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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Senior Product Manager, Simulation

Waymo

$241k - $297k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 4d ago
Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer (TLM), Driver Understanding and Evaluation

Waymo

£155k - £163k
London, United Kingdom 4d ago
Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Staff Software Engineer - Simulation Realism

Waymo

$251k - $310k
Mountain View, CA, USA 4d ago
C++ Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Sr. Staff Software Engineer, DUE Experience

Waymo

$298k - $368k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 3 more 4d ago
C++ Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Staff Software Engineer, DUE Experience

Waymo

$251k - $310k
Mountain View, CA, USA 4d ago
C++ Python Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Evaluation

Waymo

$213k - $263k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 4d ago
Python Simulation Deep Learning PyTorch
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Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Orchestration

Waymo

$213k - $263k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 4d ago
C++ Simulation Autonomous Driving
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

Waymo

£155k - £163k
London, United Kingdom 4d ago
Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

Waymo

£123k - £129k
London, United Kingdom 4d ago
Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Senior ML Accelerator Architect

Waymo

$170k - $216k
Mountain View, CA, USA + 1 more 4d ago
C++ Autonomous Driving
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Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Platform

Waymo

$251k - $310k
Mountain View, CA, USA 4d ago
Simulation LiDAR Camera Systems Autonomous Driving
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Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism

Waymo

$213k - $263k
Mountain View, CA, USA 4d ago
Simulation Reinforcement Learning Autonomous Driving
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Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism

Waymo

$213k - $263k
Mountain View, CA, USA 4d ago
Simulation Deep Learning Autonomous Driving
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Senior/Staff ML Engineer, 3D/4D World Modeling, Simulation

Waymo

$213k - $263k
Mountain View, CA, USA 4d ago
Simulation Computer Vision Deep Learning LiDAR
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Applied Scientist II - Robotics Simulation, Amazon Robotics R&D

Amazon Robotics

$171k - $222k
Westboro, MA, USA 5d ago
Simulation Reinforcement Learning ROS2 Isaac Sim
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Staff Robotics Simulation Engineer, Hardware

Boston Dynamics

$135k - $167k
Waltham, MA, USA 5d ago
Python Simulation
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Software Development Engineer II

Amazon Robotics

$143k - $194k
N.reading, MA, USA 5d ago
ROS C++ Python Simulation Computer Vision
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Senior Autonomy Engineer, Integration

May Mobility

$150k - $170k
Ann Arbor, MI - Hybrid Hybrid 5d ago
Python Simulation
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Staff, ML Engineer - Scene Generation

Torc Robotics

$249k - $299k
Ann Arbor, MI, USA Remote 5d ago
Python Simulation Computer Vision Deep Learning PyTorch
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PhD Research Intern, Robotics - Summer 2027

NVIDIA

Seattle, WA, USA + 1 more 1w ago
Computer Vision Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning PyTorch ROS2
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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.