAM Sensor Fusion
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Senior 3D Technical Artist/Creative Technologist

General Robotics

$155k - $205k
Redmond, WA, USA 32w ago
C++ Python Simulation Computer Vision Isaac Sim
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Machine Learning Engineer - Robot Perception

Maven Robotics

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA 35w ago
C++ Python Computer Vision Deep Learning SLAM
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Machine Learning Engineer - Robot Manipulation

Maven Robotics

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA 35w ago
Python Simulation Reinforcement Learning PyTorch Real-Time Systems
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Tech Lead - Product

FortyFive

Mountain View, CA, USA Onsite 41w ago
Simulation Isaac Sim
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Software Engineer - Simulation

FortyFive

Mountain View, CA, USA Onsite 41w ago
C++ Python Simulation Reinforcement Learning
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Robot Learning Engineer

Dexmate

Fremont Office Onsite 42w ago
Python Simulation Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning PyTorch
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Robotics Software Engineer, Manipulation

Persona AI

Pensacola, FL, USA + 1 more Onsite 58w ago
ROS C++ Computer Vision Motion Planning Deep Learning
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Systems Engineer, Platform Requirements and Verification

Waabi

$140k - $190k
Remote US Remote 59w ago
Autonomous Driving
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What robotics simulation teams hire for

Simulation roles can look similar on the surface but serve different parts of the development loop. Read the job description for the fidelity target, the users of the simulator, and whether the team is training models, validating behavior, commissioning hardware, or building the simulator platform itself.

World and sensor fidelity

Teams may model robot kinematics and dynamics, contacts, cameras, lidar, IMUs, factory assets, or driving environments. Common stacks include Isaac Sim or Isaac Lab, Gazebo, MuJoCo, OpenUSD, Unreal, Unity, and internal engines.

Synthetic data and learning

ML-facing simulation work often includes domain randomization, scenario generation, sensor simulation, annotations, reinforcement-learning environments, and scalable pipelines that connect virtual data to training and evaluation.

Validation and sim-to-real

Production simulation roles increasingly emphasize closed-loop tests, reproducible regression suites, hardware- or software-in-the-loop workflows, and measuring where simulated behavior diverges from real robots.

Search strategy

Search both broad simulation titles and specific tools. A strong match may be called Simulation Engineer, Robotics Simulation Engineer, Synthetic Data Engineer, Digital Twin Engineer, or a platform role supporting autonomy and robot learning.